Happy Holidays…They Probably Won’t Be!

....Is what I said to my co-worker while in the office earlier this week. He cackled for about 10 minutes. But, come ON, you have to admit this year is an unmitigated flop, right? Ooh, except for the US presidential election, which went (almost) according to plan- at least for me (and most of the …

Love ‘N’ Guts

So we're approaching VD (Valentine's Day) for which many have extremely mixed reactions. From the joy of "Yay! Chocolate & Flowers!" to the vehemence of "I DON'T NEED THIS FUCKING MADE UP HOLIDAY TO SHOW YOU I LOVE YOU" to the always maudlin "Great, one more thing to remind me I will DIE ALONE." I'm …

It’s a NEW day, it’s a NEW year…

And I'm feeeeeelin' good! Hello, Sober Blog Citizens! It was my great friend Ginger who awoke me from my slackery slumber to return and commune with you good people. Thanks Ginge! When I finally popped open my browser and saw that I had not written here since August I was aghast (and that is certainly …

Betty In The Bubble (Hour)

O Holy Crap, it's me again! Bringing you holiday cheer in amounts sufficient to make you titter even whilst you contemplate throttling family members (because isn't that what holidays are about??) For the record, no one was injured during my holiday weekend (literally, figuratively, or otherwise in effigy). You know why? Because EVERYTHING WENT ACCORDING …

Eat, Don’t Drink, and Be Merry Anyway

Happy Holidays Sober Blog Citizens! Many of you know I work for the government so you won't be surprised that I have had any non-secular winter greetings beaten out of me (metaphorically, of course.) Annnyyyyway,  I know many of you are going to attend or host celebrations (either by choice, peer pressure, or familial coercion). …

And Everything Is Going According To Plan…

Well here we all are! We made it through our respective holiday sitchee-ations and we're moving forward into a new year. We are, aren't we?????  Yes, I think we are. The Betty Clan decided to spend Xmas at the beach. It was a bit of feat, but we managed to wrangle myself, Mr. Betty and two …

Resentmentz…I Haz Dem

Little LOLCat throwback for ya there. So I've started and discarded (kinda rhymes!) several posts which never made it to print-- ya know, virtually speaking. Frankly, I've been somewhat pissed off lately and I'm trying to deal with that in a *ahem* mature manner. I have of late been metaphorically injured by several cruel events, …

Buying, Selling, Eating and of Course..the Beach

Hello Sober Blog Citizens!! It is I. I have completed three months of real estate transaction torture and an ass-busting work schedule *whine, pule, cry* . It's been a while, so I think I'll just launch into a Quarterly Sober Wrap Up aaaaaand HEREWEGO: CRYING INTO MY LA CROIX OVER MY FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS Work …

Xmas Wrap-Up And Thoughts On Fake Wine

So Xmas went pretty well, here are some highlights: Manage to arrive in time to rescue $80 in turkey breasts from slooooow dry death in the oven (meat thermometer was spiking at 200 degrees, MIL thought they might not be done yet.) Earlier in the week, spouse made suggestion to his mom that we open …

It’s Xmas– What Are We Drinking??

So, yah, holidays are DEFINITELY HAPPENING. It's Xmas Eve Eve here in the PNW, and it's also my Friday. I am off work until January (yippee yay!) Since it's sort of Friday, I'll do my week-in-review wrap up (because WHY THE FUCK NOT??) WEATHER: First of all I'd like to invite someone to PLEASE KILL …