To fish or to cut bait, that is the question

This morning I went back to my gym and signed up for another year of torture. 
I had been debating this decision for most of the month of November, since now that my work schedule has changed I don’t have the time to spend an hour at the gym three days a week.  I knew I [...]

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An exercise in futility

Every couple of years or so, I get the notion to grow my hair out.  I’ve only been able to do it twice in my life, and both of those times I was considerably unencumbered as well as quite cashless.  It’s not much of a mean feat from the standpoint of the number of hairs [...]

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At the mega pet store the other day

Cashier:  Gee, you don’t seem like the crickets type of person. 
Me:  I’m not.  But my kid is.  We have a pet frog. 
Cashier:  Ah.  I figured you for a fur lover. 
Me:  And you would be correct. 
My husband is descended from a line of people with a penchant for not-your-ordinary pets.  My mother in law owned an [...]

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I would if I could but I can’t so the hell with it.

Ordinarily I don’t engage in the habit of self-bashing about personal attributes I have no control over, since I have a semblance of control of most things of that ilk.  Notice I say a semblance of control, rather than saying I’ve got a grip on these things.  I don’t have a grip, and mostly it’s [...]

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Concessions

I have finally waved the white flag. 
I struggled into my first turtleneck sweater over the weekend.  I have conceded to winter. 
In order to understand just how monumental that is, you must first know how much I despise winter and winter clothes. 
I know that winter is necessary in the cycle of life, an ecological resting period.  I [...]

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Happy Shanks… um, Tanks…. um, Fanks… oh hell, you know what I mean.

You gotta love Turkey Day at your inlaws, when you have a glass of wine in your hand before 10:30. 
– Mox

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Quest

I am on the hunt. 
Specifically, I am looking for a pair of khaki pants that don’t make me look/feel like a stuffed sausage. 
I have a number of khaki pants.  Only one pair feels good and doesn’t make me feel fat.  And that’s great, except they’re a pair of capris and when it’s 40° outside they’re not [...]

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Pigs on ice

Spawn went to a birthday party yesterday.  I have resigned myself to the fact that I will be shelling out upward of $20 per party the kid’s invited to, and at this stage of the game the kid is invited to ALL the parties.  I don’t think I was ever this popular. 
The party was held [...]

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Consonants are masculine, vowels are feminine.

Back in the halcyon days of the early 70’s, when I was a mere child entering grade school (and right there I have dated myself), there were The Letter People. 
I vaguely remember my classroom having The Letter People hanging around, to help teach letter sounds to the children who just didn’t quite grasp the notion [...]

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Lost and found

So remember last week when I was short a tuition check for Spawn’s school?  I wrote a replacement check and sent it to school early this week, and was preparing to send another one later this week (after payday) to pay for the current month. 
Good thing I checked my online bank balance. 
Somehow my lost check [...]

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