casey coombs

the one about sports and infertility.

I have felt so much peace since arriving at some sort of closure with my infertility. However, visiting Utah last weekend was a punch in the gut. Those of you who live there? You get what I’m saying. Those of you who don’t? Let’s hope you live in a football/college town so you understand myContinue reading “the one about sports and infertility.”

what do lara croft, a gay man and a bus have in common? answer: my bed.

Tuesday night this was my dream…I was trying to graduate on the last day of school at Bingham High School in Utah. (Go Miners!) I was 28. And I was dressed very fancy. Needless to say they didn’t let me graduate. I had somewhere very important to be. A gay man showed up to assistContinue reading “what do lara croft, a gay man and a bus have in common? answer: my bed.”

you are not.

You are not the only one who spends all day in bed, wakes up ten minutes before your significant other gets home and plows through the house attempting to give them some semblance of your productivity. You are not the only one who hates taking that pill everyday. You are not the only one whoContinue reading “you are not.”

crown hill cemetery. memorial day. 2010.

A lot of Americans are up in arms about President Obama speaking at a different cemetery today. Arlington may be the biggest, and it may be tradition. But I can promise you the ground at Arlington is no more hallowed than that of any ground where those who served and died for our country areContinue reading “crown hill cemetery. memorial day. 2010.”

the one where the average girl attends the greatest spectacle in racing.

I’ve heard a lot of jokes about racing. “How do you outrun a race fan?” (Turn right…) I’ve also seen racing first hand. Today I saw a belt made out of eight can coolers, a beer in each cooler and one in each hand. Today my camera was invited to a shirtless stranger’s “gun show.”Continue reading “the one where the average girl attends the greatest spectacle in racing.”

within five minutes.

I’m sitting on the same row with some of my most favorite Utahns (Kim. Loralee. Lindsey. Barbara.) at a conference this afternoon. We’re kind of paying attention, but not really. (sorry speaker!) Kim gets a heartbreaking text from her brother in law. We all do what we do best, we hug. We console. We discuss. WeContinue reading “within five minutes.”

good mom day.

I don’t want to jinx it, but I believe the fog has lifted, albeit temporary. Such is life. Today was one of those good mom days. Do you know the ones I’m talking about? The sky was a perfect blue. The clouds were brilliant white and puffy. You remembered sunscreen. Everyone ate three square meals.Continue reading “good mom day.”

the next generation.

So I wrote this post last year about where I’ve been as a result of what I do here on this little blog of mine. Mindblowing. But this last Saturday took the cake, made it gluten free, shoved it in my face AND it was calorie free. What? What was I doing down there!? IContinue reading “the next generation.”

birds. part creep.

Yeah. So, that’s how my day started yesterday. But yesterday was Saturday. Want to hear how my day ended on Friday? I was attacked by a duck. A white one. Addie had a picnic at her preschool, I was sitting on a blanket discussing the upcoming Indy 500 with some other parents when this duckContinue reading “birds. part creep.”

for the birds…a cap I will bust.

If you’ve ever checked my twitter stream in the morning you will generally find strongly worded tweets directed towards Canadian Geese. They range from me demanding Canada reclaim their damn geese and send more awesome Canadian delecacies like poutine and Wunderbars to factoids like, DID YOU KNOW GEESE POOP EVERY SIX MINUTES? With the honkingContinue reading “for the birds…a cap I will bust.”