Mid-Month Puzzle: Be the Iguana

I just realized how unbelievably overdue we are for a mid-month puzzle!

Things have been stressful here at wedding planning central, and so for this month's puzzle, I chose a sort of "serenity now" image. Imagine you are this iguana, basking in the sun near the beach on Isla Mujeres, Mexico. You hear the surf pounding onto the shore, then receding in rhythmic tides. There are no clouds, but the sun is not oppressively warm. There is a light ocean breeze. You are full from your lunch and feel the light effects of the margarita you stole from some poor tourist that was only trying to take a picture of you. You smile your tiny little iguana smile, remembering how they jumped. Sighing, you sink into more of an iguana stillness and drift into a trance-like state where you are half asleep, half awake. Life is good, and today is a beautiful day.

I've missed you, blog!

Last week was quite a week!

We spent the first half in PTown...
...and the second half at Seneca winery hopping and bridal shower #2 in NY.

To sum it all up, PTown was beach, friends, sun, shopping, karaoke, drinks, gay!, a bad show that purported to be funny but was in fact bizarre, and singing like a lounge singer with a lounge singer (perhaps more on this later). Binghamton was family fun, winery-tastic, BBQ, spiedies, trips to Wegman's, laughing, drinks, surprise photo shoot, and a gift-opening good time. Through all of it, I've missed you! Here's a puzzle to say, "let's never go a week without each other again!"


I think we need to set up an intervention for Sparki...

Mid-month puzzle: Learning to swim

Did you know that because of the particles in the atmosphere that collect during the week (due to things like more people traveling in their cars and moving about and industry and what not), it's more likely to rain on the weekends? Just terrible! That's why I'm glad that I can do things like teach Emma to swim during the week when it's nice out!



When I started skipping stones, she thought she was supposed to retrieve them and started really getting in deep. Just at the point she couldn't touch, there was a moment where she was like "ohh I'm still floating, cool" and then she started to sink and BOOM, swimming instinct took over. She was paddling like a champ!

Afterwards, there was the dreaded BATH to wash away all the smelly pond scum, and this was her reaction post-bath:


Have a lovely sunny summer day!

Mid-month puzzle: You've entered a vortex, prepare for a time warp

This was the graffiti in the ladies' room at one of the bars in Savannah.

Mid-Month Puzzle: Crack is whack!

Mid-Month Puzzle: Duck! I'm unemployed

Because I know you, my audience,
a) love interactive features, and
b) have some free time on your hands,
I figured you would like this addition to Between Jobs: The Blog --- the mid-month puzzle. Click to play. Enjoy!