The Final Challenge

Posted by on March 12, 2011 · 5 Comments 

As many of you recall, I was asked to be the producer of next year’s Spring Musical at E’s high school. The current producer who has been doing it for 8 years, will no longer have a child at the school next year so she is retiring. I’m not sure how to explain the scale of these productions, but suffice it to say that NO ONE could be expecting more. People may know what to expect if they’ve seen these productions before at this school, but people who come... Read More

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Photo: Daffodil

Posted by on March 11, 2011 · 4 Comments 

This guy popped up in our yard this week. Even though the temperatures dropped back to freezing. I can appreciate his urgency, I want Spring here already too…dammit.  Read More

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Because Everything About Her Screams…BLUE!

Posted by on March 10, 2011 · 7 Comments 

She doesn’t really like pink, you know. Her favorite color is actually blue. This is one of the MANY declarations she makes strictly because she’s STUBBORN. It occurred to her that everyone had just started taking it for granted that her favorite color was pink, so one day recently she up and changed that. It’s blue, now. She doesn’t even really like pink anymore. Except she DOES. You can tell by how she looks at things when she’s choosing a color.... Read More

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The Lenten Goal Of A Non-Christian: I’m Going To Prove I’m A Liar

Posted by on March 9, 2011 · 27 Comments 

This is a weird day for a former-Catholic. I know non-Catholics recognize Lent in some way, but for someone like me who grew up in Catholic schools, Ash Wednesday is like the first day of a new class whose grade is distributed on Easter. This is the day we grew up taking something out of our lives, or putting something in our lives (I said a decade of the rosary before bed every day during lent several years) to make ourselves better before Easter. Every day during Lent someone... Read More

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Two Extremes In One Day

Posted by on March 8, 2011 · 10 Comments 

Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Yesterday, I had a binge day. A real binge day. The kind where I ended the day with a pack of pop-tarts (my second of the day) and a huge glass of chocolate milk. :sigh: Now…that was the first one of those I’ve had in three weeks. Since I started treating my eating habits as an addiction, I’ve been more successful at thwarting those binge days. Unfortunately, it’s not been easy. It’s made me sad... 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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