Category Archives: comedy

America Feels Great

Monday, February 15th 2015 “That sounds wonderful Jennifer,” Dad says after listening to me play him a song the other night.  “Do you ever go to any auditions or anything?” Some open mics, a local TV station, but that’s it … Continue reading

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Darth Snowflake “Strikes” Again

Wednesday, February 3rd 2016   This time it was the cheek.  “Kitten scratched me!” she protests, after mauling the thing herself unremittingly for several minutes.  “And he also said, ‘HHHHAAAA,’” she complains, whimpering in my lap.   (Yes that means, … Continue reading

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Annoying My Brother

Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 Of the many, many things I love about Social Media (Facebook in particular – which I use as the battlegrounds for social & political progress), I love that I get to see my brother sometimes.  After … Continue reading

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“The Cat Scratched My Nose!” and Other Non-News

Sunday, January 31st 2016 Being that our Dear Daughter is prone to dramatic exaggeration these days, (“She’s a Writer!” says her amazing teacher), AND prone to Bandaids, Kitten provided the perfect recipe for ClaraJane’s favorite predilections this morning right out … Continue reading

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Puppy Play

Monday, January 25th 2015 I had the pleasure of showing Liz the wonders of a 2nd hand store on her quest to obtain toys for the puppies.  Success! 2015-01-25 Golden Puppy Play [47 seconds]:  

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Baby Mary and PUPPIES

January 24th 2016   To quote my sister, “So, this happened.” 2016-01-24 Baby Mary & Puppies [54 seconds]:   ‘Nuff said.  (o:

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Fireworks

Tuesday, January 19th 2016 2016-01-19 Fireworks [16 secs]:

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Stop Gavin!

Thursday, January 14th 2016 2016-01-14 Stop Gavin! [45 seconds]:

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Super Stretch and his Sidekick BAM!

Wednesday, January 13th 2016 Messing around in a solid effort to get post-homework, pre-bedtime ya-ya’s out on the trampoline, Gavin was determined for me to catch a shot of him mid-air. Here is what we got:   The camera seems … Continue reading

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I Don’t See Any Reason That You Should Know What I’ve Been Doing

Wednesday, January 13th 2016   Judging from this Homework Log of Gavin’s I just found, it looks like we are totally acing this homework supervision thing. (Not.)  Of the Book Report, Language Arts and Math assignments he’s had this week, he’s made … Continue reading

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