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Winning the battles
Just a picture of me. Excited I haven't succumbed to scissors-to-the-hair, and that it's getting long. Finally.I know I talk about my mental health. A. LOT. And I'm not going to stop any time soon....
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Swollen with pride
Yesterday Amanda came home from school holding a rather thick envelope she had been given by a teacher. On the front of the envelope was written, "Please present this JrNYLC nomination package to...
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Nutrient soup
Maybe if I sit here and stare at the blinking cursor long enough I'll figure out where to start this post. A billion things are whirring around my brain and I guess I'm just waiting for one or two of...
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Dear Dave
Dear Dave,The first anniversary of your death is around the corner - June 29th to be exact. It's been such a surreal year. Planning your funeral and saying goodbye seems like a distant nightmare, yet...
View ArticleHappy Halloween!
This isn't exactly a Halloween post, it's just that I'm forcing myself to write today, which happens to be Halloween. How can it be Halloween ALREADY?! See, it's not my fault I haven't blogged this...
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The Look of Happy
These two pictures were taken last night before we left for the most amazing concert in the history of the WORLD. P!nk people...we saw P!nk in concert! Fucking amazing is what that was. Anyway, as...
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Stanley and Flo
Allow me to introduce Stanley and Flo - Stan is the white derp and Flo is the black derp (please forgive my inability to figure out white balance). Also, the orange around their mouths is from their...
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Charlie
This little guy is named Charlie. We saw him at the lost and found section of a local shelter and Amanda nearly shit herself she loved him so much. After five days and no one to claim him, we got to...
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A picture is worth a thousand emotions
This is a picture of a picture, a little blurry but a lot perfect. I love this picture so much - the looks on the kids' faces radiate happiness like I've never seen in pictures of them before. It was...
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Lots on my mind, just don't feel like writing about it. So pictures of Charlie.
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Life's a zoo
Living in Denver has proven to be much more expensive than living in Cody, so I got a job doing security at the zoo. Not the most glamorous job really - all I do is make sure people obey certain rules...
View ArticleDear Dave...two years gone.
Dear Dave,Today marks the second anniversary of your death, and true to form, it feels like yesterday. I wish I could say that things get easier with each passing year, but they don't. They just...
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Scabs
A couple days ago Amanda and I perused through my blog a bit, laughing at some of the funny stories I told about TSA, enjoying all the pictures, and giggling at the absurdities of her younger self (and...
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His last year
Brandon turned twelve today, and he's showing some sure signs of diminishing childhood - he is beginning to grow like a weed and he eats like he's preparing for a decades-long food shortage. We figure...
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Life-changing
Last summer I found myself hating my security job at the zoo - I absolutely hated it. Standing in one spot for days on end, amounting to nothing more than a babysitter for adults who should know...
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Just let go
Last weekend I was halfway up a small mountain on the second day of a car commercial shoot, exhausted and bruised and weary from the work we had done running, crawling, and climbing our way through mud...
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Don't freak out
A long, long time ago in a land far, far away (for reals, we're talking Cody, Wyoming in the '90s), the kids' dad was a kitchen manager/cook in a restaurant where I was a waitress. Whenever he made...
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