I have a bad knee. It wasn’t always bad. At one time it kept my upper leg nicely attached to my lower leg, moved in the correct direction when it was supposed to move, supported my weight. All the things a good knee should do. Then one day seven years ago, I fell off a [...]
Archive for the ‘holidays’ Category
If I never see another freakin’ cookie
December 12th, 2010
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So my final project for my photo class is has to be a narrative. So I decided to illustrate baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies. No text. Images only. The idea was to artfully stage this event and use all the techniques I taught myself learned in class this semester. This would include use [...]
Stuffing my face before New Year’s
January 1st, 2010
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I took New Year’s Eve off from work because I met all but one of my crazy-assed deadlines during the holiday season and now I could breathe, and, well, why the hell not take the day off. And as a last hurrah before the old year ended and the new one started with a new-found [...]
Shit my in-laws say
December 27th, 2009
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We enjoyed the company of my husband’s parents for five days over the holiday. They left this morning to return to Indiana. They are old people. And they act like it. Most of the time they drive us nuts, but sometimes they are a little amusing. Which makes putting up with all the bickering and [...]
Stress relief
December 15th, 2009
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I met my cardiologist today. Nice guy. The good news is my blood pressure is down. The bad news is that it’s not down very much. The doc doesn’t think I am at significant risk for having heart disease. But he still wants me to have a stress test, which involves setting off teeny tiny [...]
One of many reasons my ass deserves its own area code
December 13th, 2009
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I promise that once the holidays are over, me and several million other of my closest fattie friends are going to pretend we are all the biggest losers and get all religious about nutrition and excerise. That is then. This is now. And my hubby (from here on known as Hoylier, cause it’s an old [...]
Long week of bad choices
December 5th, 2009
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I avoid talking specifically about my job on this blog because I have plenty of other forums where I bitch about/discuss that. Let’s just say that for the last four years with my current employer, my holiday season revolves around one specific project, and that project sucks all the life and joy out of me. [...]
Last day of November!
December 1st, 2009
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Thank you Baby Jesus in your holy jammies that this month is over! And that is really all I have to say to end NaBloPoMoFo. If I ever get the idea to do this kind of thing again, you have my permission to kick me in the junk. Hard. So I cry. Now if you [...]
Looking for a few good elves. Or ninjas.
November 29th, 2009
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So I missed several more days (two, I think) since I dropped the ball on this NaBloPoMoFo, but hey, I have not been sitting around shoving pie in my pie hole (not too much anyway.) Let’s just say working the day after Thanksgiving? Not real fun. I now remember why I always took that day [...]
Every. Single. Year.
November 26th, 2009
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Every year I look forward to Thanksgiving with the glee most people reserve for Christmas. Every year I work like a bitch shopping, planning and cooking a huge meal. Every year I also get the house decorated for Christmas while I am cooking this spectacular meal. Every year I tell myself I will be glad [...]
