animals

There Was Biting to Begin With

April 2, 2013

We came, he caught, he tamed and he named. Meet John Daly. his new pet green anole. Trip to Texas successful! We will be coming home with a new pet (we could have bought for 6 bucks at Petsmart.) The little lizard was not so happy when he caught him. He wouldn’t let go! Peter [...]

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You will never guess what I was looking for in my bra.

March 3, 2013

You will never guess what I was looking for in my bra today. I have two things about my bra today that were VERY exciting. 1. I am wearing a brand new bra and it is actually super comfortable and I am tickled, (if you are a woman, I am certain you understand.) 2. [...]

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The Girl Who Cried Redbook (but I am really in this months issue, REALLY!)

February 8, 2013

Me, (nervously texting husband Jim at his doctors office) “Ummmm. We are in Redbook this month. Don’t kill me.” A very long period of time goes by. I even gave him allowances in case he was resuscitating someone. My mind wandered that he was so mad he was on his way home and I may need resuscitating. [...]

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Oh Deer! Not on a Friday Please.

January 11, 2013

I hate Fridays when you hit a deer taking the kids to school. I hate crying kids on the way to school more. I hate kids home from school when I need to clean the house the most. “I will go back and cook it for dinner so he didn’t die in vein.” That [...]

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Ridiculous Resolution to Seize the Monkey!

January 2, 2013

I despise resolutions. If I knew I needed to change something about myself, and luckily I don’t as every year I get more perfect(ly imperfect) I know I would realize my flaw on or around January 20th. Knowing myself, I would “shelf” my personal “remodel” until January 1, of the next year because that is [...]

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Therapist for Mothers of Boys

December 6, 2012

I’m just now getting into shower because washing machine is broken (!!!!!) and repair guy will be here in a few minutes. I would like to wash the cricket, worm guts, lizard and frog germs off of me. I feed baby crickets to raise into big crickets and then I feed baby crickets to red [...]

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She Knows I Am Laughing With Her

August 31, 2012

Someone quickly drop off a girl! I have all boys and our girl dog is suffering through me dressing her up

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Last Morning of Summer 2012

August 26, 2012

Waking up in the mountains and I can’t bring myself to wake up Peter. It’s his last morning of summer vacation and he is sleeping just like a little boy who spent the entire day before in a river kayaking. He also caught crayfish in a creek, frogs and salamanders. He tried sleeping in a [...]

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How To Tell Your Lawn Guy You’re Very Sorry

August 4, 2012

He threw himself on his back and rolled around screaming and laughing.

I continued into the road smiling again wondering how long before he realized he was rolling around where our dog does her “business.”

Can you send your lawn guy flowers?

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How To Tell Your Lawn Guy You’re Very Sorry

July 20, 2012

He runs over to my side of the car and yells, “It’s out back! It’s the biggest, (he has his arms stretched out as far as they will go) snake I have ever seen!”

I tell him that it isn’t real and that my kids leave it around to scare each other and us and he wasn’t the intended victim person, (but anyone will do.)