Tag Archives: crazy

Out of the Frying Pan

Posted on April 9, 2014 by staggeringduck

I watched this Ted talk a while ago and I have to say, it’s done a lot to change my perspective on stress. Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean I don’t have any (stress), it doesn’t mean I’m not up until the … Continue reading →

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What are you doing here?

Posted on February 16, 2014 by staggeringduck

Not everyone wakes up one day and decides “Wow! Riding in the back of an ambulance up to my elbows in someone’s guts sounds like FUN!” In fact, very very few people ever come to that realization. And really, I … Continue reading →

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Mean Mommy- Idiot Mittens

Posted on November 20, 2013 by staggeringduck

  It gets cold here. Really really cold. This morning was -26 (that’s -14 to my friends south of the border). Now, where we’re from before we moved to the frozen Alberian wasteland, the coldest winter I can recall in … Continue reading →

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as Crazy Does

Posted on November 18, 2013 by staggeringduck

  So, since my last post, I have ass-over-teakettled into a nasty bout of depression. In fact, I think the whole Hoodie post was a big red flag had I bothered to notice. Since the seriously crazy week I spent … Continue reading →

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Well I’m not naked…

Posted on October 4, 2013 by staggeringduck

Today I’m going to make some noise on the Daily Prompt… about my “style”… not because it’s meaningful, but because I feel like it. I think I said it best in my Job Hunt post “…I’ll put on my least … Continue reading →

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Noise

Posted on October 1, 2013 by staggeringduck

I stared at her while she talked; she had been going on for quite some time. She was one of those “desperate talkers”, where the end of her sentences would come out in a strangled rush, no time to take … Continue reading →

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The Bird

Posted on August 7, 2013 by staggeringduck

I just read this, and blew coffee out my nose. Brittany does that to me regularly. She is one of my internet heroes. Go- and like her as much as I do! (but not yet- first I have to tell … Continue reading →

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Call of the Wild

Posted on July 17, 2013 by staggeringduck

There are days, sometimes weeks and months where I think DH and Reasonable Child would be better off if I just wandered off into the woods and didn’t come back. It’s times like that when it doesn’t seem to matter … Continue reading →

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The Hard Way or Not At All

Posted on July 16, 2013 by staggeringduck

I had a post all set to go about “the things that come out of my mouth as a parent”, and then I heard the Big Story of the day on the radio… Goes more or less like this- 4 … Continue reading →

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Take This Job…

Posted on July 15, 2013 by staggeringduck

And in conclusion to yesterday’s epic post, which I know you lost sleep over…   “For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen” -Douglas Adams With the exception of some shameless mocking that … Continue reading →

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