Feb 20, 2012

So as you know, we got a new puppy. I’ve been keeping the stories on the DL because, well, there’s something embarrassing. No, not her puppy butt breath (although that is completely repulsive), it’s, um … her name. For some reason, when you adopt or rescue a dog they always have the worst names. I don’t know if it’s because...

Feb 14, 2012

Now that I’m older, I find that I hate Valentine’s Day. Let me rephrase that: I really hate Valentine’s Day it annoys me because it’s just one more on the very long list of things I need to do and spend money on when I really should be using the money for something else. I’m really beginning to despise the commercialization of...

Feb 8, 2012

Dear Ella: It’s your fourth birthday and I can’t believe it. I know it’s so cliche to say that, but it’s true. Something happens when you have a child that turns it up to “11″ on the time warp machine. Your life becomes flashes, glimpses of memories that you recall with a smile or from a smell or a by seeing a photo with a...

Feb 6, 2012

Sure the Super Bowl was last night and, of course, we tried to watch. However, we were busy with the excitement and drama of our own personal Puppy Bowl happening right in our own house. If you’re not familiar with the Puppy Bowl 1) shame on you, and 2) shame on you some more. The Puppy Bowl is an Animal Planet show that takes place during the Super Bowl....

Jan 31, 2012

Yesterday, I almost fell over the scattered pieces of a “Don’t Break the Ice” game and killed myself. As I was flailing and trying to regain balance, one thing flashed through my mind–no, not a vision of my life’s highlights, instead it was one single thought: “This is a really stupid way to die.”   I can see the...

Jan 24, 2012

When I’m feeling all overwhelmed and basically loser-like, I have to remind myself that we only moved three months ago. Prior to this, it had been over seven years since we made an interstate move. Moves are like childbirth; there’s something that happens in your mind immediately after the event that makes you forget exactly how painful the process...