Fashion dilemma extraordinaire

I’ve never been a fan of wearing white shirts. This dates back to the white oxford uniform shirts I had to wear in high school that ALWAYS had makeup stains on the collar. We were allowed to wear blue or yellow oxfords as well and I always preferred those. Of course, with my affinity for spilling things, the No White Shirt policy survived through college and beyond. But now?... Read More

Embarrassment is not a strong enough word.

I. AM. SO. EMBARASSED. I could say those words every minute of the day today and I don’t think it would properly convey to you the humiliation I feel right now. Hell, I could tattoo those words across my forehead, take a picture of myself, make t-shirts out of that picture, and never wear anything but those t-shirts for the rest of my life and I STILL don’t think you’d... Read More

Help me, internet!

Emergency! Emergency! I just spilled soup all down my sweater I’m wearing today. And I have to go see a new daycare after work, without changing first! What should I do? Should I detour Target and buy a shirt? It could be cutting it close, timewise, and I could miss the tour. Should I just go straight to the daycare and pretend there’s not a stain? Will they turn me... Read More

My blog entry from this morning was ABDUCTED by ALIENS

I’ve been depressed this morning. Do you want to know why? Because NO ONE replied to my entry about how bad my morning was! Usually, SOMEBODY has a story worse than mine, and that ALWAYS cheers me right up. OR – everyone says things like “you’re pretty” or “i love you” or “here’s a donut!” and such things to make me smile.... Read More

TGIF!

Today is MY Friday for this week, is it yours as well? I’m so excited for Christmas (minus the wrapping, of course). Do you know that even though MrZ and I have been together for almost five years, this will be our first Christmas spent with each other AND with LilZoot!? Our first Christmas as a FAMILY. And I get to host Christmas Dinner! This is NOT my first Christmas Dinner,... 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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