Tealy Tuesday - Christmas Wishlist Edition

It's been soooo hard for me to come up with a wishlist this year! After all, I have everything I want... a warm home, a full fridge, a healthy family, and the sweetest baby girl who grins at me when I smoosh kisses in her tummy.

My first inclination is to ask for a cleaning lady fairy, a two hour nap, and 13 freezer ready meals.

BUT - for those of you who insist on showering me with gifts -and let me tell you, I've been VERY good this year - h… Continue

Childhood Memories

Some of my best memories are of endless summer days in Northern Minnesota. We swam until our teeth chattered and we nearly turned to human prunes. Our hair got lighter and our skin got darker. We flooded the sandy road and caught tiny fish with bits of cheese and perch eyeballs. We thought we were having the time of our lives, only to find out years later that the gin-soaked moms were having an ok time too!

Can I tell you how cool it was to take my little girl there n… Continue

The Time I Bombarded the Internet with Photographs - Part Deux

The continuing onslaught of catch up photographs. Part two of forty-seven.

Post picnic, pre splashing in the muck at Velva Sportsman's Pond

Swinging at the park axiom number 7. The big smiles come when the swing is whipping by so fast… Continue

The Time I Bombarded the Internet with Photographs

My name is Teal, and I have issues. I know, at least, right!

Nearly every day, I think of great blog posts! Clever stories, tales of irony, questions about poop. But I just cannot, no way no how, bring myself to regale you with such posts. Until, that is, I catch up with pictures of sweet B. As much as I try, I just cannot bring myself to get this all out of order. I know, nobody cares but me. But if you love me, you have to love all th… Continue

Word Association

Ooh! Ooh! I used to love word association games! You know, you see a totally normal word and some shrink deciphers what your subconsious tendancies are based on the word you spit back?

For example, what is the first word you think of when you see the word "reunion?"
If you answer:
a) family - you are normal and boring and probably like people and blah, blah, blah
b) party - you are fun loving and will wear a toupee so that nobody notices your premature pattern baldness… Continue