So, I really want to cut all my hair off again and have a super short cut.  The problem with this is that my shortest layers are still only 10 inches long from my scalp, so in order to donate to Locks of Love I have to wait until my hair grows another 2 inches.  Here's hoping I can wait it out and don't get frustrated and just chop it all off.

So, I've been chit-chatting with a girl on OKCupid about religion and religious views.  She asked if I was an atheist or agnostic/questioning/etc and here is my truthful answer.

I like to think of myself as non-religious.  I feel that God, some embodied, thinking 'higher' power,  is ridiculous.  I have my own theory about what's happening to me when ( Read more... )

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So, I feel ridiculous.  I just totally mother-henned out on Rae.  She was supposed to come over and hang out but had something to do first.  So, I waited... and waited, and my brain begins to do what it does best and worry about people.  I ran through scenarios in my mind and then waited some more.  I called, texted, and aim-ed and no response.  " ( Read more... )

So, I got home from Thanksgiving and Chip, my rat, was having trouble breathing, shaking and hadn't eaten or drank the entire time we were in PA.  We held him for a while and I cried a lot and he passed on.  Jonathon was nice enough to go outside and bury him for me.  I still remember when I picked him out and named him.  He was one of three ( Read more... )

Why is it always that when things seem to be going so well, under the surface something is happening and then BAM! in your face with no preparation.  I thought we had gotten past this, but it seems we are again going to head down the same road.   I fear similar results of nothing really changing.  I just want to curl up and cry right now because I' ( Read more... )

Ever have a day that just makes you feel overwhelmingly taken advantage of?  That was yesterday...and this morning.  When you give someone money for something, that generally means that you own it right?  So that also means that this person who bought this stuff for you does NOT have free reign over it whenever he so pleases, because... IT'S MINE ( Read more... )

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The ( Read more... )

So, I just found a bunch of my coloring books and my crayons! I've been coloring like a madwoman!

So, I'm convinced that the apocalypse is happening outside my window. I have a plague (ear and throat infections), and it's raining squirrels. Allow me to explain ( Read more... )