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• Moving on

  02 août 2021 ( #Pets, #blog, #moving )

  Thank you so much for all of the kind words about Abby. A few days after it happened, I could barely tell people about it, but now nearly two weeks removed, it seems like it happened years ago. That’s the good/bad thing about life, I guess. It doesn’t...

• Adaptation

  20 juillet 2021 ( #adapting to a new life, #band, #basketball, #education, #Junior National Honor Society, #lacrosse, #making new friends, #Mississippi, #moving, #new school, #spelling bee, #volleyball )

  Ten short months ago, we received word that Mississippi State University wanted Chris. (Cue the Billy Squier music.) Ten short months ago, we broke the news to the kids. Sam and Gus smiled nervously and nodded their tentative approval, George bit back...

• Knitting for the masses; Mohair scarf

  06 août 2021 ( #knitting, #scarf )

  I have to go to Target every weekend or else I'm just not right. Here in Los Angeles, we don't have Wal-Mart. We go to Tar-jzhay. Actually, there is one Wal-Mart in the valley, and it's in beautiful downtown Panorama City. I have been there, and I've...

• Behind the Blog

  21 juillet 2021 ( #blog, #At Home with Kim, #Behind the Blog, #guest blogger, #healthy eating, #Housewives of Late Night, #Indianapolis, #Jimmy Fallon, #managing your home, #photography, #running )

  I’m honored and humbled to be the inaugural “Behind the Blog” blogger for the lovely Kim of “At Home with Kim.” If you haven’t yet discovered her site and her warm smile, I’m happy to introduce you. Fabulous Blog Followers, meet Kim. Kim, meet my Fabulous...

• Gender-specific clothing

  26 juillet 2021

  Source: https://www.elle.com/fashion/g34826366/androgynous-clothing-brands/ I guess I hadn’t really looked at it – although I’m aware it wasn’t exactly a golden age for women or children! I do sometimes wonder about dresses/skirts and why it’s so culturally...

• Rules for Dating My Daughter

  23 juillet 2021 ( #glocks, #Homecoming Dance, #mutual respect, #rules for dating my daughter, #rules for dating my son )

  One thing I love about Facebook is keeping up with friends, relatives, and old neighbors that I no longer get to see on a regular basis. I especially enjoyed scrolling through the shots of all my kids’ former friends dressed up for Homecoming this past...

• Campaign trail

  30 juillet 2021 ( #LiveJournal entries, #Miscellaneous, #Behind the Blog, #moving )

  It’s election time again, and well, something near and dear to me is campaigning pretty hard. Its nickname is Big Z, which stands for Big Zit, because it’s not just one little zit, it’s like five zits in one and its party headquarters are on my chin....

• My Turn!

  28 juillet 2021 ( #book, #fantasy, #excerpt )

  My first book in The Deviant Chronicles is now available from Samhain! This book…what is it? Urban Fantasy, I suppose, with lots of raunchy sex! Actually, here’s the warning! Contains lots of bondage, sex clubs, whippings, orgies, tree sex, m/m and a...

• I Believe ...

  27 juillet 2021 ( #human, #believe, #my thoughts )

  “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it” - Mark Twain I know, normally, I *try* to keep my opinions to myself especially in regard to politics and suc.. Okay, we all know...

• More Reader Q & A. Then I have some Q, OK?

  22 août 2021 ( #questions, #answers )

  Reader Q: What happened to the blue sparkly hat you were making for Laina? My A: Uh, I finished it. I sort of didn't count my gauge right, though and the hat? That's supposed to fit a human person? Could fit Giagantisaurus. So... the sparkle hat has been...

• Sunday Reading Topics

  25 juillet 2021 ( #sunday, #blog )

  This week’s relevant topics, in a handy all-in-one-place format. As always, please plug your favourite posts and articles from the past week in the comments. :) Inside Yarl’s Wood: Britain’s Shame Over Child Detainees “Children held in the infamous Yarl’s...

• Goofy Google searches

  09 août 2021 ( #google, #searches )

  It’s that time again! “Stinky cat poop pudding” Don’t knock it; it’s only got 35 calories. “Knit my child a tank” I hope they meant a tank top, because otherwise how disappointed is that kid going to be when his G.I. Joe has to ride around in a knitted...

• This entry sponsored by my love of Pudding Pops

  04 août 2021 ( #Cats, #Miscellaneous )

  Things that have amused me recently: − The fact that my email server cuts senders’ names off, so I receive a daily status report from Jesus. − That after playing a thousand snippets of possible wedding ceremony songs to Jason, he said this after I presented...

• Videos I am currently loving

  29 juillet 2021 ( #Miscellaneous, #blog )

  Johnny Cash’s video for “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” I absolutely love how awesome Sharon Stone looks in this video. The only change I would make is to replace Chris Martin with George Clooney – STAT. And maybe not show such a close-up of Keith Richards’...

• 2000 flushes (of misery)

  14 août 2021 ( #flushes )

  Hey, remember that stupid toilet that developed the lazy flush and would sometimes flush um, large deposits, and then inexplicably refuse to flush a single square of toilet paper? I FIXED IT. WITH MY MIND. (OK, not really with my mind, but I like to add...

• Gold medal for goofiness

  07 août 2021 ( #Miscellaneous )

  Scene: Last night, bedroom Jason, putting on chapstick: Come here. Shauna, leans over: What? Jason: [presses end of chapstick into Shauna's forehead, making a ring-shaped indentation] This. Shauna: Ow! Not so hard! Jason, laughing: Let me do the Olympic...

• Yo. Gah!

  04 août 2021 ( #Fitness )

  Since the honeymoon, I haven’t been sleeping well, due to: 1. Our queen-sized bed. We had a king on our honeymoon. There is a HUGE difference: on the king, I could roll over three times and still not be in the same ZIP code as Jason. On our queen, I routinely...

• Traffic Elimination Center

  12 août 2021

  Gestures Glossary If you’ve ever driven a vehicle, you’ve probably gotten the one-finger salute or the angry fist shake, or some other vigorously applied hand gesture of displeasure. Now the prestigious Traffic Elimination Center is pleased to add to...

• Look up "obsessed" in the dictionary. Hi! That's me!

  11 août 2021

  I am crazy. As if you did not already know this. The hat thing has become not merely a project, not just a new notch on my knitting belt, no. No, ya'll. It has moved beyond quest and right into the realm of the OBSESSED and also, CRAZY. I think I might...

• How do you raise a child in a feminist manner?

  24 juillet 2021 ( #child, #blog )

  I have a new post up over at The F Word, discussing how I’m attempting to raise my son in a feminist manner and asking how readers are trying to do the same. I thought the readers of my blog might like to read it and hopefully join in the conversatio...