Yes, I’m Still Here

June 17, 2011

I suck at keeping up with this blog lately. I’ve been putting all my effort into Pretty Opinionated and keeping up with my freelance writing gigs that Pretty Nameless sort of fell to the side. The good news is, Jake survived Kindergarten and this year is officially over! As hard as it is to get [...]

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$569

June 1, 2011

Watch out people, there’s a rant coming up! I took the car to Midas today. Everyone who looked at it (note- everyone who is not an official mechanic but knows about cars in general) said “oh, it should be less than $200!” So I figured on $300 tops, just to be safe. They told me [...]

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In absentia

May 31, 2011

Sorry for the neglect, I’ve been really busy trying to do a million others things lately, and personal writing has fallen to the wayside. I’m trying to write as much as I can for my paging gigs so Jake and I will be able to do fun things this summer. He want to go to [...]

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Letting Him Quit

May 20, 2011

Jake has been taking karate for about 8 months now, and while he started out loving it, it’s become more and more of a chore to get him out of the house those two nights a week. He just doesn’t feel like going anymore. I didn’t really understand it, because he was actually pretty good. [...]

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Hooray For Chuck!

May 17, 2011

The network upfronts are this week, that magical time when the major network announce their fall lineup. I’m mildly obsessed with them, waiting anxiously for the official word regarding my favorite shows. So far, only NBC and FOX have announced the new line-up. Poor “Chuck ” has been on the chopping block every season since [...]

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Gripe of the Day- Right Click Disabling

May 15, 2011

Today’s gripe- sites that disable right clicking. I’ve been to a few blogs and other random sites recently that had that feature installed, with a note popping up about the copyright or, worse, mentioned “stealing” in the pop up, which just left me feeling insulted and defensive. There are many reasons why someone right-clicks on [...]

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There Goes the Neighborhood

May 14, 2011

I was sitting on the couch reading the second book in the Marina’s Tales series by Derrolyn Anderson (great books by the way! The first one is reviewed on Pretty Opinionated) when the phone rang. My friend asked me if I could run her down the street really quick to pick up her son at [...]

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Age-Appropriate Expectations vs. School Expectations

May 13, 2011

A few months ago, Jake’s teacher recommended that Jake receive an evaluation through the IU program because she thought he was suffering from some sort of fine motor skills problem. His first teacher, the one that didn’t last very long, thought the same thing, and I dismissed her. But when his current teacher suggested it, [...]

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When the Bell Breaks

May 11, 2011

Okay, a little background before I get to the actual story- every night, I sing Jake lullabies before bed. I do Twinkle, Twinkle; Rock a By Baby; a modified version of You Are My Sunshine with two made up verses about how great he is; and Scooby Doo. Yes, Scooby Doo. Don’t ask. One night, [...]

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Messing With Themes

May 10, 2011

I changed both blogs over to Thesis this week. While I loved the whole idea of making my own design in Artisteer, it was so hard to change anything once I finalized it. Once upon a time, when basic HTML ruled the webiverse, I actually knew how to design web pages from scratch. Now I’m [...]

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