When Practice Doesn't Make Perfect

By day, I work at a church. I do a lot of girly projects, since part of my job is to assist the Director of Women's Ministries. My week is filled with butterfly graphics, swirly Photoshop brushes, feminine fonts, and the notion that all women enjoy cooking and tea …

Addicted to Your Love

Today, my brother and I were watching Season Five of 24. Sean Astin plays a fairly prominent role in the season, which means I naturally need to punctuate every other sentence with "Mr. Frodo" and reference Lord of the Rings scenes every five minutes. (Truthfully, I …

Kiss and Tell

I cannot tell you how glad I am that winter is finally over, but I can tell you that I kissed this flower.

Skills Inventory

I'm a bit of a failure when it comes to showing up on time, eating healthful foods, keeping plants alive, remembering movie quotes, doing laundry on a regular basis, calling people back, or being a bad-ass. Thankfully, I make up for it by being really good at spelling …

E is for "Excellent" . . . or "Extremely Boring."

My beloved friend, Seven (a.k.a. Brooke), honored me with a blogging award that has been making its way around the internet for some time now. I am completely touched, although I'd be lying if I didn't admit to being a bit shocked, too. My blog has definitely seen …

A Sad Day for HGTV and PETA

Spring has officially arrived in Skirtsville when the parents move the patio furniture to the edge like that to keep the dog from doing his thing on that particular patch of grass. The dog is a lazy, old fart who is not interested in marking any territory that isn't …

Post-It Note Confessions: Part Two

Before you start freaking out, no, I do not play World of Warcraft. Well, not anymore. I did let my coworkers at Office Depot talk me into playing for upwards of nine months. Then, I went back to school and let my Texas boys talk me out of playing. (It is …

Most Boring Family Ever

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I love my family dearly, but we seriously need to get out of the house more often. We're never going to get our own sitcom with dinners like that.

P.S. Yes, these entries are all back-dated, so the content …

Post-It Note Confessions: Part One

Well, I don't really have a crush on every boy, but I've been discovering that I'm a bit of a sucker for certain types of guys. Namely, the following:

• Boys who know and appreciate proper spelling and grammar.
• Boys who smell nice.
• Boys who are musicians. (Pianists are …

That Fruity Little Hat Kills Me

Some of you are getting to know my brother through Twitter, which makes me smile. A lot. He's a fun kid. He is also as ridiculously emotional as I am sometimes. I used to follow him to the basement on hot summer days to watch him play video games, but he would chase …

A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

Don't worry. My dog and I aren't going anywhere or killing anyone. Not today, anyway. We've just both had better days. Nothing like a ridiculously inappropriate comic strip to turn things around, though.

"S-T-O-P, new word, I-T."

Feel free to tell me to "stop it!" when I'm being ridiculous. I'll be sure to return the favor.

Cheap Therapy 2: Puppies

Maybe I'm just easily amused, but watching a guy teach his adorable little puppy how to howl is by far the funniest thing I've seen all day. I plan on watching that at work whenever my boss says something crazy to me like, "Pfft. Pop-Tarts are for kids!" before she …

Technical Difficulties in Skirtsville

My sincere apologies, y'all. I have so many great entries to share with you, but they all stem from pictures currently being held hostage by my camera. Mr. Camera doesn't like talking to my computer anymore, and it seems to be rejecting the memory card now, too. …

The Inevitable Twitter Entry

I've mentioned Twitter quite a bit in passing, but I never really stopped to explain why I use it or, for that matter, why you should use it, too.

Basically, it's considered one of the top "micro-blogging" sites around. You get 140 characters to say what you're doing …

These Bullets Won't Kill You

Lessons I thought I had learned by now:

• Putting off laundry for a month (or more) at a time creates more problems than it solves.
• Writing your first name with your crush's last name repeatedly will not make him love you or even notice you.
• Blogs do not update themselves …