musings

Celebrating differences and embracing them

When I had my official interview with the admissions people from the Massage Therapy School, I was asked a series of questions. Several were dealing with diversity of of the student base and how I’d fit into that. Umm. Ok. I had to explain Blogalcious and the fact that I went to a VERY diverse Continue reading →

My Wild Blogalicious Weekend, part 4-heading home and putting it all together

When we last left, I was crashed in bed on Saturday night, deciding how in God’s name to get everything home. See, no one warned me about the swag. Yeah. My little roller suitcase wasn’t going to do anything to get all of this home. OY. I packed my stuff up, knowing full well that Continue reading →

Happy Banned Books Week!

Ok, I know that sounds really odd, being happy about having a week where we celebrate the banning of books. But, what I love about this week is that I find all new, amazing books that I haven’t read before. I also see all of the wacky reasons that people find to be offended by Continue reading →

I’m a Katie

Last month, a post on a Chicago blog went viral-a first grader was bullied for her love of Star Wars-more specifically, bringing a Star Wars water bottle to school. She was told that girls can’t like Star Wars. It was only for boys. As I read on and on and on in the article, I Continue reading →

1 year

This time last year, I was in my awesome CDE’s office attaching my purple pump to my body and beginning the journey of a pumping diabetic. After fighting tooth and nail with the insurance company, I was excited to go live and kicking with insulin and not saline. I remember that Thanksgiving dinner was really Continue reading →

Denial

This weekend is always my annual denial weekend. I always go into denial about a LOT of things- here’s what I’m in denial about today… 1. That I have a first grader. It didn’t sink in until we went and visited the classroom on Thursday to drop off Isaac’s backpack full of stuff. I saw Continue reading →

Identity Crisis

Recently, I joined a new blog group-see the new button on the right hand side-Blogs By Latinas. It’s an all Latina blogger group. Go visit. You’ll find some awesome things over there. There’s a contest type thing going on called More than a Latina. They’re taking submissions of photos, art, poetry and short stories. They Continue reading →

Hockey and the US…keep them playing for longer-make them lifers!

I’ve spent the last two weeks watching more hockey than I’ve watched in a LONG time. Doug commented that he felt like it was when we had the Center Ice package back in California-hockey…all day, every day! Isaac watched with us, and I could tell the wheels in his head were turning. He keeps remarking Continue reading →

Thanksgiving ponderings

Every year at this time, the blogosphere is littered with “what I’m thankful for” posts. Facebook is the same way. For me, It’s a simple thing-what am I thankful for THIS year…because there are things that I”m thankful for every day of the year-Family, friends…the fact that I have this space that people actually read… Continue reading →

Coast to coast burritos

There are few things that really get me going food-wise to blog about. Frankly, there are enough food bloggers out there that I really don’t feel like I need to do that to my tiny readership. But sometimes, just sometimes, I have to. This is one of those times… When I was in undergrad, student Continue reading →

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