May 4th, 2010
Sweet Shot Tuesday
My happy beachy place on Sanibel Island, FL. I will dream of this place while sitting in my office chair, ordering TPS reports.
April 21st, 2010
News flash: the contents of my purse
The contents of my handbag, right now, as I type:
- Car keys
- Wallet
- ‘Essentials bag’ (lip gloss, toothbrush/toothpaste, eyedrops, tweezer, tampons, etc.)
- Son’s birthday card, addressed and stamped (b-day was 4/10)
- Printout of WFTDA skills/rules handbook
- 36 receipts
- Post-it note of ‘to-do’ list that includes mailing Son’s card
- Two pieces of chewed gum, wrapped in scraps of paper
- Red sucker
- Ticket printout from A Chorus Line
- Program from A Chorus Line
- Metal thingy I picked up off the ground because it was interesting
- Black nail polish
- Barrette
- Two bottles of prescription medication, one bottle of OTC medication
- Ring box containing my four favorite rings
- Two pens (both of which are stolen*)
- Fodor’s 2009 Guide to Disney World
- Tiny Twister game from a Wendy’s kids’ meal
- Cell phone charger
- Insurance reimbursement check
- Sunglasses
- May issue of Better Homes & Gardens (also stolen*)
- Legal pad
- Spiral-bound notebook
My best friend is right. I have too much crap in my bag. It’s a big bag.
*stolen, a.k.a. ’surreptitiously lifted from a doctor’s office, restaurant, or my mom’s house’
April 20th, 2010
Sweet Shot Tuesday 04.20.2010
It’s planting time once again (hallelujah!) and I took my image for this week’s Sweet Shot Tuesday (a photography linky created by Darcy over at My3Boybarians) in my garden on Saturday as I was putting onion sets into the ground. The sun was high, and I lay on my tummy to get this shot. I love the beautiful contrast of the dark earth and the golden onion seeds. Soon we will slice into homegrown yellow onions and place them atop hamburgers fresh off the grill!
April 15th, 2010
Shameless explotation of my child, all for a good laugh
This is my child. Her emotions are ever-changing. She cries easily. She laughs easily. Sometimes simultaneously.
Today I managed to capture the full range of her emotions, all because I asked her to please stop farting on my leg and instead go to the bathroom and try to poop. Pooping does not come easily for her. For some reason, my girls are perpetually constipated, while my boy can crap on command. Recently, we have had to incorporate “remedies,” a.k.a. suppositories, to get the poop to make an appearance. She really hates this. Who wouldn’t?
She’s also going to really hate me when she’s 13 and realizes I splashed a blog post about her plugged-up little self all over the Interwebs. Oh well. She’ll still love me when I let her set up a Facebook account upon which she’ll tell the world how stupid I am.
World, meet my third-born.
April 13th, 2010
Sweet Shot Tuesday 04.13.2010
My image for this week’s Sweet Shot Tuesday (a photography linky created by Darcy over at My3Boybarians) was taken during a walk around the pond near my house. The ducks and geese have all returned from their warm winter retreats, and I’m waiting anxiously for mid-May when fuzzy goslings and ducklings will hatch, and then toddle around while their parents take continuous roll call. Until then, the daddies play the role of protector while the mommies roost atop their nests. These two were having a little chat, about parenting jitters I think, clearly not realizing instinct will take over and everyone will be just fine.
April 6th, 2010
Sweet Shot Tuesday 04.06.2010
My image for this week’s Sweet Shot Tuesday (a photography linky created by Darcy over at My3Boybarians) so perfectly captures the bubbly personality of my subject. I love to shoot with natural light … it’s so much easier. Aside from cropping, I didn’t edit this photo at all!
