The pleasures of the disconnect.

I recently read an article about how to truly enjoy a vacation, and make it a real vacation, not working while you’re away from home.  This, to a lot of us, is a Totally New Concept.  We can’t seem to leave the cell phone/laptop/PDA behind.  But for a vacation to be a real vacation, you must [...]

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Things I have learned from spending four days in the wilderness with my family:

I am a cat person.  I can not, will not, and do not apologize for that. 
There is something right and necessary about waiting until you’re 40 to make your Bucket List
Children need to be loved, not managed. 
I have developed a sense of humor about myself. 
If you’re looking for my family, we’re most likely in the [...]

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Few things in life are more miserable than sitting in an open boat on a lake in the rain.

Greetings, Mox fans. 
I have returned from the wilds of Bumfuck, Ohio, sunburned, sore, and exhausted, after several pleasurable days reunioning with my family.  I suppose that if I had to see them day in/day out, they’d really irritate me, but as it stands I only see them every other year and I love each and [...]

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Where my anal retentiveness argues with my need to get away.

I have always harbored a desire to travel much more than I actually get to do.  The notion of throwing a few things into a bag and jetting off to parts exotic is part of the story I tell myself about who I am.  My dad is from the “no stone unturned” school of travel, [...]

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The road to hell is paved with…

Every year at Christmastime, I take my meager Christmas Club account money and attempt to fashion an entire holiday from it.  But now that Spawn is older the gifts are more expensive, and indeed all things are more expensive.  Because of that I end up spending over and above what my savings are.  And every [...]

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Gravitational pull

Okay, so yesterday’s post got some attention from those who are in favor of flying.  I do think that it’s something that either you have the hots for or not.  I’m camped out in the “not” category. 
I’m of the notion that a little dab’ll do ya when it comes to knowing about things like airplanes.  [...]

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Wild. Blue. Yonder.

I married into a family of aviators.  My father-in-law, mother-in-law, and one brother-in-law are all career Air Force.  My mother-in-law still flies and belongs to the Ninety Nines.  My in-laws live within blocks of a sizeable general aviation airport.  My husband and his siblings each took a turn in belonging to the Civil Air Patrol.  [...]

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I try to have some sense.

Those who know me, know that I have a best friend who is in a bad marriage.  And I have tried and tried to see things from her vantage point, but the long and the short of it is, it’s a bad marriage and she needs to get out. 
Things came to a head last night [...]

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And this is how I know I have a sickness:

I don’t know about where you live, but warmer weather around here means that road construction projects are in full swing.  And along with them comes speed zones that are watched closely by the cops.  You can get some big tickets fracturing the law in these zones. 
On my daily route to and from work, I [...]

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Em-brace-ing my face.

Well, folks, apparently my adolescence is not over yet. 
I need braces.  Again. 
25 years after I got my braces off the first time around, my dentist informed me that my teeth are once again on the move and if I wanted to stop their progress, I needed to get braces again. 
Suddenly I was having flashbacks to [...]

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