Similar to The Art of War, a Chinese military treatise that was written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century BC, the art of hugging is just as revealing, albeit not as well documented.
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Tonite’s installment of, I Can’t Sleep, has been brought to you by the makers of Naturally More Peanut Butter. Naturally More Peanut Butter: Because, naturally, I need more peanut butter than the average binge eater.
Read more on I Can’t Sleep (Volume I, Issue 2)…
Current Mood:
Catty & 
Devilish & 
Drowning & 
Horsing around… & 
Juggling the world & 
Needing a time out… & 
Perplexed…??? & 
Playful & 
Sassy
I went to a local store at the mall, today, called Buckle. It’s a dedicated jeans shop (but they also sell shirts and shoes). There were low-rise jeans, mid-rise jeans, skinny, boot cut, flared, eco-friendly (seriously??) jeans, blinged-out jeans; I was experiencing denim-sensory-overload. There were also jeggings. I laughed my ass off when the salesgirl (whom I shall refer to as Candy since I was too tickled to catch her real name) nonchalantly said the word. I asked her to repeat herself so I could get another internal chuckle, “I’m sorry. What are these called?” Although, internally, she was probably thinking, “crazy old feed-bag needs to stick to workout pants”. I asked her if she felt stupid saying the word. She said, “No”. I asked how old she was (look, this wasn’t an interview. It’s not illegal for me to ask her that question). “I’ll be 22 this year!” (she was so proud of her age). Well, that answered my question… all of them.
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Current Mood: Catty & Playful & Sassy
Several weeks ago, I posted about a family struggling with their child’s fatal illness. Sadly, that child passed away Friday nite. He was too young. The news rocked our community and my soul. It left me begging the question “why” into the hot, suffocating air.
Read more on Why? Pray. Why Pray?…
Current Mood: Drowning & Perplexed…??? & 
Sad & tearful
Lately, I’m like a newborn baby, for chrissakes! I can’t sleep through the nite and it’s driving me mad! MAD, I tell you!!! I’ve heard this could be the onset of perimenopause. Which is odd because isn’t perimenopause the onset of menopause? How many ‘onsets’ do we need to go through before we just dry up, already?? I’ve tried taking melatonin. It works… somewhat. I sleep deeply. Have weird dreams. THEN wake up. It’s great (sarcasm). The most recent melatonin-induced dreams include my husband telling me, “The money has run out. Go get a corporate job, again.” (although, this could have been reality and my subconscious has chosen to bank it as a dream); President Obama telling me, “What DO you do? Write? You’re not a writer! Go get me a real writer!!”; my daughter telling me, “Daddy is crying in the chair, again.” (again, this one could be reality. You decide.)
Current Mood:
Do me in already!
“It’s your thing. Do what you wanna do. I can’t tell you who to sock it to.”
-Isley Brothers
Do you know what your ‘thing’ is? I mean… what are you really, really good at? What defines you? What sets you apart from The Others? You know. What’s your… thing?
Current Mood: Perplexed…??? & 
Unmotivated
No, no. I’m not yelling that at you in an accusatory tone of voice. Why are you so sensitive? Something you need to confess???
What I really mean is there are many different kinds of parents:
* The Crafty Parent who will set up stations of chaos fun with glue, glitter, markers, paint, egg cartons, and the like and make a wonderful, sparkly Eiffel Tower that lights up when you clap your hands three times
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Current Mood: Catty & Devilish & Horsing around… & 
Oh no you didn’t!
I don’t have a lot of hair. I wish I had a lot of hair. But, instead, I have a few thin strands that I keep coloring and moving around my head to create the illusion of thick, luxurious hair. My mom refers to it as ‘cat fur’… puny, malnourished, mange-infested cat fur.
Read more on The Long of The Short of It…
Current Mood: Sassy
I have been on vacation and generally running amok like a chicken with my head cut off. Shocker. Who the hell isn’t, right? During the amokness, I have been racking (or is it wracking?) my brain trying to come up with a funny blog topic. I’ve had a few false starts, but nothing really culminated into something I could proudly re-read to myself the next day (don’t pretend you don’t do this). Maybe the funny post hasn’t come to me because I needed to write something (dare I say it)…. un-funny.
Read more on How Do We Do This?…
Current Mood: Sad & tearful
I am so excited and honored to be a part of such an amazing group of Hottie-McHottie writers! I will do my best to not let you down or offend (too much).
Read more on Allow Me To Introduce Myself…
Current Mood:
Grateful
B-Sting left Corporate America as a research professional and business writer to become a SAHM to her one daughter. She's not very good at it, yet, but she keeps trying. B is also a wife, lead janitor, fitness instructor, farmer (does deck-gardening count as farming?), and chef (EZ Mac n' Cheese w/ fresh basil IS high-brow cooking!!)