I used to blog at theweirdgirl.com. All of that writing lives here now.
For Easter, a psychological study
The five stages of gift-giving grief as typified in unnamed older relative (UOR) behavior upon relinquishment of presenter/presentee rights within standard environments. Median age of subjects is 65. Denial – [...]
The unveiling
There were many excellent guesses for Monday's contest, name the frog... but alas, no correct ones! Truth be told, I didn't even have a prize lined up. I knew it [...]
Contest for a Monday morning
This is our new frog. An Oriental Fire-bellied toad, to be exact. Chance was given a "frog house" for his birthday so of course he got very excited about the [...]
But those clothes are still Perfectly Good!
I have an all day work meeting on Wednesday and yet I have so few work-appropriate clothes left in my closet that 1) fit, 2) aren’t all dusty/stretched out/bleached on [...]
Happenstance (for shits and giggles)
Holy crapmonkeys, is it Wednesday already?! Well, in the basic breakdown of my days it seems like I work and drive Chance around to places he "needs to be". That [...]
So begins the “phase”
You know, for a brief shining moment there I thought a modicum of cleanliness had entered my life. I was no longer washing soiled undergarments (yay potty training!), Chance really [...]
Blown Away… four years running
Chance turned FOUR this week! (He's still working on that tricky thumb thing.)I know this sounds like goofy mom-gushing but I can't believe it's been four years! (Life just keeps [...]
Going on the list of things to do when I’m rich
So I've been thinking a lot about this one lately... the way our school system is set up. Chance is getting closer to kindergarten - he's a year away - [...]
More for the book
Madgirl Lovesong #5 To my dearest Oh! The moon rolls round again… and crushes… it crushes me. My belly twists with the weight of leaden love. The moonboot footprints of [...]
Culture who?
About a week (or two) ago iVegas Dad gave me this award! (Isn't he sweet?) The award doesn't seem to have a name but it is supposed to honor bloggers [...]
Eating Girl Scout cookies and frantically writing a post.
I've been having serious time management issues as of late. Right this moment I've got 20 minutes to write and eat a snack before Chance is out of quiet time. [...]
Lucky numbers… 14, 3, 26, 5
"Every day you don't blog makes it easier to put it off one day more." That should be a Chinese proverb or something. Except (obviously) updated for today's modern world. [...]