I thought [morbidly] that someday I won't be here and maybe my family &/or friends would want to know some of the more odd things about me that aren't always well known or obvious ( Read more... )

I am stressed... I am tired. I let work consume me. I can't pull away once I'm in... I've always been this way. I eat at my desk. I start early and end late. I work from home most days... I'm exactly as he left me that morning when he gets home at night... Hair in a rushed, sagging ponytail. Teeth unbrushed, glasses and Jammie's on... An empty ( Read more... )

I hadn't realized how bad it had gotten. I didn't know how angry, confused, &/or desperate so many Americans were. This election has started to open my eyes however. And I’m convinced we’re just at the beginning of a very ugly time in our history. Trump is encouraging something ugly. Something hateful. But he didn't create it. He just tapped into ( Read more... )

Trump... He was some odd-ball, millionaire with funny hair and orange spray-tan... Someone who when I rarely and randomly saw him in the news or on TV seemed loud, rude, vain, and awkwardly out of touch with the average person, or me. I assumed he'd grown up priviledged, lived a lavish lifestyle and was involved in things so far outside my scope of ( Read more... )

My mom, in one of her many forms, was an artist in an ultimate way. She sought out experiences through drugs and alcohol. Through strangers and friends. Through adrenalin and crisis. Drama and calm. She observed and she interacted. She was a poet and a sketch-artist. She painted a little too. She loved music and how it made her feel. Entranced by ( Read more... )

Got up at 3:25 am... Got dressed. Bag already packed... Cab came 10 mins late. Dog chewed up my favorite travel flat-shoes... So today I wore a heal... Low, older pair that is a bit worn down. As I walked towards my gate on the smooth wannabe marble floor... WHOOSH! Ankle bends, shoe slides out from under me... Shelly goes does down! My ankle hurt ( Read more... )

It's 4:36 pm... Work is pretty much wrapped up for the day. The kids are out watching a movie. Ryan is at work still. I know what I"m making for dinner tonight... Sorta... It's an odd and good problem to have I guess... I have 6 thick pork-chops (boneless unfortunately) and I have a lb. of ground beef and I have frozen prawns. I could either make ( Read more... )

Inspired by Matt Bellassai ( Read more... )

So... I'm curently addicted to zoodles. Some friends came to visit 4th of July weekend and made Zoodles with Pesto. I was hooked. I was scooping heaping, steaming fork-fulls of the stuff right out of the pan it was cooked in. Since I've made it multiple times a week. I've remained loyal to the pesto... Sometimes adding chicken... I think I'm ready ( Read more... )

I suspect this is the case for most folks... When I'm home with my family at night, I don't usually carry my cell around with me. I usually leave it in the kitchen or living room. This means I may not see/hear/get a text you send me right away. If you call, I'll probably hear it because it's a repeated long ring, but a text is just a 'ping'... So ( Read more... )