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lemonade
2010-05-19 20:03:00 When life hands you lemons…make lemonade. Exactly one year ago, this very minute, I was learning of Ken’s death and that my family’s world was irrevocably changed. I often wondered how I would make it through a day, much less a year. They say that the first year after such a loss is the hardest. It sure wasn’t easy. I’ve written about some of the events that have transpired during the last 365 days, some good, some bad, some REALLY bad. I can honestly say that at the end of it all, I am a happier person, not BECAUSE it happened, but DESPITE it happening. It didn’t destroy me, when it could have. I’ve done things that I didn’t think I’d be able to do on my own…and I’ve done some things I couldn’t have on my own without the aid and love of friends and family and through God’s grace. Probably the most valuable lesson I’ve learned is that time is precious and unpredictable. If you are feeling something... More About: Lemonade
watch my face as I pretend to feel no pain
2010-02-01 20:07:00 For some reason, probably many reasons actually…I feel like I’m dying. I’m spent. It’s not easy, pretending that everything’s okay when you are truthfully about as far away from okay as you can be. But, I’ve become a pro at it. There are times when I wish that I could just feel everything all at once, all the pain, all the anger, all the sadness just to get it the hell over with. There are times, when I feel like I AM feeling everything all at once. This is one of those times. It’s maddening and makes me feel like I’m going crazy. I’m so tired of my heart feeling like a brick. A light bulb going out in my closet nearly sent me over the edge. Little things like that are reminders of exactly how much things have changed in my life. I’ve always been the kind of girl that felt like it was important to be independant, that I could do anything, and didn’t need anyone to help me. I CAN do anything for myself…but that... More About: Watch , Pain , Face
what is love, anyway?
2010-01-22 05:30:00 “There are four questions of value in life… What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.” -Johnny Depp Ashlyn posted this on her Facebook page yesterday. It resulted in a little discussion between her and one of her friends about the authenticity of “love” with her friend indicating his belief that love has been proven to be merely a product of chemistry. It was interesting to me to see this dialogue and started me to thinking. Now, I’d like to point out that I’m not an ageist. That being said, I think that life’s experience can teach you a thing or two about emotions and what is real vs. not real. And moreso via the bad experiences than the good ones. The bad, paving the way for appreciation of the good. I’m a huge fan of The Matrix movies. And there is one particular scene in Matrix Revolutions that contains dialogue that really affec... More About: Love
starting over
2010-01-12 01:53:00 Sometimes starting over is easy…sometimes it’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do. I’m falling into Category B, I think. When I think about the last 7.75 months…yes, it’s already been that long…I think about how far I’ve come after the singlemost difficult day of my life. But, I also think about how far I’ve yet to go to reach what I think is a normal life. Now, don’t read this wrong, this isn’t a “woe is me, life sucks and I don’t know what to do” post. The fact is, I don’t know what to do all the time, but I’m ok with that. I don’t think there’s any one of us out here struggling through this thing we call life that always knows 100% of the time the right thing to do. Hell, sometimes we get doing the wrong thing, wrong. LOL I am in a strange place right now. Trying to figure out what I want from life, what’s going to make ME happy when I’ve been focused on every...
Renewal…
2010-01-03 17:52:00 2009 sucked ass in so many ways it’s not even funny so I will dispense with recapping it or adding to the suckfest. 2010 has not started off great either due to some craziness and some self-inflicted sadness for my greater good. But that’s…okay. If I learned anything this past year, it’s that no matter what happens, I still have a lot to be thankful for. I moved away from blogging a couple years ago because I’d gotten a new job and then Ken’s kids moved in with us, causing me not to have the time you really need to have to devote to blogging as it should be done. The honest truth is, now I have nothing but time and a lot on my heart both happy and sad that probably could be served by writing about them. So that’s what the title of this blog post means…not my renewal…though that’s what blogging will most assuredly become a part of…but instead, the renewal of Tiggerprr’s Scratching Post. I may never again buil...
Where the Hell Were These When I Was in Japan!?!
2008-12-18 17:29:00 My friend Yoshi has another website (jcrap.com) out there that discusses all the weirdness that is Japan . I just want to know, WHERE were these cookies when I was a flat chested teenager living in Tokyo!? LOL I do not need them now, so don’t bother sending any. More About: Hell
I?m utterly broken!!! Broken, I tell you!!!
