Published on Monday, February 8, 2010 by Katherine If I promise not to blog about my parking garage for at least another month, would you let me show you just one more picture I took in there today?  This one is just too good to pass up.  And it SO proves my point about the type of drivers who park in there…. ...

Published on Friday, February 5, 2010 by Katherine I park in a hospital garage every day for work.  This garage happens to be a magnet for both lazy and stupid drivers.  Or maybe it’s all garages? We clock in and out every day.  So most of the people in that garage are in a hurry to park and get in to the time clock.  MOST of the people.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in a line in the garage ...

Published on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 by Katherine Yesterday my co-worker and I went to a Chinese food restaurant for lunch.  It was pretty empty due to the icy road conditions, so there wasn’t much privacy as far as conversation. There was a couple nearby that was enjoying a good hot meal and happily whispered conversation.  Giggles, smiles and flirting ala egg foo young.   They seemed to be having a great t...

Published on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 by Katherine My mother makes an amazing beef soup that she learned how to prepare from my grandmother.  For extra flavor, she adds what we jokingly call “bone meat,” marrow included.  It is usually beef shank attached to sliced bones – sometimes hard to find but it makes all the difference in the soup’s flavor. I’ve TRIED to like the marrow, but it is just so… “...

Published on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 by Katherine Just a few recent pix from my Blackberry! A local gas station. This place is NOT owned by Americans.... (Funny thing is, it was the same way on both sides of the sign!) A bathroom at work. Nothing says "family at work" like Personal Washcloths, Oust and Hemorrhoid Cream! This is a Dog Face fish, which is actually a type of Puffer Fish.  It was in a pet shop....

Published on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 by Katherine In the 80’s, I used to have black stretch pants, black spiked heels and big hair.  I had no wrinkles, no stretch marks and I drove a really cool car-seat-less sports car.  I loved me some blue iced tea and danced without abandon to “Melt with You.” Today, I am officially 44 years old.  It is a day after my birthday and I am missing work because I have two ...

Published on Sunday, November 15, 2009 by Katherine Today I woke up to something completely unfamiliar.  It took me a few minutes to figure out what that strange sensation was.  I scrunched up my eyes as the fog began to leave my brain.  Slowly, I carefully opened one just a tiny bit.  What the…?   I ventured to open it all the way.  And then the other. For what I saw was an amazing and unusual sight.  It ...

Published on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 by Katherine A working mom with Stay-At-Home-Dreams – that’s me.  But I’m grateful that even though I have to clock in every day, work is not always the same old routine. Case in fact:  Larry and Kyle.  I’ve talked about these guys before.  They are Abbott and Costello reincarnated. Larry: “Who’s on first,” Kyle: “Yes.” Larry: “I mean the fellow...

Published on Sunday, November 8, 2009 by Katherine I’m tired.  Very very tired.  This weekend we had to work on Sunday.  Six day work week – woo hoo! You know what?  When you work on Sunday, it pretty much wrecks the whole weekend.  Friday night is your “one night to stay up,” but you are so tired it just doesn’t spell p-a-r-t-y.  Saturday you chill a bit and then start the grocery shopping and bath...

Published on Thursday, November 5, 2009 by Katherine Welcome to a typical day in the life of Katherine. Exhibit one: Driving from 7-11 back to work, I pick up my coffee refill cup for a swig of the delicious dark mountain roast mixed with pumpkin spice.  As I raise my cup, a string of hot and gooey gum forms from underneath, stretching up across the car’s upholstery, then over and across my thigh, finally thi...

Published on Thursday, September 24, 2009 by Katherine Anything that has the word “PUSS” in it can’t be good, right?  Check out the “cute little caterpillar” my daughter found in the yard today.  Thank HEAVEN’S she didn’t touch it!  Read more on Agoosa about our experience with the Puss Caterpillar....

Published on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 by Katherine In my eyes, there is nothing better than a poorly translated or poorly placed sign.  I received this picture from my brother in Colorado.  And yes, I asked - it is REAL and he took it.  I love this picture almost as much as I love my brother! Here is what he wrote as a caption for the picture: "Uh, Ma'am, I'm sorry to tell you that Fluffy did not make it.  We ...