I’m leaving early in the morning, packing the Kid and the car up and we’ll be off for a few days.
Part of me always hates to leave, anywhere.  Well,  except work.  I never really have a problem leaving there. 
I feel like I might miss something good while I’m gone.  
When I was little I used […]

Except, no hurrahs, and far more than two-by-two.
The weather, being hot and brilliantly summery, makes for great vacation sunbathing by the pool side, iced drinks and good books.  It doesn’t so much make for good cleaning, working and general life stuff.
Today I planned to pretend a Holiday.  Lounge about in the sun, reading, knitting.  Eat […]

 
I read a statistic somewhere that stated 40% of American’s eat French Fries every day.  Every day.  I don’t know how to  better to illustrate my complete lack of fathoming than to just keep repeating myself.  Every day.  Every damned day!  That’s appalling.  Hopefully it’s not true.
Even if it’s inaccurate, McDonald’s is a cultural icon.  […]

Overheard while walking out of the grocery store : "It’s godamned fucking hot out here, yo."
Not only do I sincerely appreciate the usage of Yo between two young cowboys, but my sentiments exactly.
Too fucking hot.
Washington.  You know, the place where it rains some 362 days a year.  
When I went to work this morning […]

 
I wanted to title this the fruit of my loins… but try as I might (and I did!) I couldn’t figure out a way to associate these little red gems with my loins.  Labor just doesn’t have the same ring to it as loins.  Anyway, who says loins, aside from romance novelists? 
I might start,  […]

1.)  Went to the park with my friend and her two boys.  The boys ride bikes around ‘the loop’ and we walk.  It’s nice and something we try to do often when weather and work schedules permit.
2.)  Finished two books.  The Dollmaker and Mermaids.  Both good,  for very different reasons.  They are in the book […]