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Maryland is a strange place, Interwebz.
After our long, uke-filled car ride, we were eager to get settled into our room at the world famous Hampton Inn of Fruitland. A ridiculously chipper blond manned the desk. I plopped Herbert, sheathed in his powder blue bag, atop the counter and began rummaging through my bag. “Checking in,” I [...]
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“Shuttlecock” is probably my most favorite word ever. It’s that or “Omaha.” Then again, I really like “Texture,” too. It’s possible I just like words. And excuses to say shuttlecock.
While it's not Central Park, it's still quite lovely.
…which brings me to today’s story. Yesterday we had yet another open house (this time TWO WHOLE PEOPLE [...]
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It’s time, yet again, for the monthly wrap up of seriously disturbing search terms that landed people in my tiny little Buggin World.
“healthy shit” Obviously someone is really pumped about embracing a more health conscious lifestyle. Good call because this site is obviously the place to go what with all the references to wine, beer, and [...]
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It’s cold, rainy and brutally depressing here in the North East. Yay. It’s been a long hard week, Interwebz.
Just to recap, it all started with a relaxing dinner where I sucked royally at preparing a family friend for his first round of chemo. Then I held my friend’s hand as she looked at her sweet dog’s [...]
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I’m getting soft. Three weeks of traveling through the Midwest and down to Virginia has buffed off my city shell. My inner, unsuspecting, small town, southern gal is rearing her nasty, pig-tailed head.
It’s sort of like when you spend the whole summer walking around in flip flops, then spend a few weeks coddling your feet in [...]
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Now that I’m finally home, I can start to catch up on writing all the silly drivel about the reunion and other travel mayhem I know you just can’t wait to read. In the meantime, here’s a short list of some of the crucial things I learned (most the hard way) while gallivanting through the Midwest (in no particular [...]
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Cincinnati Bounty
No one loves food as much as my father-in-law. Eating a meal with Steve is high entertainment. Each bite elicits groans of pleasure. A photo exhibit dedicated solely to the rapturous faces he makes when consuming cuisine could fill the Guggenheim. Steve has eating down to an art form. Each meal is as full [...]
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While in Toledo, I decided to take my booty out for a jog before we spent another five hours in the car. I strapped on my swift scoots, grabbed Rocco’s ball cap and bounded onto the sidewalk.
Here’s an uncommon economic indicator for you – loads of people doing yard work on a Tuesday morning. It seemed [...]
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Any squeamish men should stop reading now.
I don’t like to complain. (I can already hear my siblings and mother smothering their guffaws at that statement, but roll with me, people.) I mean, I’m pleased as punch that my pubes grew back in and Aunt Flow is visiting routinely again. And yet, I’m rather annoyed to be [...]
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Ugly Josie
Todd and Meg have one of the ugliest kitties I’ve ever seen. Even they admit that she’s one ugly kitty. Their reasons for picking Josie were two fold.
One, no one else would. All the people that walked through the shelter giggled and turned up their noses when they took a gander at this girl. Meg felt plain old fashioned [...]