I stopped blogging almost a year ago.  I stopped visiting here some time ago (can't even remember when).  My days on the computer became filled with incessantly checking my e-mail and flitting between one mind-numbing Facebook game to another.  I just couldn't write.  So it's going to take me a little while to get back into it.  And with signing up ( Read more... )

(Kudos to anyone who gets the reference ( Read more... )

It started simply enough with watching Daddy play. It wasn't a big surprise that soon he would want to play on his own. But it wasn't until he discovered that there were cards as well, and a whole other game around it, that I knew we were in it for the long haul.

Teddy was going to be a Pokemon player ( Read more... )

I'm in tribe 3. If you liked my post about Teddy still trying to find his humor, I could use your votes. If you want to see me continue in the competition, I could definitely use your votes. You have until Thursday night to get your votes in.

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Orange
Orange Who?
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Orange
Orange Who?
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Banana
Banana Who?
Aren't you glad I didn't say Orange?This was Teddy's first attempt at telling a joke. He was about three at the time, and Rich and I had been telling him knock knock jokes on a trip somewhere. He tried to remember this ( Read more... )

It's voting time at LJ Idol. I'm actually near the bottom this time, and I could use your help moving up the ranks. If you liked my post, Shades of Future Past, please consider going to the poll to vote for me. You have until tomorrow night to get the vote in ( Read more... )

"I promise I'll call when I get there," he told me with a smile as he levered himself into the front seat of his beat-up old Focus.  Packed around him were boxes and bags filled with everything he'd need to start a new life.  Sheets, blankets.  Clothes.  Pots and pans.  His television.  His books and his games.  All the things he was sure he would ( Read more... )

June 3This week, we're intersecting topics for LJ Idol, Exhibit B.  I'm lucky enough to pair up with alexpgp and the two of us have come up with a pretty awesome story.  Yes, I'm actually writing fiction for this one.  There's one catch - Alex's part of the story comes first, so you'll need to go here to read that.  (He chose the prompt "Oh Lord, We're ( Read more... )

I'm in serious dnger of going home tonight for LJ Idol. I could use some votes. If you'd like to see me stick around, please head over to vote for me here.

From the time I was five, until after I turned 15, I was an Eagle. I proudly wore the purple and the white. Every year, from kindergarten on, I got the yearbook, keeping the memories that only grew as I did. I cheered on the soccer, basketball and baseball teams each year, hoping to see the Eagles boys and Eagles girls lead our division. I marched ( Read more... )