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Do you remember WRITING?
Category: Office supply addict | 18 Comments »

I just went to Target on my lunch break (I know, BIG suprise) to get a card for a friend of mine. I was in the stationary department and I noticed they have a new line of stationary called “Hot Hues!” It’s everything from Thank-You cards to notepads. They even have package labels and card ornaments! It’s the coolest stuff ever in tons of color and patterns.

Only one problem.

Who the hell would I write to? I mean - would you even know what to do if I sent you an actual LETTER with actual HANDWRITING and a STAMP? Would you just stare at it and wonder what you should click to see what was inside? Would you wonder where the “reply” and “forward” buttons were? Would you worry something had happened to me if I was actually communicating via paper and ink instead of email? Would you fear it was a Ransom Letter since only kidnappers would mail a letter? Or do kidnappers use email now too? Do you still have one of those letter-openers that used to be all the rage? If you had to open the letter with your fingers, would you get a paper-cut and freak out?

My point? I may be writing a few random letters this week on the most adorable neon stationary known to man. If you see one in your mailbox (Your mailbox is that thing at the end of your sidewalk with the flag on it. It used to bring your bills before you went paperless on all of your accounts) don’t panic. I’m not being abducted and held for millions hundreds of dollars. You can open the envelope and not expect a ransom note cut out of magazine letters. And please don’t worry if my handwriting and spelling are a bit atrocious - - I predict that life without the backspace key and spell check will be hard to adjust to.

Wait. Am I right or left-handed?

It’s NOT like Apples and Oranges
Category: My blood runs orange and white | 6 Comments »

In the excitement of the new site and my anniversary - I forgot to post the pictures from the Tailgate Party on Saturday.

As you can see by all of the Red- there were a LOT of ‘Bama fans there. Maybe even, ALL ‘Bama fans? Yep. It was sponsored by the University of Alabama Alumni Association - so I knew I’d be outnumbered. However - there are a LOT of Tennessee Vol fans in Huntsville - so I thought I’d have a few comrades.

Nope.

MrZ, escorting the lone Tennessee Fan heard such lines as You gonna’ make her ride in the TRUNK home? OR You need to buy her some new clothes.

Luckily - once the game started there were about ten of us Tennessee Fans and we all sat together. It was a fun time - but I was very glad I was never able to find that orange wig I wanted.

My Head’s Broken
Category: LilZ | 17 Comments »

LilZoot’s Dad took him to a Halloween Party this weekend. He said he was playing in one of the kids rooms when he jumped off the bed and hit his head on the ceiling fan. The celing fan was on, of course. He said it bonked him several times. He’s got a bump and a bruise as battle scars and was complaining about a headache yesterday afternoon. Of course he was well enough to ride his bike around the neighborhood for hours - so I wasnt too concerned.

Fast forward to this morning:
Mom, can you write a note to the P.E. teacher telling her I can’t do P.E. because my head is all Broken and Crazy?

Heh. Broken and Crazy. That’s totally the excuse I’m using the next day I’m having a “BlahDay” and I want to go home early:
I’m sorry MrBoss. I need to go home today because my head is all Broken and Crazy. I hope to feel better tomorrow.

Handle This Entry With Care
Category: My Wedding | 44 Comments »

“I’ll NEVER get married again. I am just not cut out for long-term commitment. Don’t get me wrong - I won’t run away from my knight in shining armor if he arrives, but I don’t believe he exists.”

That was one of the first conversations MrZ and I ever had. We had been flirting for a short while and I was very attracted to him. However - I knew that being a single mom sometimes shouted, “I need a Daddy for my Baby” so I wanted him to know right off the bat that I was NOT looking for a relationship. I had only been newly single for a year and I was just planning on enjoying that for a while.

A few weeks later? He told me he hoped I would marry him one day.

And a year ago today, I did.

My Dearest MrZoot,

There is no way on earth you will ever be able to fully comprehend what a difference you have made in my life. I can say, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I will always look back on the day we got married as the best day of my life. Yes - I love LilZoot as I will any future children we will have - but the day he was born, although WONDERFUL, was also filled with PAIN. And LOTS OF IT. Our wedding day was, in one word: Perfect. It was the type of day for which the word “perfect” was invented.

The fun actually started the day before our wedding. Our friends and family started congregating in town. I had been up all night the night before putting final touches on a few things. We began decorating - we picked up tuxes - we checked into hotel rooms. We had our rehearsal and your mother planned the perfect rehearsal dinner. I ended the dinner and the gift giving time with my final toast. This was the toast I gave that night.

You have taught me more about love and relationships in the last three years than a lifetime worth of self-help books and Dr. Phil shows could have.
First: you have taught me that it IS possible to fall more in love with someone everyday, even after three years of being together.
Second: You have taught me that it is also possible for two people who could be the poster children for “Type-A Control Freaks” to learn how to compromise and share responsibility.
Third: You have taught me that those little things that are cute in the beginning of a relationship – DON’T have to start to aggravate you as the years go by. I am still a sucker for the voices you give our animals and the times you like to break into the MrZ dance!

But MrZ? The most important thing you have taught me is that

The perfect Dress,
Krispy Kreme wedding cakes,
The support of family,
And the presence of Friends Old, New and Rekindeled,
Along with more butterflies and purple roses that should be legal –
Can make a dream wedding
But – it is the comfort in knowing that you are marrying your soul- mate
The one man you know you were put on this earth to spend the rest of your life with,
That turns the same dream wedding into a true to life Fariytale.
I promise to spend my life saying “Thank-You”.
And with you and LilZoot by my side,
We can turn this “Once Upon a Time” into a “Happily Ever After”.

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Testing 1,2,3
Category: Blog Business (snore) | 9 Comments »

So - there is a reason I have two blogs. You have stumbled upon the new one which I am days from unveiling. BUT - I am not going to explain WHY I’ve started a new blog. Not just yet. Patience, DanielSan. Wax on. Wax off.

What was I saying?

Oh. So if you’re here because you found me on blogrolling or referral lists? Feel free to drop me a comment and tell me what you thing. If you already came by once and left a comment? I’m sorry but I overwrote it by accident. I’m stupid.

When the switch is official - I’ll announce it at my normal site. Until then? This is not done.

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