Tag Archives: The Mister

Silver Linings List

Posted on June 22, 2015 by joey

Some nice things happened last week, and it will be hard to top them with this week, but I will try. We finally got a second car, and you should see the looks on people’s faces when told that it’s … Continue reading →

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One-Liner Wednesday — Dunno, Don’t Care

Posted on June 17, 2015 by joey

He told The Mister, “Don’t ever put a Cubs fan and a White Sox fan in the same room.” I asked, “Why? Do they argue about who sucks more?” I guess the guy was a Cubs fan. This post is brought … Continue reading →

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Negotiating My Freedom

Posted on June 16, 2015 by joey

If you’ve ever been car shopping on a lot, then you know how absurd and tedious it is. You surrender to this ridiculous negotiation ritual where you say numbers and the salesman writes bigger numbers and then he goes and talks to … Continue reading →

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Funky Foodie Takes a Walk

Posted on June 15, 2015 by joey

I’ve been in such a funk lately, feeling poorly, fighting off infection, dealing with anxiety’s peaks. My mood has been good, loving, receptive, but my body doesn’t always feel cooperative. When my body isn’t functioning at the level I deem as my … Continue reading →

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How The Mister Learned to Lie

Posted on June 11, 2015 by joey

Following the prank The Mister and Sassy pulled on me earlier this week, this is The Mister’s story of how his father taught him to lie. Your Joey is merely the typist. During a taffy-selling fundraiser for my school my kindergarten year, I walked around the … Continue reading →

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So Embarrassing

Posted on June 11, 2015 by joey

It’s summer vacation, so I seldom know what day it is, but a couple or three or four days ago, The Mister and Sassy ran out to buy vanilla extract, to pick up some things on hold from the library, and … Continue reading →

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Word Writin, Mood Swingin Freak

Posted on June 8, 2015 by joey

The great thing about NaNoWriMo is that you just write and write and write, damn the structure, just keep writing. The terrible thing about NaNoWriMo is that you just write and write and write, damn the structure, just keep writing. Free-writing … Continue reading →

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The Booms

Posted on June 6, 2015 by joey

Yesterday, I wrote about the noise of the groundskeepers on post, but nothing beats the din of artillery on a military base. The good news is, compared to the mower guys, blower guys, and weed-whacker guys, artillery noise was not constant. … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Hear Myself Hear!

Posted on June 5, 2015 by joey

Pursuant to Sammy’s complaints about the sounds of motorized lawn equipment, I thought I’d share with you the madness that was my life. When we lived in Georgia, we rented base housing. This meant we had a small fenced-in backyard. I … Continue reading →

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On the Floor

Posted on June 4, 2015 by joey

Robin at witlessdatingafterfifty shared this lovely post today, with the prompt of “Are there any similar paths you have taken or places you have chosen to be cuddling up to your loved one? Any memories of dangerous situations which may be … Continue reading →

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