2008-11-06 19:51:00 OK so I’m not… but my comments sure are! I’ll have to ask Super Yoshi to have a looksie… sorry to the 1.25 of you out there who still stop by to see if I’m alive… 1) Yes, I’m alive. 2) More importantly, I’ve reconnected with Ashlyn…and that’s going well. I sure missed her! 3) I’ve been ... More About: Broken
Please Do Not Tap on the Glass or the Animals Get Pissed Off
2008-08-15 22:35:00 This is my office, note the extensive amount of glass that is one of my walls (clicky the picture to biggify): Now, I fully understand why there are signs where fish/critters are kept in glass enclosures that say “DO NOT TAP ON THE GLASS!”… It’s f**king annoying! That is all… SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Please Do Not Tap on the Glass or the Animals Get Pissed Off", url: "http://www.tiggerprr.com/2008/08/15/plea se-do-not-tap-on-the-glass-or-the-animals -get-pissed-off/" });
Sometimes No Matter How Hard You Try?You still fail miserably.
2008-05-10 08:03:00 I never get too serious here at my scratching post because it’s usually more entertaining to write about the good or the funny. Today is not one of those days. I never write about my childhood much. Mostly because it sucked. I had a mom with a severe mental illness that prevented her from being a ... More About: Parenting , Hard , Matter
OK so they redeemed themselves to me?
2008-05-08 01:42:00 Being the dutiful Def Leppard fanatic that I am, I rushed right out to get their new CD. I have to say that I love it. I haven’t always loved their more recent CDs as much as I did the ones from the 80s-90s. I absolutely love “Nine Lives”. I have to admit, that when ... More About: Music , Entertainment , Love
This is one of the worst days of my life?
2008-04-30 03:55:00 Seriously. Anyone who knew me in the 1980s should know that I am a MONSTER Def Leppard Fan. I have wanted in Joe Elliott’s pants since before I would have known what to do once I got there. Joe, if you’re out there…believe me, I know now. Last week as I was watching Dance with ... More About: Life , Entertainment , Love , My Life , Days
Neil Diamond Night on American Idol?
2008-04-30 02:36:00 All I can say is… They better not effing tell any of them that they don’t sound contemporary enough. I mean really!? Neil Diamond? WTF That is all…. Share This More About: American Idol , Entertainment , Night , American
So it isn?t ?just? his snoring?
2008-04-11 01:39:00 I had a sleep study done a few weeks ago. I can’t remember if I said anything about it before, and frankly, I am too lazy to go back and check if I did. LOL I, of course, slept like a baby, except the 200 times they woke me up because I removed one of ... More About: Injuries , Sickness , Sleep Apnea , Snoring
Idol Gives Back?and then some!
2008-04-10 03:29:00 OK this isn’t a big post, yet…I’ll come back and post again after the show…but my daughters and I were all…ECSTATIC (!!!!) to see the dancers from So You Think You Can Dance on the show! It’s like the best of both worlds! Yay! My hardened heart…has cried a few times already…. Clicky the picture if you ... More About: American Idol , Entertainment , Love , Back , Humanity
Finally?Savannah!
2008-04-05 04:39:00 Good lord, it took me from when I got home this evening until just now to get all the photos organized, uploaded and captioned! I hope you enjoy them. I found that due to early onset Alzheimer’s, I have forgotten what some of the pictures were…Sorry. Click “The Waving Girl” to see all of our trip ... More About: Family , Life , Travel , Evil , Finally
A Little Scary?
2008-04-01 05:16:00 No, I’m not talking about Yoshi threatening me in my last post! I ate dinner at Lady & Sons because I wanted to, not because I’m scared of him! I’ll talk more on Savannah in a day or two. I have to organize the hundreds of pictures we took first. We had a good time ... More About: Humor , Blogging , Scary
Where in the world are they now!?!
2008-03-29 04:34:00 One guess… more to follow soon! Share This More About: Family , Life , Travel , Food , World
Chikezie Got Screwed?
2008-03-27 03:31:00 I REALLY wish that Kristy Lee Cook would have gone home. It’s that damned site… and her pandering with last night’s song choice. Curse you stupid people! It’s official, I’m a David Cook fan. I want him to win…and in a way I hope he doesn’t. I may actually like him more than Daughtry, vocally speaking. ... More About: American Idol , Entertainment , Screwed
This Makes Me So Very Sad?
