A Barrel of Nelsons

Within the next two months or so, we’ll be relocating to Houston, Texas. Technically, I still have refusal rights on the city, but I don’t think I have the heart to use them. So I’m about to really step outside my comfort zone.
Because at this point I’ve been west of the Mississippi twice in my [...]

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We saw Hellboy 2 last weekend. Not bad, not over-the-top great. That’s my vote.
I love comic book movies (or at least the concept of them). My dad’s a bit of a comic book geek, without having or spending a bunch of money on it. I remember him watching the cartoons when I was younger… X-Men [...]

Someone on a forum recently said she bookmarked my blog and couldn’t wait to read it. So I figured that I should probably post or something like that, eh? (Also, welcome any new readers… and old readers, regular readers, infrequent readers, readers who know me in real life, and readers who Googled something and ended [...]

So today is that day. Mother’s Day.
I just sent e-cards to my mom and Sara. Mom got a Maxine-based one since Maxine is her “thing.” And she got a cute cat one from the “Grandkitties.” Sara got a kitchen based one.
I’m going to call my grandma later, because not only is today Mother’s Day, tomorrow [...]

I’ve got nothing much to say.
They called this morning and my car is totaled. Everybody says, it’s great that I wasn’t hurt and then proceed to lecture me on what I was doing wrong. As if I’m not hard enough on myself already. As if I don’t know what kind of tragedy this is, and [...]

No. Really.
Frustrated and Angry. Frustrated and Sad. Frustrated and Punching Something…
It’s about all sorts of stuff.
My job. Dinner. My weight. My sinuses. The people I work with. The people I deal with who all believe that deadlines don’t apply to them. And then want to whine at me when the newsletter is late.
Work has been [...]

Now don’t get me wrong. I love my job, it certainly is not The Job That Made Me Hate Stuff. I really think I have a niche at the church, and I do some stuff that I feel really good about. And the people are nice, and my boss is generous with praise.
But really…
Really… What [...]

I woke up this morning with this post in my head, so I’ll hope if comes out articulately.
You may notice that I haven’t really been talking about adoption lately. I don’t know if I’m avoiding it or numbing it or doing something equally unhealthy… or if I’m simply just letting it be.
That’s not to say [...]

I’ve gone back and forth about protecting this. I’m going to put it out here for now, but I may hide it later.
It’s been on my mind so I’m going to lay it out here and hope that I can get some form of peace. (Sorry if any of this is TMI, that’s your content [...]