This Northern Life

I know I’ve been absent blog-wise for a few days. Playing catch-up is a bitch, even if they’re only 50 word blurbs about people you know. I am running out of people and I’m not even halfway through. This may be where I start making up people. I did want to drop in and give [...]

Ten years ago, I thought I was pregnant. I was late, I was afraid, and I took a test. I was dating the man who would later be my ex-husband, and in no way was I prepared for, nor did I desire, to have his children. It was a feeling that never left, even in [...]

This week’s Signs Of The Apocalypse: I wore a bathing suit in public on three separate occasions IN ONE WEEK. As far as I know, no one was struck down and blinded by the sight. Yes, even I am putting on ill-fitting swimwear and scampering about in broad daylight, trying to enjoy every last drop [...]

Someone please explain to me why it is that people — and by this I mean White People, mostly — feel the inexplicable urge to ask personal questions to people they don’t know, those people being mostly of the Not White variety. Take yesterday at the grocery store, for example. I’m rolling my way through [...]

I told myself if I dragged my ass out for a run, I could pick up a Wii game at the video store (rental). So that is what I did: ran the about 1.5 miles to the store, picked out Mario Kart (and the wheel) and ran home. And I made it, with a few [...]

Today sucks. I try to stay away from the blog when I’m down, because I’ve wanted to spare any of the few readers that stop here, to not expose them to Me, The Dark Edition, the one who whines and cries every once in awhile, who sometimes can’t get past all of the little things [...]

We’ve made our decision: we’ve given up on winning. Better hope you can still unload a bunch of those #4 jerseys on faithful fans, because there’s no way you’re getting top price for an Aaron Rodgers jersey.

Back when I was wandering aimlessly through college and unsure of what I wanted to do (I think I had seven or eight major changes at LEAST), I decided to take a break and try trade school, broadcast school to be specific. It was an eight month program, and while I thought I might like [...]

The house next door has been vacant for over a year. Our lawn whacking neighbor took a job out of state, and with the exception of a neighborhood kid coming over to cut the grass every other week, it’s been empty. There’s a cherry tree in the backyard near our property line. Scott also has [...]