Babble

I forgot to categorize it. Might mean something. Probably doesn’t.

god help us, a teenager

god help us, a teenager

My kid is turning fourteen. Fourteen. Wow. Thirteen was rough, but I could still be in denial. Thirteen isn’t really a teenager, really. She’s just started! The first year doesn’t count! My kid is now a teenager. God help us all. In two years she’ll be eligible to drive (in one year and six months, […]

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A Protective Squid

Roommate and child share a bedroom. Roommate went to bed first, I suggested when child went to bed that she not turn on the light. Because she’s been watching Supernatural, this did not appeal. Nor was she appeased when I pointed out that if there were any monsters in her room, they wouldn’t be hungry

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Legitimate Uses of YouTube With Homework

So for me, listening to songs in English while trying to do Spanish homework makes the work more difficult. Fortunately there’s YouTube. I love this song. Can I understand it yet? No. I haven’t actually gone to look for translations for fear it will annoy me. I just like to listen to it. Me gusta

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Oh Screw It

I was going to write an intelligent and insightful post, but then my brain ran off. Have a deep, insightful music video instead. For the record, I love this song. This video just amuses me.

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I’m Not Here

Not mentally, at least. I swear I remember deciding years ago not to wait until I was yawning my jaw off to blog. I was supposed to do it before I got started on the night’s work… Yeah, whatever. School goes on. I still love it. Doesn’t leave me much time. Received some lovely compliments

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Two Feet Away

My backpack is two feet away on my bed, but it might as well be miles. Today we (Adventure Friend and I and the kids) went up Mt. Lemmon and went hiking. It was awesome, it was glorious…it was exhausting. We saw flowers and birds and squirrels, rocks and trees and moss and water. We

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Upside the Head

Is that even a saying anywhere but my hometown? And if people don’t know what it means to get a smack upside the head, can I do it anyway? I really think it would make the world a better place.

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