Taste Like Crazy

I’d love to write something deep and insightful but I’m running short on deep and insightful today. We spent the weekend in Arkansas and while it was great, I’m pretty sure we all missed our routine. Tucker and I were both dreading last night since we had convinced ourselves that last night was going to suck [...]

Do you ever have those days when you know that you should write deep and thought provoking things to prove that you’re giving proper reverence to events? OK. So a sentence that was supposed to be simple has turned into this cryptic, convoluted monster but I’m so sick of reading it over and over and trying [...]

After such a long break, I feel like I should have something deep and insightful to write but, alas, I’ve got squat. The Thanksgiving holiday was wonderful with its almost complete lack of drama. The dinners [yes, dinners] were delicious and for the most part, no one put their feet in their mouths. I got my old [...]

When I was little – four or five maybe – I would guilt my dad into renting a hotel room at the local Holiday Inn so that I could go swimming in the Holidome[!!!] – you can’t write “Holidome” without including several exclamation points. The hotel was a good distraction from staying out in the [...]

I laid myself, ever so gingerly, back on the sharp rocks. I had an instant mental image of a sideshow at a dirty roadside carnival with a barker beckoning passersby to witness the amazing feat of a woman lying comfortably on a bed of nails. I stared up at the bright blue sky. There wasn’t a single [...]

This weekend was Oliver’s first birthday party. I didn’t say “Oliver’s first birthday” since he doesn’t turn one until the 12 but Tucker will be at Navy Drill this coming weekend and Tucker wasn’t going to miss his son’s party. It was the way that a first birthday party should be. We had cake and ice cream. Chips [...]

We’re back home from Ollie’s birthday party that was held in Arkansas and we’re all exhausted. Things went great with the exception of the cake but THAT is a story for a different day…like tomorrow. Cara is in her Hello Kitty tent that’s in the living room. She goes to sleep easily [well, easily for her] if [...]

I have been young and stupid and have worked many, many different jobs. Some of those jobs I cared about but most I did not. Most of those jobs were more about socializing than rendering a service and my customers were like gnats that annoyed me. So, I get it when I go to Target and I’m [...]

Little know fact about me: I love rats. Several years ago, while Tucker was at boot camp for the Navy, I became very, very lonely. I had Sophie, the wonder pit bull, but I still felt a huge gaping hole in my heart where there should have been a Tucker. In my desperation to fill that whole, I [...]

Today I actually got to GO IN some houses that I had stalked looked at on the Internet. We had a list of seven to check out. Seven. I went into it expecting to end the house looking session being all conflicted and not knowing which of the amazing houses we were going to buy. I was [...]