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Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Uninvited Houseguest
Living within walking distance to a park is great. Living within walking distance to a park during a global pandemic, is amazing. And so it was on Friday evening , that Cody and Carter were at the park hanging out … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged COVID-19, Dogs, Humor, Kids, Life, Neighbors, Parenting, Pets
3 Comments
Victory for Teaching Table Manners?
This afternoon, as I set the table for lunch I noticed that all our large plates were dirty. Being too lazy to hand wash them, I put out a bowl for the pasta, a smaller bowl for the salad, and … Continue reading
Posted in Little Feet, Random Thoughts
Tagged Food, Humor, Kids, Life, Manners, Parenting, table manners
10 Comments
I’ve Got Your Back
Every morning, Husband and I take our dogs for a two + mile walk. For the last several months there has been a major construction project underway in our neighborhood that has caused us to have to modify our route. … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged cats, Construction, Dogs, Humor, Kindness, Life, Pets, School, Teaching, Virtual Learning, Walking the dog
7 Comments
Quarantine Conversations with Husband
Yesterday I used the last Q-tip in the package. (This is only a noteworthy feat due to the fact that the package is a Costco sized package and contained 625 Q-tips. In addition to this, it is one of three … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts, The Virus
Tagged Costco, Humor, Husband, Life, Marriage, Q-tips, Quarantine, Quarantine Conversations
8 Comments
Lazy Texting
I don’t always text Husband to bring me something from a room he is passing through, but when I do, I usually get treated to a sassy reply. He came into the living room with the requested book, his thumb … Continue reading
Selfie Bomb – When I Leave My Phone on the Counter
I expect it from my teenager, but not from my husband.
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged Humor, Husband, iPhone 7, Kids, Parenting, Photography, Selfie Bomb, unattended phone
8 Comments
Lost his… Marbles?
Now that we are consistently in the triple digits here in Phoenix, Husband has decided it is time to do some roof maintenance, maintenance he has been putting off. Apparently we have a plethora of ladders, ranging from the very … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged Home improvement, Humor, Ladders, Life, Looking for missing things, Marriage, Text conversations
11 Comments
Not so little. Not so easy.
It is easy to write about the little things in life. I love capturing, examining, breaking apart, and wordsmithing on the small, seemingly insignificant fleetings that float past. I love them for so many reasons: they are the thread that … Continue reading
Back in the Summer of ’95
A couple weeks ago during one of our dinner conversations, the question of whether cats have bellybuttons came up. I started telling a story of the momma cat who had her litter of kittens in the closet of a housemate … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged Dinner time conversations, Greyhound, Kids, Kinko's, Memories, Movies, Music, New Bad Things, Portland, Powell's, Travel, Yellow Pages
2 Comments
Spreading Cheer One Cookie at a Time
Carter ran from door to door around our cul-de-sac, bags of freshly baked cookies clutched in his fist. He respected social distancing, knocking, putting the cookies down, and stepping away to wait and see if someone answered. If they did … Continue reading
Posted in Food Glorious Food, Random Thoughts, The Virus
Tagged Be Kind, cookies, Kids, Kindness, Parenting, Quarantine
5 Comments