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One Closes, Four Open

nina — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:11:06 +0000

I am less one friend today. I take full responsibility for my part even though there are still moments when I find myself wondering how it could have happened. I mean, I’m 35. Shouldn’t we stop losing friends at some point? How junior high to say the words, “I’m not her friend anymore.” All kinds [...]

Be Good To Him

nina — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:56:25 +0000

When I was pregnant with Jack I would often ask Donny, Kali, and sometimes the universe, “What are we going to do with this little boy?” The thought of having another person in our lives was frightening. The thought of being a mother to a boy after being, I thought, such a girl Mommy – [...]

Adventures in Geocaching

nina — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:14:58 +0000

So we mapped a route of caches from our house to my Dad’s. Some were easy to find. Others? Not so much. There was one called “Movie Night” that was hidden around those Red Box movie rental machines. We had to wait forever as muggle after muggle rented movies. We tried standing around like we [...]

First, Bitches: Geocaching

nina — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:01:14 +0000

First, Bitches are a series of blogs about me discovering new things. They may not be new to you. I recently noticed a friend on Facebook posting pics in an album called, “Geocaching.” I didn’t know what that was, but the pictures were all of rivers and trees so I figured it was a whole [...]

A Mix-Up Of Nerds and Other Things That Made Me Laugh

nina — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:12:33 +0000

So, Donny has this weird habit of getting up in the middle of the night and thinking it’s morning. Last week, he’d fallen asleep around 9:30pm and at 11:15pm, suddenly sat straight up. He reached over and pressed some buttons on the alarm clock, then headed for the bathroom. “Where are you going,” I asked. [...]

Emmy Nominations – Thoughts & Predictions

nina — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:00:44 +0000

The primetime Emmy nominations were announced last week and I was very pleased with many of the nominees. Even though we all know it’s an honor to be nominated, the downside to so many favorites receiving a nod is that, inevitably, so many favorites won’t win. Here are my thoughts on this year’s nominees in [...]

Vacation Dilemma

nina — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:01:57 +0000

Donny and I want to take a mini vacation at the end of the month before Kali returns to school. We’ve been getting lots of advice from family and friends on where to go, how much to spend, where to stay and what to do once we get there. After much debate we’ve narrowed it [...]

Summer TV Viewing

nina — Sun, 30 May 2010 18:17:44 +0000

After this Tuesday’s Glee finale, all of our fall shows will be done – some for good. Sure, we still have So You Think You Can Dance and my summertime guilty pleasure Big Brother to look forward to, but this is also the prime time for Donny and I to catch up on shows that [...]

Lost S6 – Epi. 16 “The End”

nina — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:24:09 +0000

I just want to start off by saying that I get it. I get it. I got it. I wasn’t always getting it. In fact, at least 45 minutes before the end I kept saying to Donny, “I don’t get it! Where are they going?! I get everything else, but where are they going?” Then, [...]

Lost S6 Epi. 15 “What They Died For”

nina — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:53:23 +0000

Theories, observations, questions and predictions will be in bold. I’m also gonna point out answers to previous questions in red since so many complain that each episode doesn’t answer anything and I completely disagree. Previously on Lost: Sawyer pulls the wires on the bomb and we lose Sayid, Sun, and Jin. And now.. In Los [...]