I was a real tomboy growing up. Short hair (pixie style thanks to my mom-ewww), no jewelry, never wore skirts. In fact, I can remember the first skirt that I willingly wore to school - I was 13! In contrast to my childhood, my biggest girly girl trait now is that I have been getting... Continue Reading →

I must explain that title. Back in 1983 the Police had just released what would be their final album together, Syncronicity. The songs all had very dark lyrics. In an interview, Sting was asked about that. His response for whatever reason is one of those crystal clear memories I have - obviously it struck a... Continue Reading →

Today was a rare day when I actually did everything I planned on doing in my head! I was awake at 4:00am thanks to the cats and a developing sinus headache. Took some Claritin and closed the door on the cats and went back to sleep until 6:30 when the sound of the fur balls... Continue Reading →

A little site meter analysis time!I've meant to do this since a couple of other sister bloggers highlighted this and I finally had time today at lunch to comb through the last 100 hits to this site. Funny stuff I tell ya! There are the usual people who have me bookmarked, some coming through the... Continue Reading →

Thanks to MLL here are the results of my personality test. Pretty dead on from my own perspective of myself!My Personality Neuroticism4Extraversion72Openness To Experience55Agreeableness78Conscientiousness82 You are sociable, outgoing, energetic, and lively. You prefer to be around people much of the time. You are calm and composed, reacting well to situations that most people would describe... Continue Reading →

Of course, all C&J gals are goddesses. However, yesterday I was the complete Domestic Goddess specifically. Really. Stop laughing over there!! DS2 and I cleaned off our bookshelves and dusted our bedrooms. That was like 3 years overdue! I vacuumed both bedrooms and then completed the TV rotation by hooking up DS1's old TV to... Continue Reading →

Stealing a topic from, well, nearly everyone on my blogroll, here are the 5 things that I like about my body. I suppose I should preface this by saying that I did not originally fall into the young girl trap of insecurity over my appearance. Not sure why, but I actually made it through high... Continue Reading →

Responding to tags from, well, everybody on my link list just about, here are five things you don't know about me (hah! open book that I am, I know these will not be new to everyone)I am stealing this from Alto2, but I also always knew I would only have boys. I remember when I... Continue Reading →

I think I remember what I wanted to say last week! They were talking on the morning radio show here about focusing on the journey of life, not the destination. It made me think about how things have changed so much in my life. I was living in a fog up until about 7 years... Continue Reading →