For those of you in need of a translation, that's "Love, True Love" with an accent. It's a quote from the delightful movie, The Princess Bride. If you haven't seen it and you like silly, rather ridiculous movies, I highly recommend it. It's a classic. In the movie, there is a wedding scene, and the… Continue reading Wuv, Twue Wuv
Aaaaaaaaaaaand just like that, it's been a whole entire year. My status officially changed to "divorced" just about a year ago. One year since the judge signed off on that document which undid the one we'd signed just 3 and a half years before. We didn't even make it 3 full years before we separated.… Continue reading Happy One Year Divorce-aversary
Several months ago, I wanted to try new music. But I had no idea where to start. If you've read my post, The Rocky Road to Music, then you know that music and I have a bit of an odd relationship. I've been resistant to the idea of forming my own musical identity. Or at… Continue reading Hungover in the City of Dust
You know how some kids see ninjas and martial arts masters on TV, and they think it looks so awesome, and they want to learn how to do that too? Yeah I was one of those kids. Well, I was as a teenager anyway. Even though my older sister, Elyssa, worked her way up to… Continue reading The Best Defense
As you may or may not know, Luna and I have stayed with my parents since Dmitry and I separated. They had a couple extra rooms, and they were gracious enough to allow us to stay when we completely unexpectedly showed on January 18, 2022. What a way to start the new year! Originally, the… Continue reading Flying the Nest to Start Over
OK so you remember when I watched The Little Mermaid for the first time ever and then wrote about it like a month and a half ago? I watched a movie called Luca with Luna recently, and I gotta say, it's a lot like The Little Mermaid except about 55.75 times better. * Pause while… Continue reading Luca
Have you ever been on a date that you didn't know was a date until after the date was over when the person with whom you were on the date reveals that you were, in fact, on a date? Yeah that happened to me recently. An insurance agent in my area, Tex, reached out to… Continue reading The Experiment – Part 1
I grew up reading books. This was before computers, cell phones, and tablets were a thing. We had a TV growing up, but we didn't have cable. Admittedly, I watched a lot of PBS (Cyberchase is awesome), but more often than not, I read. I would read while I ate, when I was bored, when… Continue reading A Once Avid Reader
My dear, sweet, perfect Luna starts school this year. She has stayed home with me as long as I can let her stay, and now it's time for her to take the next step in her life and go to school. There's something definitive about this next step. The first chapter of her life is… Continue reading Milestones
How do you like your eggs? You would not believe how something so simple used to be such a difficult question for me. How can I not know how I like my eggs? But genuinely, when I left Dmitry, I didn't know. I felt that I could only eat eggs one way -- over easy… Continue reading Eggs, eggs, eggs!
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