Being Positive

So, since I’ve not been to the Gym yet, and I’m grumpy, allergic, and hungry, I decided to try being positive. there is enough money to pay the bills/rent (even if I don’t like writing the checks) there are stamps

Dear Airports

You suck. Love, Anna Last weekend (the 11th of July-ish) I took a short jaunty vacation up to Seattle to meet up with some friends.  I had a fantastic time, got almost no sleep (night owl friends plus 2 hour

How I vacuum my apartment

Remove vacuum from closet Remove cat1 from closet Remove cat2 from vacuum cord Plug vacuum in Vacuum computer room Remove cat2 from drapes Vacuum hallway Watch as cat1 and cat2 flee the great green dragon Vacuum living room Remove cat1

Breaking the Vacuum

One of the things I miss, living where I do, is a sense of community.  My “community” right now consists of my husband and our two cats, and the container garden on the porch (which really doesn’t offer much in

Memory Playlist

So I was asked by One Pretentious Bastard for a Memory Playlist. This is (by far) not an exhaustive list, but it’s a start. Not all these songs are memories just of my parents, but all of them are songs

A kick in the teeth

Why is it that you can distance yourself from your emotions and make a decision because it’s what you *know* is right, and it’s what morally you know you should do – and people will still kick you in the