Wah.

I’m out of Diet Coke in my office and I can’t run go get anymore because I have to use my breaks to run feed NkkiZ. What is it about those infants and their constant need to eat and an unwillingness to feed themselves? I mean, JESUS, she’s 3 months old already, shouldn’t she be able to at least fix herself a sandwich every once in awhile? Or at least just grab some crackers to chow on? Those don’t even require preparation. Just open, and eat. She’s... Read More

Just another story about how amazing my son is…

Have I mentioned before how awesome of a big brother LilZ is? Have I? Well, just in case I haven’t, I wanted to tell another story about how awesome he is. First, we went to run some errands yesterday afternoon. We had to do two things in one shopping center so we parked at Target (of course) but walked to BabiesRUs where we had to return some things. LilZ was very concerned that I was just carrying NikkiZ on my shoulder because, evidently, the sun was in her eyes. So, he... Read More

Bastard blog spammers who can go to hell as soon as I kill them by ripping out their vital organs with my keyboard.

Okay. So first? There was comment spam. Bastard spammers that would leave random comments on my site with links to their pages so if anyone clicked them they’d get payoff. And boy. THAT PISSED ME OFF. So, I did a few things. I upgraded to MT 3.2, I started banning their IPs from my whole site (if anyone wants that list, I’ll give it to you), I started closing comments on old entries, and I disallowed HTML in my comments. Then? They started hitting me with trackback... Read More

As if the puberty video wasn’t enough

Yesterday? He watched a video about HIV. I was really glad they are already discussing that with the kids, but I wish I had seen it first because I want it to be HONEST and not just a message for abstinence. LilZ knows that someone we knew in college was HIV positive, so he isn’t scared of it in the sense of “I can’t hug them! Or talk to them!” – but he knows how serious it is. He was telling us about the video and he said the teacher asked what are... Read More

How could I possibly forget to tell you about the puberty video?

Guess what LilZ had to do at school yesterday? Watched a video about puberty. Hehe. I remember doing the same thing in the 5th grade. We were separated from the boys and taught about puberty from a nun while the boys were taught by a priest. Crazy Catholics. LilZ was just apalled that it was even necessary, until we informed him that not every family openly talks to their children about sex like our family does. I remember it being very important that I teach LilZ the proper words... 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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