From the category archives:

holly’s animated life

christmas tree evolution

December 19, 2011
Christmas Tree 1991

20 years ago I was a newlywed. Our tree was put up with more LOVE than ornamentation. Thankfully, it could be scooted into the corner of our tiny townhouse so that the back of the tree sans decoration wasn’t obvious. It might have been sparse, but it was OURS. It was the prettiest tree in [...]

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room for holly’s teenage angst

October 3, 2011

Today instead of the usual Monday potluck, I am pulling one of my favorite stories out of the archives. For a reason. A really good reason. Please read to the end to find out why… Holly was once a teenager. Although Holly is naturally perky, the teenage years turned Holly’s perkiness into springy teenage angst. [...]

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Holly throws herself under the alternative-fuel bus

January 21, 2011
porta potty

Holly has been doing a lot of thinking. Holly has been doing extensive investigating. Holly finds that the best solution to her problem may be installing one of these: Holly has decided that a porta-potty, johnnie-on-the-spot, porta-john may be her only option. She has decided that this is the location for her new purchase: Why [...]

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holly gets a pedicure

January 17, 2011

Once upon a time Holly found herself with an extra hour and 1/2 without three boys who she calls her children. Holly hardly could contain herself. She decided that she would take that time to do something fun for herself. To pamper herself. To give herself a hug. She decided that she would go to [...]

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it is jeanetic

October 22, 2010
Holly with jeans that fit

Holly got ready. Ready for something she hasn’t done in years. Holly realized that she had only one pair of jeans that fit well. She had no choice but to go shopping for another pair. Why has Holly not been jean shopping for years? Maybe because last time she went shopping for jeans she entered [...]

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A tale of two pumpkin patches

October 10, 2010
flower mound pumpkin patch

Once upon a time not far from Holly’s house in a popular suburb of one of the country’s largest cities was a pumpkin patch. And by pumpkin patch Holly means a large picturesque field where pumpkins are trucked in and laid in neat rows. Holly and her family visited and enjoyed the pumpkin patch very [...]

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an issue of space

September 8, 2010
Holly has personal space issues

I am a people watcher. I love sitting in a public place and observing others. One of my favorite things is how people protect their personal space. For instance, in an elevator everyone stands equidistant from each other: Sometimes I like to mess with the elevator people a bit by shifting my position ever so [...]

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why holly’s children cover their head and run when they see oprah

August 14, 2010

Holly has been cutting blog-Stedman’s hair for years. Years and years and years. She has some fancy hair cuttin’ scissors. She has some electric clippers. She has no formal hair cuttin’ training. Every once in awhile she has to remind blog-Stedman that he gets what he pays for. Overall, it has worked out well… Well, [...]

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the legend of bitter holly (part II)

July 16, 2010

Part I is here… and this is a very complex story that would be difficult to jump right into. We left Bitter Holly in the hallway adjoining the important meeting room where she was sitting with other adults. She is talking on an emergency phone call from the electrician that installed her right under-cabinet light [...]

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the legend of bitter holly (part I)

July 15, 2010

The Legend of Bitter Holly originally aired here on the Nirvana in April of 2008.  I don’t want to overly foreshadow, but it is the root of why I give a periodic fruit bowl update… Our legend begins in a sunny suburban neighborhood in a house that could (but doesn’t) have a white picket fence. [...]

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chirp. chirp.

May 19, 2010

All through the house not a creature was stirring, Not even a mouse. No one should be stirring! It was 2:30 am. Chirp. Chirp? I don’t hear anything. *pause* *silence* *keep listening* *nothing* Chirp. Chirp? CRAP. Where is it coming from? *pause* *silence* *keep listening* *nothing* Chirp. Chirp. CRAP. Where is it coming from? *turn [...]

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