Home Sweet Home

Posted by on June 18, 2009 · 12 Comments 

I remember when MrZ told me that he was certain the house I grew up in was smaller than the 1400 sq ft apartment we were living in at the time. I thought he was joking. (I’ve never been good at spatial approximations.) He assured me he was not so I called my Dad and said, “Dad? How big is your house?” “Probably just under 1000 sq ft.” I was shocked. I mean, yeah I lived in that house my whole life, but I was shocked it was so small. Really? Are... Read More

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“You know, people underestimate the value of a good ramble.” — Buffy

Posted by on June 17, 2009 · 11 Comments 

brit’s blog ‘Running Stitch’ is currently down. When her blog is not down she can be found posting there most days, however not today as her blog is down.  She hopes that Zoot can fix it, but in the meantime is quite happy to post at Zoot’s place. It’s pretty here and not broken. Hi there. There is nothing more dauting then guest posting now is there? Well maybe walking on your hands, or skipping and chewing gum, I could never do that either. Some... Read More

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Regressing…

Posted by on June 17, 2009 · 31 Comments 

Help! We’ve been potty trained for quite some time now. Wait. We? No. That group pronoun should probably not be used in this situation, should it? Okay. NikkiZ has been potty trained for quite some time. We even stopped wearing pull-ups to bed about a month ago. No accidents save for a few when we forgot to insist she go potty before bed. But a few weeks ago? She had an accident at school. The teacher said she thinks she just didn’t feel like stopping playing long... Read More

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Am I Married In Your Eyes?

Posted by on June 16, 2009 · 36 Comments 

When Donnie and I got married, we worried about finding someone non-religious to officiate. We didn’t really want someone just serving for the court, but we didn’t want someone who would use any religious foundation for our marriage. We ended up finding a very spiritual masseuse who incorporated basic spirituality themes into the ceremony…but no religion. We had no desire for our marriage to be based on something we didn’t believe in. We believed in... Read More

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Comparison In Purple

Posted by on June 16, 2009 · 9 Comments 

This photo showed up in the flickr stream last night and I had to put the focus on it because OH MY GOD. WHERE DID MY BABY GO?  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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