Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 30, 2009
There aren’t a lot of people who know why it’s such a big deal that my daughter graduated, but I know, and I’m really proud of her for all she overcame to get there. So, if you should happen to know her, and you happen to read this, congratulate her, because it wasn’t the simple [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 29, 2009
If you know me, you know I’m pretty much always in the doghouse, and will be until my child moves away (she’ll be 18 this summer, who knows when it’ll happen?) But dogs have this special habit of taking things from inside and moving them outside, where they partially bury them in dirt or snow, [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 27, 2009
There are moments in our lives when we realize things. When we accept that what we’ve been working for isn’t worth our time or effort, and we should focus on more important things. I’m focusing on what matters, and on what feeds my soul and spirit. Or I’m trying. It is, perhaps, a pivotal moment [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 26, 2009
Why do we say that someone is head over heels in love when they’re completely smitten? Honestly, at this very moment, I am head over heels. When I walk down the street, I am head over heels. When I take a shower, head over heels. When I drive my car, my head is STILL over [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 25, 2009
I was writing a post today so I could describe some of the silly things I did in my bathroom renovation project and it was so long that I opted to just make a little page to describe home repairs. So I did. But this is probably the best and most comprehensive job I’ve done [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 22, 2009
I have to write a research paper, involving scholarly research AND experimentation. At first, I thought it was just research, and I thought a psychological look at serial killers would be an awesome idea. However… throwing in that experiment changes things. In fact, I think it would be a poor idea for me to kill [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 19, 2009
I have a long history of being a nice, decent, and good person. I try my best to treat others with dignity and respect. However, my kindness is regularly met with indifference or critique. I go days without hearing the words “thank you.” I spent half my life with someone who felt that it was [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 17, 2009
Romance has not been one of my strengths. I haven’t ever done very well with it. I’m not a hopeless romantic, I don’t expect flowers all the time or candlelight dinners. I look for little things like someone who’s nice to me, who doesn’t cheat on me, who makes me feel like I’m okay, who [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 16, 2009
We all play a tape in our heads. It plays back to us lots of things we’ve heard, or things we’ve seen, or things we’ve experienced. Curiously, the tape often fails to record highlights, but instead finds itself stuck (maybe it’s more like a record with a skip) in the grooves of negative things. Parents [...]
Posted by: thelizardlady on: January 14, 2009
My boss and I were chatting today. We do that pretty much every day, usually because we actually have work issues to discuss, but also because we bounce ideas off each other, we both know what’s happening in the other’s life (within reason, of course, but at least a rough idea). He’s one of my [...]
