Published on Monday, March 20, 2017 by Katherine Where have I been during the last month? Let's see. The doctor's office, the pharmacy, the doctor's office, the pharmacy, the ENT, the doctor's office, the emergency room, the advanced imaging center and tomorrow, the ENT. I believe all of this could have been avoided had I just called Roto-Rooter. For most of my adult life I have suffered from sinus infections. T...

Published on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 by Katherine This month's photo challenge topic was "love."  Other than my children and family, there  is nothing I love more than my pets! 1. This is Dusty.  She was a feral cat in Corolla that we took in.  She is now the laziest, happiest house cat there ever was.  But she is also the sheddiest. In this photo I caught her in mid-shake, tongue out, fur flying. 2.  This ...

Published on Monday, February 13, 2017 by Katherine I have fostered two dogs over the last few years for an amazing local rescue.  The first one was extremely difficult.  She bonded with me as I did with her, so when it was time to say goodbye I cried like a little baby.  She found an amazing forever home with a couple that fell in love with her.  It is more than bittersweet to see your foster find a home, even whe...

Published on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 by Katherine After a month of writing, we finally get a bit of a break with this month's photo challenge, "Express Yourself!" 1. This is River, our "foster fail."  We were fostering her, fell in love with her and adopted her ourselves.  The decision was made the moment we realized she expresses herself by howling.  Every time one of us walks in she shows her joy with a wolfpa...

Published on Friday, January 27, 2017 by Katherine Oh my goodness.  This is actually the last day of the 'Lil Hoohaa blog writing challenge and I DID it!  Woooo hoooo!  Today is the final installment of the four part Friday story post.  As you can see from the title, the subject is "Sydney, Australia. Lisa was aware of noises around her but wasn't able to focus on anything but the horrible pain in her head.  S...

Published on Thursday, January 26, 2017 by Katherine Today's blog challenge topic is, you guessed it.... Popularity. I was never the popular one.  I was the band geek.  The one who would never be skinny. The girl with the freckles.   The REDHEAD.  Back in the day, there were no beautiful gingers... there were just redheads. Had I been "popular," I would have become a different person from who I am today.  I am gl...

Published on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 by Katherine Today's theme for  the Hoohaa writing challenge is, "White." To me, "white" is a happy word.  There are so many white things that make me feel good.  Whipped cream, snow, sand, breaking waves, milkshakes, the inside of cadbury eggs, pina coladas, cheese and white chocolate. The theme "white" also made me think of my mother and the cool factor you might not expect...

Published on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 by Katherine The theme for today's writing challenge is "Dreams." Haiku of Dreams In public, pantless. Haven't studied for the test. Flying without wings.    ...

Published on Monday, January 23, 2017 by Katherine When I saw today's writing challenge subject "Cheese," I immediately thought of blogger Nicky from We Work for Cheese.  Nicky was a lovely, vibrant and incredibly funny woman and mother who died far too young of cancer. Nicky loved cheese and wrote about it often.  She once wrote about Cotswold, an English pub cheese I had never heard of.  It took a few days of se...

Published on Friday, January 20, 2017 by Katherine This is the third "chapter" of the Friday writing challenge with the topic, " Zurich, Switzerland." Lisa knew he was at her door before she heard the knock.  Slightly unnerved at that fact, she grabbed her hoodie and headed for the door.  When she opened it she was once again mesmerized by those intoxicating eyes.  It was as if he could see through to her soul. ...

Published on Thursday, January 19, 2017 by Katherine Our writing challenge continues with the topis, "The Next Ten Years." In the next ten years, I will probably get another tattoo. In the next ten years, I will be living somewhere else. In the next ten years, I just may see the possibility of a grandchild. In the next ten years, I will have an empty nest. In the next ten years, I plan to laugh a lot. In the n...

Published on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 by Katherine When I saw today's writing challenge theme "Fears," my mind went down a bad path.  Because there are deep and very dark fears I still face every day with my son and his health.  But then I remembered yesterday's theme, "Stress."  No stress here - not today.  Today we are going to discuss fear... and childhood.  And that isn't stressful at all, is it? When I wa...