Adult Slumber Parties–learning to adult

Hey everyone! In the spirit of trying to get my mind off of unpleasant things going on in my life right now, I felt the need to look for something fun and distracting to follow. I found the perfect blog post that shows EXACTLY what I need in my life. Thank you to learningtoadult for the fun post! Sleepovers: Where you spend the night at a friends house, usually girls, aged 9-late teens. Though boys have sleepovers but they call it “spending the night” at someones house. Has absolutely nothing to do with any sexual activities. -Urban Dictionary Slumber parties are…

And People Still Let Me Near Their Kids: Part Three

April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 Categories: Humor, Life, ObservationsTags: author · biography · blog · blogging · funny · library · life · short story · story · turtle · wordpress · write · writingLeave a comment

Continued from- And People Still Let Me Near Their Kids: Part One And People Still Let Me Near Their Kids: Part Two Tutor was put out to the public with just a little fanfare and was instantly loved by everyone. People wanted to hold him all of the time, but I wasn’t down for that and kept telling people “someday” he would be ready for that kind of turtle/library customer relationship. I stressed over the tank, and the fact that I couldn’t quite get the filter to work correctly. A once pristine tank was now cloudy and dirty and I…

And People Still Let Me Near Their Kids: Part Two

April 12, 2016April 12, 2016 Categories: Humor, Life, ObservationsTags: author · biography · blog · blogging · funny · library · life · pets · short story · story · turtle · wordpess · write · writingLeave a comment

Continued from And People Still Let Me Near Their Kids: Part One I kept putting off the final decision and was beginning to think that I might get away with not getting a library pet after all when the aforementioned friend of the library told us about a little turtle that she wasn’t going to be able to take with her when she moved to another town. Of course, I knew nothing about turtles (and heaven forbid I actually do decent research at my place of business) but felt that it was the kind of animal I would be able…

And People Still Let Me near Their Kids: Part One

April 4, 2016June 16, 2024 Categories: Humor, Life, ObservationsTags: author · biography · blog · blogging · chicks · incubator · library · life · pets · spock · wordpress · write · writingLeave a comment

I am in an intense love/hate relationship with a turtle. Yes, you heard me correctly—a freaking turtle! Did I invite such a creature into my home to become a part of my family? I did not. Did I walk into a pet store and happen upon a cute little critter swimming happily in his tank and fall instantly in love? No, although that would be an interesting start to a story. I just happened to be in the right (wrong?) frame of mind when a friend came in and asked if the library would be interested in taking a turtle…

Mini Musings–Why Can’t I Write for Myself?

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 Categories: Mini MusingsTags: author · blog · blogging · cry for help · life · looking for a kick in the ass · mini musings · pouting · procrastination · rant · wordpress · write · writingLeave a comment

Life is good. I love life. I love spending time with my kiddo and time with my hubby and time, well, just being. But then other life things start getting in the way and I find myself wanting to jump the next around the world cruise so that I can just find some space to breathe again. As I am sure many other people my age have gone through, I am finding myself wanting to just do the fun and soul-filling things I like instead of putting so much effort into things that just let me be. My job as a…

Adventurous Goal Setting — loveatthespeedoflife

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 Categories: ShareablesTags: April · blog · blogging · goal setting · Shareables · wordpress · writingLeave a comment

Hello my friends! If you read my recent post then you know that I am struggling with keeping myself on task with personal writing. As I was going through the various blogs I follow, I found a short and sweet posting about making goals. In the spirit of getting my writing goals back on track, I share this blog with you. Found at loveatthespeedoflife.wordpress.com. Enjoy. photo: brandignity.com It may seem like a contradiction, at least it did to me most of my life, but goal setting is important for those of us with adventurous hearts so that we actually get things…

I Think My Karma is Broken

March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 Categories: Humor, Life, ObservationsTags: blog · blogging · guacamole · happy · humor · karma · life · qdoba · short story · true story · wordpress · write · writingLeave a comment

I was having one of those unusually beautiful days where the kid got up when he was supposed to, I managed to have a nice hot shower with no interruptions, and the weather was unusually warm for January. There was a little pep in my step and I went forth into the wilds of humankind in good spirits and gratitude. Seriously. I was like a 43 year old Pollyanna. If I could have managed a jump and heel click I would have done it (but let’s face it, even attempting something like that would leave me with a broken arm…

Fowl Play in the Workplace

March 13, 2016March 31, 2016 Categories: ShareablesTags: funny · geese · goose · irritation · turkeyLeave a comment

Originally posted on Carrots in My Carryon:
And now for something completely different…. I work just outside of a major metropolitan area. But, like most cities, we’re fairly compartmentalized – once you get outside of the beltway, you’re in the wilderness fairly quickly. We’re only about 10 miles from a large city, but very quickly, the 4-lane highway dissolves into a two-lane road, and you’re driving past fields and farms in short order. When we have visitors coming out to the facility, part of my directions include “drive past the chicken farm and over the train tracks, then turn…