Remember the painting?

I thought I’d post some pictures to PROVE we were painting the last several weeks. Here are some before and after pictures of a few of the rooms in our house. Here are the before pictures of LilZ’s room. Notice the pale yellow walls and flower curtains. And here are the AFTER pictures. How rockin’ is that room? He actually picked the colors out himself. When he first said he wanted a blue and green room, I was unsure how that would look. BUT – the shades... Read More

Moving On Up: Doggie Style

First? An adorable picture of my husband. He has MAD truck driving skillz thanks to a college job delivering furniture. If you ever need him to drive your moving truck? Give us a call. Now – for the move through the doggie’s eyes: Holy crap! Look! They let us outside WITHOUT LEASHES. I have to poop! They must be drinking that yummy “beer” stuff again. Oh. I have to poop again. Wait. They aren’t stopping us from running. They are letting us outside... Read More

The Cable Guy is SUCH a Tease

Yes. He came and turned on the cable. Yes. I had internet access for about 20 minutes on Friday. Long enough to say to myself, “Yay! Internet is working, I’ll post an entry when things calm down.” No. He didn’t do anything else but turn ON the internet. He didn’t complete his workorder or re-update our modem. Luckily, a nice lady on the phone today did all of that for me. I asked her to marry me. She said she gets that all the time. I’ve got... Read More

I Now Leave It To The Power of the Cable Guy

It is 7am and I have already taken a load over to the house. How impressed are you? Good. This next load is the trip to move the computer. The computer that gives both us and our TiVo the power to connect to the internet. The cable guy is supposed to be at the house late this afternoon to hook us up, but if he does not? It will be me and my laptop eating dinner at Atlanta Bread tonight. Y’all – the house is looking SO DAMN GOOD. It is amazing how much better a room... Read More

I’ve Got a Thing About Polar Bears

MY PROBLEM WITH LOST Mathew Fox was on Ellen the other day saying we would SEE the Monster we would see INSIDE the hatch and we would be VERY satisfied with both. I was NOT satisfied with either. This is the summary of my issues: Do NOT reveal more mysteries than you solve. If you are going to make me wonder if Russo was in on Claire’s kidnapping? Then tell me why the HELL there are Polar Bears on the island. You know? Adding more mysteries (Who took Walt? Why did the monster... Read More

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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