I used to blog at theweirdgirl.com. All of that writing lives here now.
Listing Life
Keen's cousin passed away last week. Gil was extremely low functioning Down syndrome. He was in his early 50s and pneumonia came on suddenly. The last few winters have seemed [...]
Transition Pimp
Easter always makes me think of transitions. (This is where I wax poetic, "Spwing! Spwing is what bwings us together...") Recently, one project has tragically ended (crash and burn style) [...]
What’s in your basket?
So we've told Chance that when little kids don't behave, the Easter Bunny fills their eggs with bunny farts. I extended it to a few pellets if you're really bad, [...]
Her brain is runny, like a cracked egg it is!
This is really dumb but I never remember how to boil eggs. As in, I never remember the proper cooking time. Or technique. I mean besides putting them in water. But it's [...]
On age-inappropriate Greeks
So I'm doing this thing were I'm trying to catch up on some of the major children's/young adult novels that I missed so whenever Chance gets around to reading I'll [...]
In just over 3 1/2 months
Guess what?Keen just hit his goal weight! Starting Monday, November 30th through today, Thursday, March 18th, he's lost 62 pounds. He's getting downright skinny! He needs a pedicure, though. 🙂 Maybe [...]
Slightly cool with a chance of preoccupation
I've been offline so much I don't know what to write. (I probably don't tell you this often enough but you internets inspire me.) Last week was one of preoccupation. [...]
favors and phone calls
It looks like my grandfather may be out of the woods (hope and pray)! And for a while there, he was very deep in the woods. I haven't gotten the [...]
Lemon-puss
One more update... Keen has now lost over 50 pounds!I am super, SUPER proud of him. And he is starting to look mrrowrr sexy.But also? He kind of sucks a [...]
Lying around
My poor kid is sick now, too. This particular germ fest involves a lot of intense headaches and not much else. The type of headaches that get so bad you [...]
stop boring us
I have been in firm and righteous denial for the past few days but... I think I'm getting sick. Or maybe I'm already sick. Denial is so damn dark it's [...]