Puzzling

Job a little mundane?  Already used up all your water cooler passes for the day, and it’s not even 10 am?

Housework got you down?  Looking for something a bit more entertaining than changing another dirty diaper?

Teacher so boring you’re wondering if they slipped into a coma on their way to class?

Never fear, the Desperate Horsewife [...]

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You’ve Got To Admit…

No.  No, I don’t.  I don’t have to admit anything.  Nor will I.  Ever.
 
I got Darling up and off to school this morning.  Buses were running on time despite the fact that there was ice on my porch step.  I tried to convince them that this was risky business; that ice could cause me to [...]

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School’s Canceled

Snowflakes
No, really, they are.  I know they look like bugs under a microscope, but really, they’re snowflakes. 
Would I lie to you? 
 
I wasn’t really wanting to get up.  The bed was so warm and I had the blankets pulled up around my ears, my head buried deep in that flannel pillow case.  I was content.  [...]

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We’re Having a Heat Wave!

 
 
Okay, no, we’re not.  But I thought maybe I’d at least lift your spirits for one, brief, shining moment…
Rather, we’re having an ice storm.  City Boy drove home from work and reported that the roads up here were iced over on account of freezing rain.  Just walking out to the barn became tricky as anything [...]

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What Don’t You Already Know?

Here we go again…I was minding my own business, paying no heed, when someone (Willowtreecreek, but who’s naming names?) tags me for that Seven Things game! Okay, so what can I tell you that’s fresh and new?
1)  When I was a kid my horse, Tuffy, stepped on my big toe and tried to squish it [...]

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