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A new place

Last month, just moments before we were getting ready to say goodbye to our Florida life I was musing to Pete about how fast it all seemed to be happening. Buying the new house, packing the old house, the end of school, the going-away party…it just seemed to be whirling by at the speed of [...]

Friends….when is enough ENOUGH?

Before I get into this too much, let it be known that I am an incredibly social person….in REAL LIFE TOO.
I’m not one of those online entities that rolls up into a little ball upon face-to-face interaction…I actually like people.  I have friends!
In fact, this is the year that my very best friend and I [...]

WHO packed the crazy and the paranoia in the same box!?

Peyton looked like crap last night.
Walking through the store where she started complaining that her tummy hurt, I looked at her.
REALLY looked at her.
Her skin? Sheet white.
Her eyes? Deep grey circles under.
Just overall feeling like a bucket of poo.
Of course, my heart sinks to the tips of my toes.
And I know that she was tired [...]

How to be a complete moron and still get things DONE!

Ok, something very good happened in Anissa-land yesterday.
I mean GOOD! Like ice cream for breakfast good…finding out napping is actually the highest calorie burning activity good…I can only imagine licking the sweat from Hugh Jackman’s belly button good…sponsored trips to Chicago for BlogHer good.
And guess which one actually happened?
Bingo! You’re totally right!
Me and Hugh are [...]

Whining as an art form

Exhaustion is a brutal mistress.
I hate her.
She is taking over my life and leaving behind a shriveled shell of the Anissa that once was.
You know what else sort of sucks right about now??
Papercuts from cardboard. Did you even know you could get those? Well, you can. They hurt and inspire new and inventive curses.
The [...]