Maximize with Jillian

How far would you drive and how much would you pay to “Maximize” your life?  Well, it turns out; I would drive 53 miles and pay exactly $65.95 x 2.  Concord, New Hampshire would soon be hosting Jillian Michaels and her “Maximize Your Life 2014” tour.  I was so excited the see the drill Sargent from the…

Ode To Fred Phelps

Fred Phelps was dying.  I read the news with a cup of coffee in my hand.   He and his followers of Westboro Baptist picketed so many funerals.  In 1998  they began their public ministry at the funeral of a young gay man who had been savagely beaten, crucified and left alone to die.  They…

Morning Musings…

Today’s been slow.  I got up fixed a cup of coffee and had a piece of cake…Not the best breakfast in the world.  I justified it by promising myself a run before work.  Now I’m second guessing the promise… Did some Face-booking and checking out the world news as I sipped my cup of magic…same ole crap…just…

Stuck in a Rut

I was in that dreamlike drowsy kind of sleep when I heard them…footsteps on the stairs.  Not the timid “don’t-wake- Mama -who -works -second -shift” kind of footsteps.  Oh no…they were the “I -don’t –give- a- damn/I’m –pissed” kind of footsteps.  The bang, bang, bang in rapid succession jolted me from my sleep.  It was…

Vamp Juice and Utters

I took the girls for a photo session last week.  They say cheese only once a year now.  During the cancer scare it was once every six months. The C-word is but a faint whisper so the poking, pulling and smashing is an annual rather than a perennial. Mammograms are not pleasant but necessary. Being…