Mother Kadam Pooskie

| January 11, 2012

Maggie is 8 years old now. I cannot believe it. In fact, I am in denial so deeply that it has taken me over a week to write this post when her birthday is actually on New Year’s Day. She fell asleep early and didn’t make midnight on New Year’s Eve. The next morning we [...]

Not Quite Ready to Give Up

| January 9, 2012

I spent much of 2011 going through various transitions. I guess every year has transitions and changes but 2011 was fairly significant for me. I’ve struggled with blogging for the past few years and it seems like every time I think I’m finally done something pulls me back here. I’m just not quite willing to [...]

Where I’m From

| July 25, 2011

The Zube I adore more than she knows wrote a beautiful poem from a “Where I’m From.” prompt, I believe hers to be far, far better than any I could produce (and still do) but I couldn’t resist trying it myself. Enjoy. ——————————– I am from handmade doll clothes well ironed by a little girl, [...]

Hey Moron… Maybe You Ought To Stop and THINK

| March 8, 2011

You’ve heard me complain and bitch about what HVCC (and even though it has been replaced with new legislation – NOTHING has really changed) has done to the appraisal industry. My husband casually mentioned last night that he was discussing what has happened to the appraisal industry to a couple of friends (who are NOT [...]

It Was My Birthday – Dammit.

| January 28, 2011

Okay, so my birthday was a couple of days ago. I’m okay with admitting that I’m 35 now, unless my dad’s around and then I only admit to being 25 because, as my dad puts it, that’s a win-win situation for both of us. But, for the record 35 is not old. It’s not! Having [...]