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Welcome back! Sit down and have some Cheerios! SOTM! What, are you kidding me? Yes, it is true. Viva has officially been crowned Student ...

You may want to skip this part of my entry, as it is way too self-absorbed, but I need to bitch somewhere. Thus: I have been car shopping....

Oy, what a weekend. Hope yours, at least, was fun. Before I start pissing and moaning, let’s start off with a little light reading. Let’s ...

Today I have: sent out a resume and writing sample to another prospective employer (this time someone who is looking for a freelancer); gon...

Operation Get a Job 2005 I am sending out, on average, one resume per day. Just sent another one out today. My bowels are all aboil as a r...

...but I'm not a home wrecka like Angelina Jolie . It's the post-vacation clean-up time. I just did the grocery shopping, and I nee...

Very happy birthday wishes to Aileen: Go Badgers! Aileen, your friend Tammy was not able to set any flamingos on fire on your lawn this yea...

How can I tell you, O Internet, of the beauty that was my birthday? Let me count the ways. (1) Viva! Woke up grumpy. As she was sitting o...

Tomorrrow is my birthday. Since I will be spending it first getting Viva ready for school and then getting her to school and then speeding ...

Checking in to say I'm on vacation. Quick rundown: Viva's first few days at new school: somewhat disappointing. Her teacher calle...

I Can't Transcribe a Guitar Riff... ...But if I could, I'd put the opening chords of "[You Say it's Your]Birthday" up...

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Back to the Future, Forward to the Past (Not one of my strongest subheads. Sahr.) Have you ever wa...

I Don’t Think I Need to Elaborate I hate potty training and I’m sick of it. There, I said it. Gratuitous Cuteness, Followed by a Fortuitou...

I am pretty sure that my title up there has a misspelling. It doesn't look quite right. But, moving on... This week, Viva and I went t...

So I went and got my hair did this morning. It is short. Like, I don't know, short. Which is what I asked for, but nonetheless, I thi...

Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like. ~Author Unknown So, sever...

About this whole blog business: I often don't think about what I will write about before I sit down at my trusty laptop and let loose. ...

For those of you in the Great Big Internet Out There (hi!) who have never laid eyes on me, I have to tell you that I am rather fair-complect...

...or, What I've Been Up to Instead of Blogging 1. I've been writing! Yes, writing! And if I keep writing as much as I've bee...

...are goin' to the dickens I love you a bushel and a peck, You bet your pretty neck I do... So I bought this CD recently during my tri...