I will never, ever forget the day we met our first child. My husband and I were young, silly, and convinced we needed a dog in our lives. Turns out, we did; we really, really did need this dog. He went and changed our lives in a very sweet way, you see. The pooch we […]
Let’s Talk about the Raccoon
This holiday week, I’m going to share a couple of my favorite posts from the past year. When looking over what I’d published, I found a lot of sentiments about letting go and embracing where you’re at in this life, the continued presence of missing my mother, shout-outs to my perpetually growing obsession with reading, and one tribute to […]
Let’s Talk about the Raccoon
One night last week when my husband was gone, I was jolted from a deep sleep at 1:45am by the dog barking. Except, my chocolate lab warrior wasn’t just barking, he was growling, with hackles raised and he was warning me. Only minorly terrified and completely panicked, I reached for my phone beside the bed. […]
Dog-Sitter of the Year
Recently, a friend asked me watch her dog while her family took a vacay down to Disney. No problem. Then a week later, another friend asked me to watch her dog while her friend took a vacay down to Disney. We’re on it. Consider our house the vehicle to making Magical Kingdom dreams come true for the […]
Once Upon a Time There Was a Debut at Aiming Low
Once upon a time, almost 2 years ago, there was a silly 30-something mommy who knew NOTHING about the blogging world, but decided to put finger to the keyboard anyway. She was pretty awkward, wasn’t that funny, and would have just been entirely lame…except that blogging sort of saved her. It gave her a voice […]
Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat
Since I don’t have a super-cool holiday tale of my own to share, I turn to awesome people like Jen of People I Want to Punch in the Throat for belly-rolling laughs. I’m thrilled to spread some holiday cheer and join some amazing bloggers to share her fantastic new book today, which you’ll read all about below. […]
The Depth of Canine Thought Life
Pretty sure this is one of those way-overdone posts, but oh well… The other day I paused for a moment, stared hard at my little 70lb. chocolate fluffball of a lab and thought, “What the heck is this creature actually thinking?” His neurosis is well established, and has been ever since he accidentally ate our Christmas […]
Things That I Have Actually Said
It occurred to me recently that it may be not-normal to say things to my husband such as, “I understand that you are not maliciously trying to ruin my life with sippy cups, but…” This made me start thinking about bizarre things I say to the younger members of my family and thought another pop […]
My Dog is Neurotic
So, so many things about having a truly neurotic dog drive me nuts and generally make me want to pull my hair out (read: lock him in the bathroom when he has his 500th hysterical barking fit of the day), but I saw these two images recently and it reminded me of the #1 reason […]
A Panicky Lather
If you haven’t gathered this already, in general, I am a huge fan of stalking. Stalking my husband on his way home from work, stalking the mail truck, stalking my own blog for hits–all incredibly lame and very useful, I have found. When it’s flipped and I perceive that someone is stalking me, still not […]
