Mondays Redefined By Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Mondays are not as painful to me when I’m on maternity leave as they were when I was working full time. I wake up as early (or earlier – thank you AndyZ for the 4:45 wakeup call. It was much appreciated.) but I get more time to lounge about and get moving. So, the weekend activities don’t haunt me as much. However…they still suck donkey balls. And I wanted to make sure that I went on record saying that. I don’t know if it was the 3+ hours sleep Friday... Read More

Storytime — as told by NikkiZ

This is the story my daughter just told me over breakfast: Once upon a time, there was a little boy. His name was Brother. He was sitting in a trip and he would SLAP his hand on the branches. And sometimes shoot bad guys. And hangout with the birds. Can I ride in the rocket car at Publix? I think the last sentence was supposed to be “The End” but she got distracted. I just thought I’d share the inner workings of my toddlers brain. It seems like a fun place to... Read More

Warning to my husband

I started a project yesterday that I have been referring to as The Project That Made Call A Friend For Advice About Finding A Therapist. I decided to re-do the photo hall completely. As in – take ALL of the photos and frames down and put a completely new set (of photos AND frames) up in it’s place. Before there were just two walls of random wood collage frames. No matching or anything. Perfectly acceptable and WHY DID I NEED TO CHANGE IT? Well – you see –... Read More

This Face Causes Me Much Pain

Do you know what this face is? This is NikkiZ’s I’m-Doing-Something-I-Shouldn’t-Be Face. For example, if she smacked LilZ in the face and then I say, “Did you just hit LilZ?” She’ll make this face and say, “Yeah.” Or she’ll make it as she’s saying something she know she shouldn’t be. I asked her to give me a kiss and she made this face and said, “I don’t wanna give you a kiss.” Or the best... Read More

And another thing…

My newfound love for Joss Whedon (Why did I resist Buffy and Angel for so long?) has led me to this gem. A trailer for his new online project that stars Neil Patrick Harris. Another love of mine. If this doesn’t look hysterical, I don’t know what does. Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo. Joss Whedon describes this project: “It’s the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat... 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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