Piggy Banks: I’ll bet Warren Buffet had one.

Cute Piggy Bank If I remember correctly, my sister got a piggy bank for her fourth birthday.  She is the youngest in our family, so it’s never been quite clear as to why my younger brother and myself were passed up on the piggy gifting.  It was a cute little pig — fat-bellied and pink, just like […]

10 things from my brain today

Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 9:21 | Category : Blathering, Gratitude, Politics, Questions, Snarking & Snipping
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Random thoughts and observations after returning from my morning walk today (which is saying quite a bit considering I wasn’t thrilled with the idea to begin with…):
1.  Holding my coffee cup under the drip as the coffee is brewing makes for an excellent rich roasty first cuppa in the morning.  The second?  It has to be […]

Alive, Exercising, and So Not on Main Street

Tuesday, 30 September 2008, 12:24 | Category : Adjustments, Health, Plans & Schemes, Politics, San Diego
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Well, hello.  Remember me?  I’m the one who used to write here quite regularly.  I’m never quite sure how it gets to be Tuesday after it seems that Thursday was just yesterday, but that’s how it goes.
I think I’ve figured out that if I had a way to hang on to my thoughts while I was […]

Pigs, Lipstick, and Other Shiny Objects

This is not a light-hearted post, so if you’re just not in the mood to be real, that’s fine.  But right now,  I’m thinking that blogging about my patio flowers, or thoughts about floor covering choices for a remodel, or how much I’d like to mail my flea-ridden pets to Siberia […]

Patriotic Coffee

Wednesday, 10 September 2008, 10:01 | Category : Plans & Schemes, Politics, So Not Wordless Wednesday, Women
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Not too much else can be said.
 Except this…

This…

Oh, and of course, this.

I’d say our house is in order.
Not bad for a Nearly Wordless Wednesday.

Sex Ed and Politics

Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:10 | Category : Education, Learning, Plans & Schemes, Politics
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Yesterday morning after I returned from dropping the MoH off at work, I had the dubious pleasure of listening to NPR report on local attitudes about sex education for 5th graders.  Obviously, there’s been quite a bit of talk on the subject since McCain was forced by the GOP bigdogs to chose Sarah Palin as […]

Back to School: Ho Hum

Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 10:08 | Category : Education, Nonsense, Politics, Teenagers
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The long Labor Day weekend always marks the official end of summer here, with people heading to the beach one last time.  And just like that, it’s over.
The three days yawned on for what seemed like five with the three of us taking it easy.  Other than spending Saturday at the horse races with the RTR […]