The World Is Our Playground

There’s something extremely satisfying about troubleshooting your sprinkler system and fixing it yourself. Everything is up and running with the exception of one zone in the back that doesn’t even sound like it’s coming on (read: good news–no busted pipes!), so I’ll have to take a look at that later. Right now, I’m just excited [...]

Well, it’s official. I’m officially “unemployed”. My last day was last Friday, and my new job doesn’t start until 5 May. I have off THE ENTIRE WEEK. HA!

Ironically, here’s a list of things I’d like to do this week:

- Weed (by “things to do” and “weed”, I mean pull the weeds in the front [...]

Well, this is the good news I was talking about last time. See, I applied for a new position with this other company a couple of weeks ago. I spoke with the recruiter last week, and he said that an offer package is on its way. Meanwhile, a verbal offer was proposed, salary and benefits [...]

It figures. On my one scheduled day off, girl 2 gets up early. I was comfortably coccooned in my warm bed, right on the verge of falling back to sleep, when I heard it–that faint, sucking of air sound that is so distinct as the precursor to a 2-year old yawn. Following that were the [...]

Louis Armstrong got it right. I look at these 3 and think how lucky I am right now. Wonderful family, great friends, a house, good job . . . it’s a good day to be me right now.

And it’s warm today! I might actually get to mow my lawn tonight. That’d be sweet. And [...]

So yesterday was a great day. I finally got to mow the front yard and edge the driveway, sidewalk edges, and the curb. It took about 3.5 hours, most of which was spent bending over and edging or shop-vacuuming up the dirt. It looks better than it did, but it’s not the best edger. I’ll [...]

Bran Buds do not add to the yogurt-eating experience. Actually, they detract heavily.

That is all.

So, I went to some friends’ house after work. They’re also doing foster care, but they have a crazy house: 2 babys under 9 months, a 5 year old, and a 7 year old. I don’t envy them.

Anyway, like I said, 2 babies. I held the 9-month old for a good 10 minutes. There’s [...]

So, depending on your point of view, I’m either 4+ months late or 7+ months early. I’d like to think that I’m just that much ahead of the curve, but I know myself. For the sake of argument, though, I’m going to say that I’m well ahead of schedule.

Now to my point: [...]

I have a new definition of irony–one that I never thought I would encounter, yet find myself smack in the thick of the most ridiculous and bitter battle.

So, irony: discovering that a supposed best friend thinks that you need anger management. This discovery is happened upon by the fact that this person is screaming [...]