Category Archives: rants

treats for the brace-faced

Posted on June 15, 2011 by queenvanna

so.  i got braces last friday afternoon.  i was not 100% sure that would be the day, i thought it would be molds and pictures and xrays, but walked out with my upper teeth all braced up.  i might’ve been … Continue reading →

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casual monday-sunday.

Posted on November 23, 2010 by queenvanna

the day started out with such great potential.  we were right on schedule, we had a plan.  then something unexpected happened.  nothing terrible, but something not-too-super-great and something that added a lot of work to my life.  and hunting down … Continue reading →

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loud music

Posted on November 9, 2010 by queenvanna

i’ve said before that when i’m in the car alone, i like to listen to a.m. radio because i like to hear grown ups talk… but lately that has changed… i don’t know if it’s because it’s been a voting … Continue reading →

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close to home

Posted on October 20, 2010 by queenvanna

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is asking Americans to wear purple on Oct. 20 to show their efforts to support the end of anti-gay bullying.  i’m anti-ANY bullying.  and today i wear purple.  there are lots and lots … Continue reading →

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on being a grown up…

Posted on October 7, 2010 by queenvanna

someone asked me to take pictures at their event on saturday.  i’m freaking out a little.  your husband’s boss’s second daughter only gets baptized once ya know.  YIKES.  on any given day, this is what i look like: new sneaks!  … Continue reading →

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Pop quiz, hotshot…

Posted on November 22, 2009 by queenvanna

“There’s a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?” the quote will make more sense … Continue reading →

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i’m so mad at you.

Posted on July 21, 2008 by queenvanna

FIRST of all…. why didn’t anyone tell me i needed a flat iron?!?  how have i made it this far in my life without one?!?  oh, i know… with a lot of fighting and muttering and tears and cursing my … Continue reading →

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manic phase = over.

Posted on June 6, 2008 by queenvanna

the motivation, it is gone.  i am trying to move into “planning for vacation mode”, but i just can’t get there.  i’ve got piles of clothes here and there, towels and bathing suits there and here, but i can’t get … Continue reading →

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don’t think i didn’t notice.

Posted on May 5, 2008 by queenvanna

so.  we love dexter.  we love dexter so much.  so much that the night i came home with the dvd of season 1 and a box of googoo clusters (not sold in CT), hunny may have shed a tear.  or … Continue reading →

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things i’d take pics of today….

Posted on March 10, 2008 by queenvanna

if i had a working camera: a square glass vase FULL of buttons, in all  their crafty-goodness babycakes playing with little plastic icecreams, lining ‘em up, stanking ‘em together, concentratin’ those plastic icecream scoops color-coordinated on their own plastic plates by … Continue reading →

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