Tag Archive for 'my life is one big ball of excitement'

The not so beautiful game

Confession: while I like watching soccer, I hate playing it, along with just about all team sports. Backstory: like a lot of kids, during the summer I played soccer. Probably like a lot of kids, I didn’t find it to be a particularly enjoyable experience. I don’t know if I was good at it – [...]

Saturday Scramble

1. Today turned out pretty good, actually. I woke up super early (thanks to Bing who was insisting breakfast be served at 6am), tried to go back to sleep, and finally said “to hell with this!” I ended up going out for breakfast by myself (blueberry pancakes FTW!) and then to the plant sale. I [...]

And then came the weekend

On some weekends, I am able to accomplish all sorts of productive things, especially if I have one or two planned events to go to. And on other weekends, when there are no events to attend, no important tasks to see to, I am at loose ends. I have a sinking feeling that this weekend [...]

The one where I smack my forehead for falling back into old habits

Normally at this time of night, I’m ensconced on the couch with my knitting and the cat is all curled up in my lap. Then I realized it’s been a while since I updated, so I thought I’d post something. Besides, my wrist is sort from all the knitting I’ve done today, or maybe it’s [...]

Randomosity!

1. On Friday, I came home from work early in the day with what would become a two-day migraine, which are as rare as hen’s teeth for me. Usually, the last a few hours, and then they go away. This one knocked me on my ass and then jumped up and down on my head [...]

Ritual

This weekend, I was all set to write a post about what this year’s theme was going to be, as opposed to making resolutions. Sadly, on Thursday (or thereabouts), I was struck down with Braindeaditis. My ability to focus on important tasks was nil 1, and making any sort of decision required at least fifteen [...]