hey nablopomo!! did i win??

 i have completed the race…
i have crossed the finish line…
i rocked this funky joint…
yes, i have blogged for 30 straight days and baby, i did not miss a freakin’ beat.
ya hear that?
not a beat.
so will i win anything? probably not.
i never win anything. and no, i’m not going for pity when i say that.
actually, that’s [...]

order in the tub…

apparently we eat out far too much because my 2-year-old son is now playing waiter. or maybe i should just be happy that he has a great imagination. haven’t decided which yet.
anyway, i recently gave dutch a bath. anyone who has a toddler can probably relate to how bath time is usually more about keeping the [...]

job #4 – post baby continued…

so i got the job. i was now the release coordinator of an electronic publishing company. yeah, i didn’t know what the heck that meant at the time either, but sit tight…i’ll explain later. but now, onto the first day…
can i just say that first of all i was very happy that i was able [...]

a nostalgic Christmas…

the cool thing about having a 2-year-old is that you can buy them whatever the heck comes to mind for Christmas. what do they know? they’re far too young to start making lists and requests and the smallest, shiniest thing will be enough to make their day. like matchbox cars. do you know those are [...]

sean taylor

my prayers go out to the family and friends of 24-year-old sean taylor. sure, he was the washington redskins safety, but i’m sure to those who loved this young man he was so much more… father, son, companion, friend.

november 26, 1983

i’ve been keeping a journal forever it seems. i have just about my entire life all mapped out in various books – my elementary years, my middle school and high school years, tales of boyfriends, the college days, mama experiences… all of it. i have formal journals, binder notebooks filled with lined paper that i [...]

job #4 – post baby

you thought i was done with my post baby job recap, huh? nope. if you recall i was fired from job #3 – post baby which was a little bit traumatic considering the fact that i was working for a freakin’ tour bus company. so anyway, my husband edellizzle suggested that i finish a manuscript [...]

giddy-uppy seahorsey!!!

dutch was recently playing with an old infant toy of his that has all kinds of sea animals on it. he pointed to one peculiar little creature, the seahorse, and wanted to know what it was. which got me to thinking, “why don’t you ever see folks with seahorses in their fishtanks?”
so googly me, went [...]

the day after…

it’s the day after thanksgiving and i’m reporting to you live and direct from…work! how crazy is that? you’re off on thursday and then you have to come in to work on friday? oh, the frustration of having to leave my nice warm bed this morning, but i’m a contractor and being a contractor means [...]

happy thanksgiving…

to you and yours!!
and hey, don’t over do it, people.
just treat the meal like any other thursday meal.
even if it’s not necessarily like any other thursday meal.
unless you’re used to throwing down in the kitchen on thursdays.
i don’t. maybe you do.
but anyway, you know what i mean…