Yearly Archives: 2012

Merry Christmas, and Happy (almost) New Year! Did y’all have a nice Christmas? I know I did. Because I ate and ate and ate—at one point piling too much Jell-O…

Sometimes life just isn’t funny.Like most of you, I was just doing my own thing Friday morning, sitting in class while the high school students around me took a test,…

Not much, really. It just sounded like a catchy title.Sometimes blog posts come easy—words just flow from my fingertips like honey flowing from a plastic bear’s head. Which begs a…

My eye has been twitching all weekend.It started on Friday, just a little flicker while I was watching television.By Saturday, it was happening every few minutes.People asked, “Are you okay?…

It’s no secret that I can’t cook. I mean, I can do SOME things. Like, I can make a cake…from a box. I can make chicken…on the grill. I can…

Didn’t get too creative with this title, because it’s exactly how I feel. I’m bored. Although lately, life has been so crazy that boredom is probably a good thing. So…

So, my son is in a play this weekend. Nothing big, just a little school production of Snow White. (But then, as far as school productions go, I’ve learned lately…

As I’m writing this, I’m suspended in that moment in time I like to affectionately call “The Crappy Night Before School Starts Again After A Really Nice But Short Vacation.”…

So I’ve noticed that everyone on Facebook is posting “thankful” messages every day in honor of Thanksgiving. For nineteen days now, I’ve read—with more than my fair share of guilt—heartwarming…

That stupid "Gangnam Style" song has been going through my mind all week, and I’ve never even heard the whole thing. But my ten-year-old son keeps singing it and accompanying…