Author Archive for Anacris

So I was at work the other day when I noticed a woman walking towards me pushing a stroller.  Now, I’m not one to stop and “ooh and aah” over babies, so when I saw her coming, I almost completely disregarded her, save the smile and nod to acknowledge her presence in the store…However, as [...]

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Recently while perusing the internet, which I sometimes do, I came upon a shocking story about a woman who has been imprisoned for killing someone.  The part that was shocking was that the person whom she killed was not a real person.  Rather he was a virtual person.  Allow me to expound.  The story read [...]

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Current mood: pensive
 
It’s interesting really…the rise and fall of everything in my newly acquired singledom.  There seems to be a constant push and pull.  I still love him…no, I don’t.  I still need him…no, I don’t.  I still want him…no, I don’t.  He’s a good man…no, he’s not.  He’s a good dad…no, he’s not.  [...]

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I don’t normally post blogs that are this personal here. So I’m not quite sure why I feel compelled to do so now. Anyway, here goes.
“But how was I to know which way the story’d go? How was I to know you’d break….You’d break my heart.” ~Madonna- Take a Bow
Someone recently [...]

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Forever and Ever, Amen?

“You got me trippin oh, stumbling oh, flippin oh, fumbling oh, Clumsy cuz I’m fallin in love, in love” ~Fergie (Clumsy)
I’ve always wanted to be married.  When I was a kid there was no doubt in my mind that I would someday be a wife and mother.  I was your stero-typical teenaged girl, decorating my [...]

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For Sale

You know what just occurred to me?  Moms have super powers.  Allow me explain.  A few days ago my little one came bursting in through the front door sobbing.   I went from person sitting on the sofa relaxing, into “mom me” at the speed of mom.    Mom me is quite different from regular me.  Mom me says things like ‘You’re [...]

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Ladies first?

This morning as I was backing down the driveway, I did the usual look to my left and right then put my arm on the head rest of the passenger seat, turn to look back and proceed in backing up.  No sooner did I get out into the street when a car, that appeared to [...]

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Yesterday while checking out at the grocery store, my youngest child pointed to the cover of one of the magazines and read the caption over a picture of Jamie Lynn Spears. She turned to me and exclaimed “Mommy! It says there that Jamie Lynn is planning a summer wedding…. I hope that means [...]

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Customer Serve Us (part 1)

A while back, when I had a land line and before I got DSL, I subscribed to Peoplepc (a dial up internet provider.) After we got DSL, I called to cancel the peoplepc and after spending about 30 minutes in their phone maze and on hold, they talked me into keeping the thing “just [...]

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I want my MTV

I grew up on MTV. I used to love, love, love it. My mom once turned the cable off because when she got home from work, I was so engrossed in my MTV that I completley missed everything she had been talking to me about for about 10 minutes. I didn’t [...]

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