Age Related

I wrote an article at Rocket City Mom today about how to spice up your First Day of School photos. You should check it out because I have some REALLY GENIUS ideas, if I do say so myself. ONE of the ideas, however, is to list your child’s favorite things that year ON the photo. Unfortunately, my daughter chose things not quite typical of her age. And while you and I know this is thanks to having a teenage brother, I didn’t feel like explaining that to the rest of the... Read More

I Found The Magical Quill!

Why, yes…yes I am. I woke up feeling crappy. I’ve had a crappy last several days in terms of general attitude. I’ve been a bit down, a bit anxious, a bit stressed and all of this makes me eat non-stop which quadruples my negative mood. (SO WHY DO I DO IT?) I was trying to think about how to write an upbeat entry this morning when I was feeling so…down. AND THEN I FOUND THE POTTERMORE CLUE! Pottermore was going to start offering “beta” type... 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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