On the left side of the sanity bell curve
I am a writer. I am a wife. I am a mom. I am a gamer. I am riddled with ADD. Order changes daily.
While I was at Blissdom last week, Mom kept the kids. The one thing Cara wanted in the entire world was to go see the movie Rapunzel; I suspect she identified with Rapunzel’s blonde hair. On one of our Skype calls, Cara showed me the Rapunzel dress-up outfit Mom had bought for her and the amount… Continue reading The Dance of the Sugarplum Rapunzel
Once upon a time, there was a boy who joined the Navy. Now this boy wasn’t content with just “regular” Navy; this boy wanted high-speed, super cool Navy and what could be cooler than bombs?! Luckily, the boy decided it was no fun to be cold and wet and he quit the Navy’s EOD program.… Continue reading iRobot: Puts the Geek into Cleaning
The next LEGO game was announced today and if you’re a quick one and read the title, you know it’s Pirates of the Caribbean. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean will be released on the Wii™ console, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Games For Windows – LIVE and the DS. Basically you’ll be able to play this… Continue reading LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Coming May 2011
Vulnerability isn’t celebrated but maybe it should be. Vulnerability is kind of like emotionally leaving the key under the door mat and crossing your fingers that your house isn’t going to be cleaned out while you’re gone. The scary-beautiful part about vulnerability is you will never connect with anything unless you can get to that… Continue reading The Belly Rub of Vulnerability
Roasted chicken is one of those simple dishes a lot of people don’t seem to be able to master. Since whole chickens are a great way of stretching your “meat budget,” it stands to reason you should know how to cook one and cook it well. Ina Garten’s Perfect Roast Chicken is my go-to recipe… Continue reading Perfect Easy Roasted Chicken Recipe
When I was driving through the hills between Nashville and my house, I had grand plans for the post that would sum up Blissdom better than any other post on the internet. The post would be amazing, inspiring and not one of those posts where only the folks who attended the conference appreciate them.You know… Continue reading Blissdom 2011 Recap…Hopefully It’s Not THAT Boring
When I was a lot younger than I am now, my mom was given some sourdough starter and she made copious amounts of sourdough bread. One of the best things in the world? Taking a piece of still-warm sourdough bread and burring your nose in it. Trust me. Then the plague hit Mom’s starter and… Continue reading Yogurt Sourdough Starter and Bread Recipe
Ductogram was this morning and I suspect years of breastfeeding came in handy as I felt next to nothing. Though the contrast did make me wonky for about fifteen minutes afterwards. I had one of the coolest radiologist evah–I’ve known a lot of radiologists in my time from when I worked at Mayo so I… Continue reading Clean Boob of Health
I read a Salon.com article yesterday–I tried to find the link but didn’t locate it. Leave a link in the comments if you read it too.– about Mormon women blogs and how the author stalks the blogs because they make motherhood and marriage and life in general look so easy and carefree. The only blog… Continue reading Show the Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Keep Going
Oops. Already screwed that up, didn’t I? I don’t have much to say except it’s still snowy but it only looks pretty from the window because the snow has actually turned into this slush/mud/ice conglomeration that would resemble a comet if it were traveling like 600 KPS or something. But I guess it would have… Continue reading Where I DON’T Talk About My Left Boob
I put off taking my shower yesterday for as long as I could; I’m pretty sure I put it off so long in hopes I would miss my appointment. My first lesson in this whole thing is when people ask you, “How are you today?” they don’t really want the truth. And I’m not trashing… Continue reading My Left Boob! Part Deux
