Maya’s gone to Science Camp for the week…or, truthfully, she will have gone in a few hours, right now she’s still asleep in bed.  But once I take her to school today, she’s off for a week of hiking in the woods, exploring tidepools, looking at different biomes and ecosystems…fun fun fun.  I don’t know if most states/areas do Science Camp, but I gotta say, it was the BEST week of my whole elementary school education.  It was the first time I was away from family for that long, which is a pretty liberating feeling.  No homework or regular school stuff to do, which is also awesome.  Nature, hanging out…

He doesn’t so much speak to me, as he sends me emails….like this one (see the return address…does this mean that God is processing loans in Russia? I thought he had a better gig than that?), that I received yesterday…what I kinda wish, though, was that he would use my home email, rather than my work one.  It’s more personal, right?

Meandering around the blogosphere, dipping into worlds unknown, I come across some things too groovy not to share. So here we are, I’m sharing them. Because I’m nice like that. 1. Check out Ms. Mama’s bathroom. I’m seriously impressed, and Ted and I now want to pay for her and Snowflake to come out and give us a cool room like this sometime. Seriously cool. 2. Ally Bean has a groovy sign in her ‘hood. Check it out. 3. Curiosity Killer has a cautionary tale about what people do when they find out they only have a short time to live…and then find out that it was a mistake… 4.…

  Five things I’m thinking about today… 1.  Even though we haven’t gotten any offers on our place yet, it’s really nice having it SO CLEAN all of the time.  I kinda miss our stuff, but not the clutter, if that makes sense. 2.  Is Locke really dead?  Hmmm.  Could be.  Sure looked that way.  Doesn’t mean we won’t see him in ghosty form, does it? 3.  We got Genevieve groomed last Friday, and she’s soooo soft and lovely.  It’s different when we give her a bath at home, for some reason.  I don’t know if it’s the conditioner they use, or if it’s the brushing, or the blow drying, or…

A few weeks ago, I found myself at a crossroads.  One of the complicated (well, it doesn’t HAVE to be complicated) moments in a woman’s life…to cut my hair short, or not to cut my hair short?  Way back as a young child, circa preschool, I LOVED long hair, but I wasn’t allowed to have it.  Once I was old enough to care for it myself,  I was allowed to grow my hair long (not that much later, actually).  Since then, it’s been a back and forth, a dance, long hair for a few years, short hair for a few years, grow it out, long hair for a few years, always…

Part of getting our place ready for an open house has been cleaning and decluttering all of the places that nosy people might peek.  Since the refrigerator and freezer are included in the sale of the place, I suppose they have a right to peek in there to see what kind of science experiments we might be growing.  The answer? None.  That is one CLEAN fridge and freezer, let me tell you. After cleaning out the freezer, and throwing away a lot of half eaten boxes of Popsicles, things like that, I was making Maya’s lunch yesterday, and I saw this lovely box of popcorn chicken. “Hey,” I thought, “I…

Let’s tread lightly, OK?

Curses to Cherry and Big Sis, because they both told me how awesomely good these little suckers are.  So, in a fit of salty craving, off I went to Bev Mo, and I bought a bag of Spicy Thai Kettle Chips.  And then I ate it.  Yes, the whole bag.  Part before dinner, as a snack, and part after dinner, as another snack.  I don’t need anyone to tell me that an entire bag of chips is more than a snack.  Kettle Chips bags aren’t as big as Ruffles or Lays or anything, but still….a whole bag.  Oh.My.God. They’re that good.  Better than Cheetos. Chee informed me that they have a…