Life & Times of a Self-Proclaimed Saucy Bitch

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

An Encore

Hi Everyone. Before announcing my little sabbatical from blogging, awhile back I had written a guest post for Renee Schuls-Jacobson over at Lessons From Teachers and Twits. It's up today and I hope you'll check it out.

Enjoy my little "encore" and happy holidays! :-)

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Permanent Vacation?

My blog and I have been avoiding one another. Why? Because I've been really reluctant to write this post. In the last couple of weeks it's become very clear to me that I just don't have time to blog anymore.

With working full time there's a lot that needs to be packed into the 48-hours that make up the weekend. And I'm finding that trying to fit family time, couple time and animal shelter time into those 48-hours doesn't really leave much writing time.

I can't bring myself to say that I'm giving up blogging, because I would very much like to return to this medium when I can work writing back into my schedule. So for that reason, I will NOT be shutting Life & Times down.

It's also for that reason that I will choose to say to all of my WONDERFUL readers, "See you later," instead of "Goodbye."

Monday, November 7, 2011

Make Me Laugh Monday

We're baaaaack. I'm not going to be coy about fishing for captions for this week's photo. Let's just say that Rex found his own way to cope with last week's power outage:

Monday, October 31, 2011

The Best Laid Plans...

So I was supposed to get back into the blogging groove this week, but Mother Nature had other plans. My family and I are among the thousands of people without power thanks to Saturday's freak ass snowstorm!

This annoying turn of events finds me both displaced and disgruntled. I'm camped out at my parents' house, A.K.A. Little House on the Prairie. My parents have no HBO, Showtime or Internet access. (I'm penning this impromptu bitch session while on lunch at work.)

It will probably be another one to two days before we get power back in my town. In summary - aaaagggghhhh!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Coffee Break

Hey friends. I've got some extra family and professional responsibilities happening this week that are going to keep me away from blogland.

But not to worry, I'll be back next Monday with a very special, Halloween edition of Make Me Laugh Monday. Mmuwahahahaha!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Never Say Never

Call me a rebel. Call me a rule-breaker. Call me…lazy? I decided to do a variation on the Mama Kat Writer’s Workshop prompt “Twenty Two Things I’ve Never Done” and make it a combination of five things I’ve never done coupled with five things I’ve never done YET.

I’ve never… (and I’m not going to!)

Been in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. – I love that city dearly, but you couldn’t pay me enough to participate in what is surely a mass exercise in public urination.
Bungee jumped. – I’m a worrier by nature and I expend a fair amount of energy taking steps that are meant to prolong my life, not potentially accelerate my demise.
Watched a horror movie. – I am a big, giant scaredy cat. Just the commercials for these flicks have me frantically reaching for a pillow to cover my eyes.
Pumped my own gas. – Say what you want, but I will gladly stay in my car during the cold, rain, and heat while someone else does this chore for me.
Been to a major league baseball game. – Baseball is American as apple pie blah, blah, blah. It’s also as boring as watching paint dry. No thanks.

So far, I’ve never…

Been to Europe. – I don’t think a twelve-hour layover in Germany counts. This is on the short list to be rectified. I’ve already decided that the Spring after my (closer than I would like to admit) 40^th birthday we are either going to France or Italy.
Gone camping. – I’ve always been skittish about this since I generally don’t like nature touching me unless it’s sand and because I consider any home that does not have air conditioning to be a cabin. However, I would like to try just an overnight trip in the cooler, fall months at some point.
Tried snowmobiling. – Years ago I had the chance to do this on a boondoggle of a business trip but I had to pass because I was just a few weeks pregnant with E. Since we don’t ski, I’ve always thought renting snowmobiles would be a fun, alternative way to enjoy the whole “alpine scene.”
Had plastic surgery. – If money was no object I would be under the knife for a little lipo faster than you can say “nip, tuck.” I will fight muffin top to the death!
Gotten rid of letters and cards I received from friends when I was in college. I am clingy and sentimental – apparently even with inanimate objects.

I find that I have a tendency to focus on and lament the things that I haven’t done yet. I think it’s because I’m generally of the mindset that you get one go around in this life, so you’d better make it count.

But, as I was going through the exercise of trying to come up with things for this list, I was pleasantly surprised to realize how many great experiences already fill my memory bank.

Top of the Seattle Space Needle? Check. Ballet at Lincoln Center? Check. Cruise to the Carribbean? Check.

So while there’s a lot more memories to be made, I’m feeling incredibly grateful right now for the ones I already have.