2008-03-20 02:46:00 Ranger Arrested in Gorilla Slaughter My heart hurt a lot when I read this. I don’t know what else to say. Share This
When 7 Dirty Words You Can?t Say on Television Become OK?
2008-03-18 03:26:00 It was 30 years ago when the FCC ruled that you could in fact, NOT say George Carlin’s 7 Dirty Words . Now it seems that the US Supreme Court Court will again hear a case to determine what is and isn’t acceptable. Looking over the magic list, some of them don’t have the shock value that ... More About: Television , Life
Eli Stone?
2008-03-15 03:48:00 It’s a new TV show on ABC…it’s really good. You should watch it. I’m really enjoying American Idol this year. I really wish that Kristy Lee Cook girl would have gone home for her crime against “8 Days a Week”. Life keeps going by so fast and I seriously doubt any of you would be interested in ... More About: Stone , Eli Stone
It?s the last day of my 30s?
2008-03-06 03:23:00 and it sucked! lol To give you an idea of my day at work, I opened a computer file to finish my work at 10am. At 4:30pm, I closed the file and turned my computer off without so much as typing one letter. I have crazy people to deal with and I’m quite certain if I ... More About: American Idol , Entertainment , Simon Cowell
Oh yeah?.and?
2008-02-24 04:10:00 Does Amanda Overmeyer (the “rocker” chick) on American Idol annoy any of you too? Or is it just me? And omg…does Simon need to take some Midol or what? He’s meaner than usual this season so far. And I hate myself for this…but I love Paula’s way overproduced song. :/ OK, that’s all I have to say for ... More About: Entertainment , Paula Abdul , Simon Cowell , Yeah
The Ice Cream Sprinkle Debacle?Gone Horribly Awry.
2008-02-24 04:03:00 So we went out to eat for pizza tonight. And I was again reminded of how crappy a lot of parents are. Instead of ONE screaming kid, the table two tables down from them had 3 or 4 kids just running (literally) around the restaurant. One even chucked her shoe at the table behind them, ... More About: Family , Ice Cream , Cream
What happens when you don?t update your blog?
2008-02-12 04:53:00 Well, if you’re my friend, you get a hijacked post. Hi ho, Yoshi here. I’m gonna say you gotta visit my site now, because Tiggerprr hasn’t updated the site lately. It’s been almost a month! But hey, who’s counting. And I know she’s been busy, because I hear that she hasn’t been playing World of ... More About: Blog , Update
What?s New? tiggerprr?s Last Few Months in Pictures!
2008-01-19 18:27:00 Our adventure has been well…eventful for the last few months. First, Ashlyn turned 18 on October 2. She informed me she was going to “ride that ass!” then she giggled as I picked my heart & jaw up off the floor. She was of course, referring to the donkey at the Fiesta del Burro Loco. ... More About: Pictures , Months , Mont
Begging for Reign!
2008-01-17 04:01:00 My bloggy friend, Slacker-Moms-R-Us wrote about this poor puppy Reign . He is only 18 months old and was hit by a car when he was 3 months old. His owner never got him the medical attention he desperately needed so his badly broken leg, is STILL broken and never healed properly. The shelter he is ... More About: Pets , Animals
What does it take to get a tiggerprr out of hiding?
2008-01-16 04:13:00 American Idol, that’s what! I’m sorry for my tardiness in returning to the blogosphere! Would you believe my daughter got in ANOTHER car wreck? Furthermore…that this 2nd wreck in 2 months was ALSO not her fault? I also had a nasty bout of strep throat which required 2 rounds of strong antibiotics….ugh! I haven’t even had ... More About: American Idol , Entertainment
8 Random Facts
2007-12-15 12:53:00 OK…so…I’ve been an awful blogger for like the last…well…a really long time. So, I’m going to make my New Year’s Resolution be that I will start my Project 365 up again and start to blog regularly here. I actually have a bunch of pictures of events that happened that I need to update my project ... More About: Facts , Random , Memes
I am full of apologies!
More articles from this author:2007-11-01 02:24:00 It seems like this has been the yearish from Hell. I just wanted to pop in and let you all know that I had hand surgery about 3 weeks ago, so that’s why I’ve been absent again. I’ll be back soon. Happy Halloween! Share This More About: Full , Polo , Logi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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