MrZ says, “Roll Tide!”

I believe I’ve mentioned a few times that my husband and I like college football. I am a Tennessee Vols fan since I was born and raised in Volunteer Country. MrZ, on the other hand, is a Crimson Tide fan. Because he has a low IQ. My husband is much more rabid of a “fan” than I am. He subscribes to webpages and forums that we actually have to pay for him to be a... Read More

I guess it’s better than “Rock On, Vaginas!”

I mentioned before how we’re trying to teach my daughter to do tricks. She is still performing the college allegiance trick, but she has changed it a little bit. Now – she mocks me by consistently saying, “Mommy Says, ‘Roll Tide!’” and giving me an evil little laugh as she does it. Sometimes, out of the blue she’ll just look at me and say,... Read More

I’ve got a Super Bowl Hangover

You know how sometimes you’ll wake up 10 or 15 minutes before you have to get up? And then you think, “I should go ahead and get up, but I’ve got 15 more minutes before I have to, so I think I’ll go back to sleep.” Well, if you use an alarm to get up, that’s great, but I don’t. I just naturally wake up between 4 and 4:30am. If I have a... Read More

Bully

We had our first bully incident yesterday. I’m not going to get into the details of the encounter because I’m not sure a certain pre-teen would appreciate it. Just know it was LilZ trying to stand strong against a bully. While the bully wasn’t impressed. Since it occurred after school, while the kids were waiting for the bus, the security guy wrote it down in his... Read More

The religion of sports and the insanity of its congregation

We watched Fever Pitch last night, which I liked for MANY reasons. But my favorite thing about the movie? I think it VERY accurately portrayed the emotions behind having sports teams to root for. “Dog People” always agree with each other that “Non-Dog People” don’t understand how we can get SO upset when a pet dies. It’s an emotional connection... Read More

Hi. I’m Kim.

This is my website where I've been writing since January, 2004. I call myself Zoot - 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 have taken up long distance running as a hobby and chronicle that journey a lot here. 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.
-->

Other Places I’ve Been