• scene from a marriage

    Scene From a Marriage # 22,488

    After hours of driving in a torrential downpour: “This always happens when I’m driving. You always get the good weather. I’m the one who gets the crap weather, while you get Snow White standing on the side of the road with birds on her fingers.” Laughing: “That’s not true. I’ve…

  • blogging

    31 Day Blog Prompt Challenge Day 16

    Day 16: Your least favorite chore. Despite being the Keeper of the Litter Boxes, I’m going to have to say cleaning the bathroom is my least favorite chore. At least with the litter boxes I can keep everything pretty well contained. When it comes to the bathroom, though, there’s just…

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    31 Day Blog Prompt Challenge Day 15

    Day 15: Something that bugs you. I can only pick one thing? That makes this so much harder.  Hmm.  I was going to say people’s faces staring at me from magazine covers (creeps. me. the. hell. out.), but I’m going to go with something that bugs me so much it…

  • coraline - family

    Mother’s Day 2012

    Song Lyric of the Day: That’s my daughter in the water / Every thing she owns i bought her / Every thing she owns / That’s my daughter in the water / Every thing she knows i taught her / Every thing she knows Loudon Wainwright III / “Daughter“ When…

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    31 Day Blog Prompt Challenge Day 14

    Day 14: One thing you want to do before you die. To get off my ass, make the time, finish at least one of the books I’ve started, and get published. Because I have to say, seeing (and reading) some of what makes the best-seller lists these days is quite…

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    31 Day Blog Prompt Challenge Day 13

    Day 13: How you relax. Relax? Reee-lax? Am I pronouncing that correctly? That should tell you how often I relax and how good I am at it. When I do attempt to relax, it usually involves me stretched out on the couch like a slug catching up on recorded shows…

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    31 Day Blog Prompt Challenge Day 12

    Day 12: Something you do every day. Believe it or not, I, Patricia Sanchez Lee, recovering Catholic, say prayers every night at bedtime. I know some people who believe I’m a godless heathen because I don’t regularly attend church (admittedly a rarity here in the Bible Belt), but I’m not.…

  • blogging - coraline

    31 Day Blog Prompt Challenge Day 11

    Day 11: A photo that makes you laugh. I’ve done really well taking pictures of Coraline every day so far this year. Getting them uploaded to my Flickr account is another story. In taking all these pictures, I’m always amazed at the range of expressions she makes. From shy smiles…

  • illness - medical

    Muted Momma

    Song Lyric of the Day: Shh! Shh! / It’s oh so quiet / Shh! Shh! / It’s oh so still / Shh! Shh! / You’re all alone / Shh! Shh! Betty Hutton / “It’s Oh So Quiet“ Tuesday night I felt a bit wheezy, like my asthma was acting up,…

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    31 Day Blog Prompt Challenge Day 10

    Day 10: Your favorite room in your house. One of the things that made this house so appealing to us was the big basement den/family room. We instantly knew that this would be the room in which we spent most of our time — it was perfect for us, with…