Ampersand Too

Well, that is just pathetic!

2008-05-19T15:54:00.000-04:00

You Are 75% Pure

You're pretty pure, and you have no plans on changing that.

You do have a devilish side though... and it will probably get the better of you.

The 100 Question Purity Test

For all you Scrubs fans...

2008-04-29T12:48:00.000-04:00

Off to the Bamboozle

2008-04-29T10:05:00.002-04:00

in three days!

Will be back with a full report of all fun and frivolity. And to be sure I will get in a fight with someone along the way ... after all, it is two days ... and my last two concerts have been conflict free. :)

My girl, she flies, and then, not so much

2008-04-18T17:56:00.005-04:00

AKA: girl goes over jump, but horse doesn't

Yes, she is fine. Just a bit sore. How great a mom am I that I held the shutter button down so diligently as she flew through the air?

Happiness

2008-04-16T08:46:00.007-04:00

There's just no accounting for happiness,
or the way it turns up like a prodigal
who comes back to the dust at your feet
having squandered a fortune far away.

And how can you not forgive?
You make a feast in honor of what
was lost, and take from its place the finest
garment, which you saved for an occasion
you could not imagine, and you weep night and day
to know that you were not abandoned,
that happiness saved its most extreme form
for you alone.

No, happiness is the uncle you never
knew about, who flies a single-engine plane
onto the grassy landing strip, hitchhikes
into town, and inquires at every door
until he finds you asleep midafternoon
as you so often are during the unmerciful
hours of your despair.

It comes to the monk in his cell.
It comes to the woman sweeping the street
with a birch broom, to the child
whose mother has passed out from drink.
It comes to the lover, to the dog chewing
a sock, to the pusher, to the basket maker,
and to the clerk stacking cans of carrots
in the night.
It even comes to the boulder
in the perpetual shade of pine barrens,
to rain falling on the open sea,
to the wineglass, weary of holding wine.

*Jane Kenyon*

Thank you Julie, for sending this to me and for recognizing me in the words ... and the words in me. It's beautiful.

I truly am happy. And surprised by happiness finding me, like the uncle I never knew about.

And what's a blog for...

2008-04-14T10:44:00.005-04:00

...if not for displaying pictures of one's very adorable girl?

In our family:

2008-04-10T13:44:00.002-04:00

Floor = universal storage space.

Probably because all the other surface areas are already occupied.

I'm carrying on a love affair with my USPS Kiosk

2008-04-07T13:13:00.004-04:00

It gives me all the choices I want and seems to know just what to do to meet my needs.

At first, we were just good friends. But now, I've fallen in love.

And yeah, that touch screen is sexay. I'm tactile like that.

2008-04-04T10:57:00.002-04:00

That's what friends are for...

2008-04-03T12:57:00.001-04:00

Picture me. In Target. Wandering the aisles. Looking for my sense of style.

I was going to get some colors like sea foam, or butter, but fortunately a good friend texted me and I had to call her back because I am too lame to do extended texting. She talked me down from my current pastel infatuation (I went in looking for that pale pink that I am in love with) and knocked some sense into me.

Oh, and yes, while I am at it, I am pretty sure I am downright adorable. Look at these!

I was looking for a new dykey belt (in the men's section, natch), as I am wont to wear, but had no luck. So I settled on this new accessory for my feet. And, even better, they are kids size. : )

Yep, I'm adorable.

Beyonce and Jay-Z getting hitched?

2008-04-02T15:04:00.000-04:00

That is so sad, because I was really hoping I had a chance with her. :)

Maybe I can just be her pool boy?

2008-04-01T19:31:00.000-04:00

Why, as human beings, are we so easy to break, but not so easy to fix?