I am certifiably certified…

to perform CPR on adults, children and infants.  It was really fun, actually, and now I’m all ‘rah rah Red Cross!’  And the neato book they give you has First Aid instructions so I can look that over instead of worrying about doing that course right away.  I have to say, I feel much more [...]

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She’s Crazy!

Herein lies a bunch of random ramblings in no particular order.  You have been warned.
Thanksgiving was lovely, although I was again reminded of why I really don’t like Mommy Talks.  For starters, I really don’t so much feel comfortable discussing other the birth choices of people not present, especially when they involve words like ‘natural [...]

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A Little Lost Again

The thing about therapy is that invariably things come up that blindside you.  This was my yesterday, and while I’m pretty philosophical about it, I’m also feeling a little ragged around the ol’ edges this morning.  The hardest thing about the painful stuff is how easy it is to lose sight of the positive and [...]

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Someday I’ll be competent too!

The Competence Project is growing by the minute and I’m nothing if not a joiner.  Only I’m gonna make my own list, see.  And I’m gonna put it right here, see.  Right after I stop typing like this, see.
Ok, I’m done now.
Anyway, these are the skills I want to learn over the next year.  Why [...]

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A Day in the Life

Yesterday was cooking day.  Despite my best efforts to make Monday mass-food prep day, it never seems to work out that way.  And so I cut veggies while the Bub ate lunch.  I browned chorizo while Lucy was on her way home from school.  While she was doing her homework, I steamed up some broccoli [...]

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The Freedom to Buy Things

Last night I watched Life and Debt, which is a documentary about the effects of globalization on Jamaica, chiefly the effect of IMF’s lending practices on the people and economy.  One of the lines that stuck with me the most was when the spokesperson for the IMF said that people in the so-called third world [...]

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Spinning Yarns

A few months ago, right before my Chinese class started and I discovered how out of practice I was at managing my time, I bought a stack of used knitting books and kits on Amazon and borrowed a couple of books from my MIL.  I dutifully tried to figure out how to cast on for [...]

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Wherein I quit Mandarin, wake up with 6 additional college credits and grin like a fool

Seriously?  I am nothing short of invigorated this morning.  I am down to one pumpkin to cook.  My apples are sauced and I made, get this, homemade ginger ale last evening.  So what if I really don’t like it?  Do y’all remember last year when I was all “I BOILED WATER last night”?
Ahem.
I am eligible [...]

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Some days you just don’t want to be responsible

Take today, for instance.  I skipped Mandarin last week in order to get ready to work the polls (ok, so that I wouldn’t be leaving the Bub for so long.)  I know what I need to know for tonight’s class, but I just don’t want to memorize the vocabulary.  I don’t know if it’s because [...]

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Now What?

What to do with all of this energy, released stress, and out-and-out patriotism mixed with extreme good will?  I’ll tell ya,
I cried all yesterday morning.  I cried in the street on the way to the store.  I cried at the news.  I cried at text messages, emails, looking at my husband as we passed in [...]

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