These make me happy. Like, VERY HAPPY. They make me think of friends, laughter, pizza during late nights in hotels, and the kind of fun you can only have with people who make you smile until you ache. Dude, they’re only 1″x4″! That’s pretty high expectations. Sorry for the blurry photo, you can thank my [...]
About AnissaM
"My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch on fire or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one cares. Why should you?" - Erma Bombeck This? Defines my life and tells you everything you need to ever know about me. I'm working from home, parenting three kids, sustaining a marriage, keeping a house, and keeping everyone alive. If you ever say "oh, you don't work?" throat-punching will commence. Consider yourself warned.i let my husband electrocute me, THAT’S love, darn it
Electrolysis. Water Therapy. Acupuncture. Deep Tissue Massage. Healing Stones. Braces. Exercises. We’ve tried it all, plus some, or have plans to try it soon. I am willing to try and work so hard. I want it and I wonder where I’ll draw the line. There IS a line. There’s a point of no return, where [...]
i have a place again, one all my own, MINE!!
Where do you spend your time? If you’re like me, you’re used to having most of your time spent in front of a desk. Granted, a lot of the time is computer-bound, but I was used to all the other time spent with paperwork and other work. In recent days we’ve moved our girls’ upstairs [...]
i hope this makes sense, but then, why start now?
I’ve been very lucky that I’m well enough to take a few of the offers to speak that I’ve/we’ve been offered. But there has also been an alarming amount of speaking gigs that have been, “WHO?? There has been a feeling of being offered things JUST because I’m the flavor of the month. I’m this [...]
looking at old pictures of myself reminds me that i need my roots done
It’s hard to look at old pictures of myself. It feels like a world away. It can feel like a different person. That woman didn’t have to wonder about whether her smile looks ok. She had both legs working beautifully. Having two hands on the camera was a thoughtless reality, not a goal. I look [...]
this post brought to you by the letter that i wrote
Today, I wrote an envelope. It was readable. I’m sure it looks like it was written by a seven year old on crystal meth, but I WROTE IT. And, Dude, I’m mailing it. There’s this part that knows mailman will laugh when they see it. They’ll get a chuckle from the handwriting on the envelope. [...]
have you realized how long i’ve been home? i didn’t, heh
It has been a little over four months since I came home from the hospital. Sometimes it feels like I’ve made such great progress in those months, and sometime I wonder why I’m not farther towards the end goal than I am. I mean, when I left the hospital I was freaked out by the [...]
when you think that maybe a coma wasn’t a BAD thing
I would post, but my brain is dying a slow and painful death. If you ever wondered how far in advance I write posts, you can know that I hit publish seconds after I write, which is minutes after I think. But I have a cold that would trump all other cold since the beginning [...]
cause if you can’t pimp your handicap what good is it?
We watch Extreme Home Makeover. For the makeovers, not Ty getting shirtless. Much. We’ve seen people getting homes because they had tragedy or they had ordeals. I mean, we have watched a lot of folks go through a lot of stuff. I cried all the time. I would snot at the drop of a hat. [...]
i got a new talent and it doesn’t involve cherry stems and knots
I was surprised when my whiny (YES, WHINY) post encouraged non-commenters to comment. I don’t even know how to tell you that I wasn’t expecting people to actually come out of the woodwork to be REALLY kind and say lovely, squishy things that kept me going on a day when I just wanted to roll [...]
just when you think your day is bad…
I was really considering ditching the whole blog thing. Reading comment after comment from readers meant so much to me and it stood good chances of changing my mind. I won’t lie, I felt like a bit of a crybaby for all the complaining I did. It’s ok, you can say it. I did. Someone [...]
do people comment because they have things to say or they feel they have to?
There has been a strange sense of wondering if I should be telling this part of my story. What’s healing for me and therapeutic in telling may not be what most want to read. Granted, some understand and some get what is going on in my head. But I wonder how many are really tired [...]
some places are full of sparkles and unicorns…this is full of sweat and tears
Today I entered a place of work. It’s one of those places most will be lucky to never see. In fact, you may pass a place like it every day and you don’t even know it. Because it can be quiet and unexpected, most people would never guess that its the kind of place where [...]
About Anissa
Erma Bombeck said something that pretty much defines my approach to life.... "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say, "I used everything you gave me." If you switch the word TALENT for LOVE or LAUGHTER or HAPPINESS....it still stands.
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