Dirty Dishes

and other negelected things

Category: Shumpy

Home Remedies

My new depression treatment:  mini donuts and bbq potato chips.
I dare you to try it and not smile.
I DARE YOU.

For Chris, Forever Ago…

..and still.
Happy Anniversary and Thank You for making this quote-a-day calendar true.
I love you.

Hello, My Friend. Hello.

Oh, hai! I am alive, and finally crawling out from under my rock to tell you all that I’m taking a hiatus from blobbing. As if you didn’t know. Sheesh.
I am fine. The kids are fine. Chris is fine. The zoo of animals we have in the house are [...]

Winning Her Over

one day at a time.

Midnight and Me

So cute and cuddly barn kitty we found in Canada. You have no idea how bad I wanted to take her home. And if this picture doesn’t get you right there, then maybe it’s time for you to let yourself start feeling again.

The Summer of Love

We are finally done with vacations for a while, which means settling into the day to day routine of having all three kids home all day long because there is no school for them until August 20th. When I say ‘we’ I mean me and the kids, of course, because luckily Chris is going [...]

Note to Self

Dear Danica,
While laying in bed, sick as a dog with symptoms similar to that of kids recent Walking Pneumonia, DO NOT take cold pill with hours old coffee from mug on your nightstand. You may begin to sneeze, subsequently spilling coffee all over your brand new WHITE comforter cover from Ikea.
Thanks,Danica

I just know this is going to make you feel better

For the last month or so I have been laying in bed every night, fighting to overcome all my imagined stress, and figure out a way to fall blissfully into the nothingness of sleep. I’ve come up with quite an awesome coping strategy, I lay there and write posts for this blog in [...]

Full Circle

So I’ve mentioned several times that I have been painting different rooms around my house over the last few weeks. It’s like a disease, this painting thing, and it’s now in my blood and I can’t stop but DEAR GOD! I want to stop. And the funny thing is I didn’t ever, [...]

Absenteeism

If there is one thing about my life that I frequently regret, it’s my complete inability to deal. Or, maybe more accurately, the way I chose to deal with things that are overwhelming to me. I like to hide. I deal by not dealing, which any adult can tell you is totally [...]