The sacrifices we make as parents...
As I waited in line with my child, I cautiously stole glances at the other people here.  Some looked perfectly healthy, and some were pale and tired.  There was no guarantee that once we got to the front of the line that we would be able to proceed.  It seemed as if there had been a miscalculation and not everyone would get through.  I wondered if they would come pick the lethargic ones out of the crowd and move them to the front.  Afterall, they seemed to need this more than us.  I could have waited for this, or done without it entirely.  However, I had to think of my child.  It was for her that we were here.  No line was

MacJunker!
Oh no, MacJunker!  Your husband brought home some scrap lumber to use as kindling in the woodstove!  It's just sitting there, it's wood.  AND IT'S JUST SITTING THERE!  What are you going to do MacJunker!Quick, get me a can of gloss white spray paint, HURRY!Here you go MacJunker!

Goth Chicken
It's late.  I'm tired.  I'm sorry.  But I'M NOT SICK.Smiles from the (please don't have the swine flu) farm,Lisa

Dottie's Rendevouz
The wind swept over the moors as the young queen ran, unaware of the rain soaking her heaving bosom.  Struggling through the thorns and jagged stones,  she ignored her aching lungs and screaming muscles, she needed to reach the rocky peak.  Slowly she pulled herself up and stood, the raging storm was no match for her fierce stare.  He was out there somewhere.  In her very heart she could sense him, see him, smell him.  Suddenly she threw back her head, baring her long, snowy white neck to the sky.  "West!", she laughed.  It was so obvious.  Stella, the handmaiden, waited at the bottom of the peak.  Te

Genius!
Oh good.  This is just what we need!  I mean really how can we go another winter without one of these?  Oh it was free?  WONDER-freaken-FUL.  Lovely, just peachy.  What a great deal.  I mean what could go wrong?  Oh, you're going to use it to RACE with.  Perfect.  Good idea.  Why didn't I think of that?  That's brilliant.&nbs