Crooked Eyebrow

//BLOCKED//

2008-11-18T19:26:00.004-06:00

Wow, no post in how many days now? Sheesh. Bad Crooked Eyebrow. Well I might as well not fight it any longer. You see I so desperately wanted to jot down my thoughts but they were very negative. The thought of preserving my negativity for all the web to see forever and ever and ever was not appealing so I took a break. A much needed break. A break that lead into MASSIVE writing blocks. There

Tagged (Damn)

2008-11-11T21:05:00.003-06:00

Well Christy felt that I was slacking a bit in the blogging department and was so kind as to tag me for the 8 random things meme. Can you feel my excitement Christy? Can you? Oh it's there... (Nothing but love for Christy) Here are the rules: Each player starts with eight random fact/habits about themselves.People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post

A photo(since I haven't had time to write)

2008-11-08T09:42:00.002-06:00

Veteran's Day is quickly approaching...

My first.

2008-11-04T11:16:00.003-06:00

I posted here today. In other words, today was my first voting experience. No longer am I a voting virgin. The entire Crooked household was up before the crack of dawn to line up for this historical election, including JC. Unlike when I was 7 years old, JC knows more about the world that he lives in than I did at his age. For a second grader he is quite aware of the candidates and the pressing

I know the pumpkin dentist...

2008-11-01T19:16:00.004-05:00

I know a pumpkin dentist in case there are jack o lantern's having any issues. His name is Mr. Cooper and just today he decided to do a full extraction on my pumpkin's grill... You can see that he is so stricken with guilt that he is unable to look at mom as she takes a photo for evidence. Yup. Guilty. Guilty Cooper.

No bones about it...

2008-10-31T19:49:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Halloween

Slowing down

2008-10-27T21:12:00.003-05:00

There are days when I do not want to go into work because I'm just not in the mood to deal with it all. Even more so as of lately, but I continue, because life as I know it for now says I have to. Then there are days where I want to park my car and take in all the sights that I am always rushing by. Life moves too fast and I am always trying to remind myself to take it all in while I can, but

Watching the leaves dance.

2008-10-26T15:46:00.005-05:00

On this crisp fall afternoon the smell of apple pies baking fills the room and I sit in total amazement of how fast this year has gone by. Unfortunately my only thought is how restricted this year felt, unable to accomplish any of my personal goals. Then the winds begin to blow, sending all the leaves in motion, diverting my attention towards the window. Oh how I love to watch the leaves

Sheesh...it's been awhile.

2008-10-24T11:46:00.006-05:00

Mommy always said, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all." Well I did just that, I hung low and out of sight while I waited for a wee bit of happiness to creep out. (Basically it all boils down to me not wanting to record my sour mood on my once happy little space on the internet.) You know what always makes me feel better? A hair cut. Even more so when it's at a kick

for now...

2008-10-16T13:04:00.001-05:00

I posted here today at Chicago Moms Blog...

still sick and I don't feel like writing a real post edition.

2008-10-08T16:36:00.004-05:00

It's your choice...

2008-10-06T10:50:00.005-05:00

Great things are happening around in blogland and as a sister site of Silicon Valley Moms Blog, all of us at Chicago moms blog are taking part too! You have probably seen widgets (like the one on the right,yes go look) and multiple posts about it, but Donorschoose.org is a fantastic way to help a student in need out. Children are our future, why not help them get the supplies they need for their

Link it up

2008-10-02T08:28:00.004-05:00

Pass it along...Pay it forward...What goes around, comes around...Karma...Doing a good deed... What ever you may call it, quite often there are others out there in this world that need more help than ourselves. Whether it is money, food, school supplies or technology support to aid in a handicap. People need help. Research efforts need help. Will you help? It's a rough world out there, if you

who knew?

2008-10-01T06:25:00.000-05:00

Who knew that Queen's "fat bottom girls" would make a second grader laugh so loud? A roaring, contagious giggle in fact. Who knew that mommy needed that laugh so badly? She possibly may have, but just didn't know it. Who knew? Now I do.

Pictures of babies make my uterus hurt edition.

