Breaking my own rules

Sooner or later it had to come to this.  I had always told myself (and anyone who suggested otherwise) that I do not read book series.  I could handle one book, but the pressure (oh the pressure) to be in it for the long haul was too much.  So much for that.
A friend of mine [...]

Survival of the fittest

It seems that Charlie has seen that Princess is injured and has taken this opportunity to warm up to us, lest she perish and we decide he’s out too.
The other night he jumped up into bed with Pip and I when we got in bed looking at us like “What?  I always do this.”  And [...]

Because I feel like it

Pip got me tickets to this guy’s concert in November.  I’m pretty excited.

And of course embedding is disabled, so click it.  It’s worth it.

Fan of Dinosaurs

TM turned 6 last week (seems impossible) and it was all dinos all the time for this birthday.  A conversation we had after visiting the Denver Museum of Nature and Science:
TM: “Mommy?”
Me: “Yes?”
TM: “I think I was made to love dinosaurs.”
Me: “Really?  Why’s that?”
TM: “Because I really love them.  I am a big fan.”
And he [...]

Yes, we still have them

Almost 2 years ago I posted about the cats we acquired through an attempt to relieve the guilt we felt over things not working out with Elsie the greyhound. Mmmm, yes.  We should have just let that wave of guilt crash onto the shores of our souls and return to the ocean of feelings the [...]

Testing…testing…1…2…3

I’m currently chuckling because I can’t type, hear or say that title without thinking about the way Pip usually does that.  When we were dating Pip was in a band and they used to test the sound using this phrase instead: “Testes…Testes…1…2…3?”.  Makes me laugh every time.  Speaking of testes, I saw a bumper sticker [...]