Disaster Movies meet the Real World

Posted by on May 31, 2004 · 16 Comments 

1:00am this morning – Wake up to tornado sirens. Since we saw Day After Tomorrow on Saturday, my first thought is “Oh Shit. If I look out that window and see multiple tornadoes, I’m going to crap all over myself”. Look out window, no wind, no rain, and no nothing indicating bad weather. Turn on TV, while fearing seeing footage of tsunamis washing over the Statue of Liberty. Damn that movie! 1:15 – Sirens turn off, but tornado warning still active.... Read More

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Takin’ One for the Team.

Posted by on May 30, 2004 · 17 Comments 

You know – I own a lot of cheap-ass furniture. Seven years in college (Three as a single mom) leaves you only one option: Shit-board furniture. Or hand-me-downs. Or streetcorner steals. Or yard-sale finds. And now that I have a good paying 9-5 job and a working husband, well, then things like this happen. This is my son’s bookshelf that collapsed ON MY DAMN HEAD. Yeah – there are usually 3 other shelves, but they ALL chose to fall on my head one day when... Read More

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Rainy Saturday

Posted by on May 29, 2004 · 6 Comments 

I woke up this morning kinda pumped and ready to GET. THINGS. ACCOMPLISHED. Do you do that? Wake up with your list of things to do already in place in your brain and motivated to check them all off before lunchtime? Thats how I was. I wanted to get all my chores done before lunch so I could have two days to be reaaaallllyyyyy lazy. Vacuum. Bathrooms. Mopping. Dusting. Pack LilZoot for camp. Teach myself more about blog skins. Walk the dogs. Groceries. Shower. Pedicure… Then,... Read More

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Ah..The Joy of Pets

Posted by on May 29, 2004 · 20 Comments 

Isnt my floating candle bowl so pretty? See the green leaf candles? And the green stones? Ahh… I love it so. What? What did you say? You said there’s something missing? Oh – is there supposed to be WATER in there? I wondered why the candles were never floating. Jeez. Unless – wait – I DID put water in there. I think I filled that damn bowl up this morning. And the day before that. And the freakin’ 100 days before that. But for some DAMN... Read More

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Friday Bullets: I Cant Hear You.

Posted by on May 28, 2004 · 24 Comments 

The swelling along my jaw and neck has gone down – thank GOD. Swollen neck and jaw? Does wonders for my already low self-esteem. 65 people ended up here by searching for “Maroon5″ in the last month. I love that. I’ll take the Maroon 5 fans over the person/people who keep getting here searching for “About my breasts and should I massage them?”. FOUR times that search phrase has brought someone here. FOUR. TIMES. If you are asking me? I say... Read More

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Hi. I’m Kim.

This is my blog that I've been writing on since January, 2004. I call myself Zoot as it's a derivative of an old childhood nickname. I used to write about my struggles to have children, but eventually I succeeded and now, I write a lot about those kids. I don't use my kid's exact names simply because if someone Googles their very unique names in the future, I don't want them stumbling upon my entries about boobsweat. I mean, would you hire someone whose Mom writes openly about such topics? NO. YOU WOULD NOT.

I love taking pictures and carry my camera (almost) everywhere I go. This means you'll see a lot of photos on this site. I also periodically post recipes I like as I've been slowly (but surely) learning to cook and I like to share my discoveries. Finally? I'm an annoying pop culture fanatic so I'll periodically ramble about Hunger Games or the latest Parks and Recreation.

I hope you like it here. If not? Please don't tell me. I cry easily.
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