2008-09-29T19:56:00.001-05:00

Because all baby girls should wear a pink tutu at least once. More from my practice shoot this weekend here.

600th post

2008-09-26T13:39:00.008-05:00

Way back when in 2006 when I signed into blogger and created "crooked eyebrow" never did I ever imagine that I would have 600 posts. 600 posts about, well nothing in fact. That is quite a few posts filled with rambling, poor grammar and plenty of spelling errors. Still, my favorite posts are the random thoughts of Crooked Eyebrow... *Every time I see a puddle of water in the drive way I

Let me tell you where to go...

2008-09-25T08:04:00.004-05:00

33 years ago today a beautiful soul was born.She is witty, she is kind, she is hilariousand gorgeous to boot. Happy Birthday Christy!!! Will you please go over to Christy'sand wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY? We are hoping to get over 200 comments, go show her love will ya? After that, may I direct you to my first Chicago Moms Blog post.GO HERE (I was very nervous about writing it quite honestly)

A few photos...

2008-09-24T05:46:00.003-05:00

A few photos of what little boys like JC are made of ... They are inquisitive, curious bug lovin' little men with dirty hands... Then they look up at their mommy and make her heart melt... and make her so very proud to be his mommy. Boys, gotta love 'em

The week I tried to...but didn't.

2008-09-22T14:23:00.004-05:00

This past week was a week of trying. I would try and try again to get something done and it just would never work out quite the way I had hoped for. Am I the only one the can't get crap done anymore? It's been several days of attempting to exercise, have I nope. There were even attempts to blog or take my camera for a spin. Did I manage? Nope. I tried. It just wasn't in the cards this week.

Random thoughts: It's been awhile edition

2008-09-19T18:08:00.002-05:00

It's been awhile since I've had a random thoughts day... * Milk &Honey had a beautiful baby boy! He is gorgeous and I can't wait to hold him, sniff his sweet baby face and then take hundreds of photos of him. *In other baby news, Steph's baby girl Ivy was born this week too! Man all these babies, I can't wait to hold them. (so bad my uterus is hurting...want baby so badly) *I haven't had my

The aftermath

2008-09-15T13:43:00.002-05:00

So the area gets more than six inches of water and the whole region is a mess... For the first time ever our basement flooded. So today I spend my entire day cleaning everything with bleach and chucking garbage to the curb. Fun stuff. So in the meantime, go visit Steph and wish her and Ivy well! We are so excited she is finally here we can hardly contain ourselves. Now for Milk&Honey's baby

For lack of words(and time)...

2008-09-13T09:12:00.005-05:00

I give you some of my favorite photos that I have recently taken. *You may recognize a few people, like some of my favorite peeps Milk& Honey & Steph* Milk& Honey's beautiful belly B&W Alley JC at practice One of my new favorite photos...Milk& Honey Red can, yet another alley in Chicago The beautiful Steph & (soon to be here) IVY Waterfall flower Baby Noah and his flower A

Name that blog...

2008-09-11T15:09:00.003-05:00

Yes! Name that blog...Beth, Christy and I will soon be documenting our candid weight loss stories on a brand new blog but we need YOUR help. Even better, there are prizes involved. YES!!!! PRIZES All you have to do is think of a blog name(.com has to be available) and post your idea here. THEN keep on checking back with all of us as our journey unfolds. Sound Good? Now put your thinking cap on

He sang to me...

2008-09-10T05:56:00.005-05:00

Another story from my time during Hurricane Gustav... While tending to his sore feet at the end of my shift, I sang softly to myself just as I always do. He stopped me and in his soft southern accent, he said “Well ma'am, I sing too”. Thrilled, I begged him to sing but be was shy and hesitant to start. Further explaining that if God graced him with a voice and the joy in his heart to want to

Come on baby light my fire...

2008-09-09T19:05:00.000-05:00

Recently after about 9 years of nursing, my spirit began to wear thin. My job satisfaction was low, my self-esteem even lower and soon I started to second guess my career choice. Was nursing really for me? Did I really want to keep doing this? Am I really satisfied with the lack of advancement in my company?