Category: Stories

  • DVDisasters

    DVDisasters

    We don’t have cable T.V. anymore. We got rid of it in 2006. I wrote about the hows, and the why would anyone do thats here. We do have a five disc DVD player however which I assure you gets quite a workout most days.   I don’t use it to babysit my children though I…

  • Budget Clipping

    Budget Clipping

    It seems all we talk about around here these days is cutting costs. Clearly we talk about it TOO much (and TOO openly) since yesterday our eight year old asked, “Are we poor??” Oh holy hell. How am I supposed to answer that? Sigh. Naturally we told him we were anything but poor and all…

  • My Little Valentino

    My Little Valentino

    When I told my husband, when we first started dating, not to get me anything for Valentine’s Day because I don’t celebrate the Hallmark holiday, he was thrilled. No flowers, no chocolates, no dinner at a crowded restaurant?! He was pleased to say the least. Don’t get me wrong, I’m in love with love. I…

  • Zombies Are People Too

    Zombies Are People Too

    Today I planned to write about my interview…the one I was so excited/nervous/hopeful about and the email I received informing me I was “unsuccessful in the interview process.” And that I suck. And should leave the teaching profession forever and never look back. And that I’d be better suited working at a McDonald’s drive-thru than…

  • Little Miss Merry Sunshine I Ain’t

    It’s winter and I’m sad. This is so frustrating because I’m actually a very happy person. I love my life, yet I feel sad for no reason.    It seems I’m sad because I have SAD—Seasonal Affective Disorder otherwise known as the “Winter Blues.”  SAD makes me mad. And a bit embarrassed to be honest.…