Prince Fielder & Zeus – Wordless Wednesday

November 2, 2011

  Will the real Prince Fielder please stand up?                                               Zeus. Ruler of the Olympians. TweetShare

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Speechless

November 1, 2011

  I have often claimed the worst thing about parenting is other parents. I always thought the worst of it dealt with oneupman(mom)ship and competition. I learned the other day that sometimes it’s simply being around other parents that makes parenting unbearable at times. Allow me to set the scene. I was in Deal’s first [...]

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Tea Party in Wake County Schools Is Scary

October 31, 2011

  Know what’s really scary this Halloween? Heather Losurdo and tea party ideologies on our next school board. Kevin Hill is the voice of reason who brings his hands-on experience as an educator to our school board. Character matters. He is a man of principle, a refreshing trait in an otherwise ugly election season. Wake [...]

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Whipped Up Pumpkin Pie – 5:00 Fridays

October 28, 2011

When I was in elementary school I had a friend named Pumpkin. I don’t know if it was a family nickname that caught on or if she was indeed named after a gourd. Everyone called her Pumpkin, and I followed suit. I can’t remember her last name or much else about her. Her unusual name, [...]

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Kerrygold is at the End of the Rainbow

October 27, 2011

We like to think we live in somewhat of a rainbow hued world, with Mac Daddy’s German/Bohemian roots and my Indian heritage. We all match different colors in the Crayola box of multicultural crayons. Mac Daddy, Bird, Deal, and I are a veritable rainbow of skin tones that tell a small part of our tale. [...]

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Fallen – Wordless Wednesday

October 26, 2011

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Gin & Sin – 5:00 Fridays

October 21, 2011

I’ve been blogging a few years now. I set out to just write words and use my voice. The exercise of writing is cathartic and a wonderful outlet. I started a blog to simply write. I never banked on making friends. I mean really, the idea of making friends through some words on a screen [...]

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The Real Deal, an Interview

October 20, 2011

Tell me what you think of the nickname the Real Deal. I like it because it sounds funny. What do you like to eat? Mexican food, nachos Chinese, Pu Pu Platter What do you want to be when you grow up? An engineer, but not the train kind, the building kind What are some places [...]

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An Apple a Day – Wordless Wednesday

October 19, 2011

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Blog Action Day – My Kitchen Table

October 16, 2011

Every night my family sits at the table for dinner. It is a well loved table we bought from an antiques dealer at the flea market. We have distressed black chairs that we found at the flea market at a different stand. I love that the table and chairs are not matchy-matchy. The chairs are [...]

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