Category Archives: Just Ramblings

Today we had Spill Class.  I don’t know why I didn’t start this one earlier.   I’ve been thinking a lot about the skills my kids need to know to be successful as adults.  Things that somehow I picked up and … Continue reading →

If this doesn’t make you want to run to a vacation in the Islands then nothing will. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoaTl7IcFs8   And this song by the White Rabbits called Percussion Gun I really, really like.  But you know what drums, drummers and watching drummers … Continue reading →

My oldest, Luke, has been nagging me to see the G.I. Joe movie since it came out.  I’ve said no because I didn’t think he was old enough for such an action flick on the big screen.  He pacified himself … Continue reading →

My obsession… okay wait.  ONE of my obsessions (best to be truthful, Heather) is patterns.  I’m always searching for patterns in things and people and situations.  It makes me organized.  It makes me insightful.  It makes me annoying when you … Continue reading →

We all live in the Land of Lawyers.  Southern California being the Holy Land of Lawyers.  And it has definitely shaped the current generation.   When we were kids we would NEVER think of uttering a cuss word because it didn’t even have … Continue reading →

If you can’t already tell by the recent blogs, well I’ve been tormented lately with deep thoughts.  I was on a writing cusp.  In the search for the “right” decision I came across many wondering thoughts about my entire life … Continue reading →

YOU KNOW YOU’RE FROM CALIFORNIA IF…. Your coworker has 8 body piercings and none are visible. You make over $300,000 and still can’t afford a house. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a conversation … Continue reading →

I suppose I’m in “Mid-Life” and I suppose my personal dissatisfaction with my life can be labeled a “crisis”.  But I find myself trying to somehow find the incredibly delicate balance between the following two philosophies: Live each day like … Continue reading →

Sad but true, sometimes shit just happens.  I try not to take it personally (and fail most of the time)  but lately when shit happens I feel as if fate is trying to tell me something.  Right now it seems … Continue reading →

I think about a lot of different things while I’m at the gym.  On the elliptical machine I don’t think at all, I read.  I’m currently reading Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy.  Sufficiently dry NOT to demand I continue reading once I’m … Continue reading →