a personal blog from a lady on fire (in a few ways)
While pregnancy is one of life's most mysterious and wonderful miracles, it's no cake walk. When my husband and I went through pregnancy (and yes, my husband went through pregnancy, too; it was a journey we took together and I'm pretty sure he suffered and was excited just as much as I was), I made …
The DFW metroplex had quite the storm last weekend. Here's my traumatizing experience as told by live tweets. I'm just glad I lived to tell the tale. https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517786720608468993 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517789046010286080 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517789955498987520 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517790487974273024 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517790921644322816 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517791263492673537 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517792016772919297 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517792628747038721 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517792831227056128 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517794693019893760 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517795766166097920 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517796612585029632 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517796811336335360 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517797595495026688 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517798509807161344 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517798951949717504 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517799221899317248 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517801073831333888 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517802157169704960 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517802268905984003 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517802438515236865 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517804535725965313 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517805207586369536 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517805570414620672 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517805845791653888 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517806100545286144 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517807390037934081 https://twitter.com/a_lanejones/status/517808051928449024 …
Everyone is tired of reading blogs and memes outlining the they're/their/there rules, but has the world become any more intelligent? Certainly not. But, instead of being irritated or even amused by they're/their/there mistakes, I now sink deeper into despair over America's bleak literaturistic future. (Hey, some words that need to exist aren't in the dictionary yet. So …
Logic is a lot of fun to play with. (Betcha never heard that before.) Here are a couple of silly and not necessarily true proofs that I think of when I'm trying to go to sleep. Why I Need Fake Nails http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/p/keep-calm-and-get-your-nails-done-52/ Statement 1: I need to have my nails look professional. Statement 2: …
inspired by Who Was That Masked Man Anyway by Avi "Hi, I'm looking for the, uh, applications office. Would you be so kind as to point me in the right direction?" "Murrmurrmurrrmurr murrmurrr murr murrmurr." "Oh, thank you." "Murrmurrmurr." ------------- "Oh hi, my name is Lane. . . I'm, uh, here to apply for a Poetic License. …
