Beth

  • Day 2: A Look Back at Day 1

    Yesterday, I created a Sam cave, which is one of her favorite things (behind food and food) by throwing a blanket over her crate. Sam finally fell asleep after the harrowing drive from the surgeons office involving pouring rain and a few misjudged hairpin turns. Once things started resembling normal (normal circa mid January), it occurred…

  • Day 1: The Continuing Saga of Sam & Some Bum Knees

    Blinking in the Sun Originally uploaded by Big Blue Mess Deja-extracapsular repair, Beagle-philes! Here we are again. Sam just came home after tearing the CCL on her left knee and is sacked out in her crate, which I parked next to me. Our girl can’t seem to catch a break. Our vet claims that fate…

  • Sewing 101

    As I mentioned somewhere on my Summer’s Bucket List post, I started taking Beginning Sewing. Why? I have no clue. Maybe it was pinning together one too many of Dad’s sewing projects over the years, sitting at my grandmother’s antique sewing table rocking the stylized metal foot (is it a foot if it’s about 3′ x…

  • Father’s Day

    For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a Father’s Day project – creating a photo book filled with old photos from the time when Dad was a little boy to just a few weeks ago.  Many of the photos that are included in the book were taken by Dad many years ago; however, he…

  • Miss Beth’s Guide to Email Foreplay

    I’m an email junkie.  I love my email.  I love checking my email.  I even secretly love flipping through the spam folder to see what promises of hidden viruses and financial windfalls from third world countries await me.  I love the knowledge that the only thing standing between me and my dream Dubai vacation is…

  • It’s a Boy!

    This month’s writing prompts came in the form of three photos posted on Flickr.  One was a rather vibrant photo of newly hatched robins – their necks outstretched, their eyes completely closed – truly gorgeous.  The next showed a Goth trailer sitting unhitched in front of a view of the beach – a scruffy looking…

  • Summer’s Bucket List

    I have decided that this summer is about new experiences – getting out more, trying new things, learning something new.  So far, I give myself a bit fat “C” – I’m not exactly failing in my goals, but I’m not passing with flying colors, either. The first thing on my summer “bucket list” (thank you,…

  • In the Cards

    Reaching back into the dusty archives of my brain, I realize there’s still maybe a story or two that I haven’t written down (and a quick search on the Mess reveals I’m not too far off on the actual count).  I know, I know, if I just went outside and interacted with people instead of…

  • Writing Group

    Well, today is Writing Group day and after much foot dragging, I have my story. I got a little tripped up on the writing prompts, where were: 1. Your most memorable experience involving something inherently Mexican (a vacation, a meal, a game, a souvenier, a friend). (honoring Cinco de Mayo) 2. If you had the…

  • Dotopotamus!

    Don’t miss the the much anticipated return of Dotopotamus with its fresh new look and fresh new stories!  WELCOME BACK!!!!! (Unlike the Big Blue Mess, who is trying to think up stories and is attempting to write something new for my first writing group meeting.   This may quickly be followed by me being unceremoniously kicked-out of the group after much…