casey coombs

Out of Season/Place

I’m sitting in a Starbucks in Orange County, California in boots, jaunty wool cap and sweater. I know it’s November but I’m surrounded by Palm Trees and capris in 80 degree weather. I feel a little out of place. I’m also the only girl under 50 in a 50 mile radius who is not wearingContinue reading “Out of Season/Place”

wheretowherebeenwherewhy?

At least the weather has been absolutely perfect for the world to start coming to an end, right? I’m headed out today for California. The only word that can describe my state of mind is heavy. Heavy with worry. Heavy with love. Heavy with sorrow. Heavy with anticipation. I won’t be back in Indiana untilContinue reading “wheretowherebeenwherewhy?”

Phoney irony.

Dear AT&T, Ha ha, you funny jokers you. I logged onto your att.com site today to tell you that I have no dial tone and that my phone isn’t working. Your first instructions to me were “call our 24/7 customer service line.” Of course in my head I think “CALL! Immediate results!” Then I rememberContinue reading “Phoney irony.”

tp tarot.

A hairdresser I used to go to claimed that how you hang up your toilet paper is a window into your personality. I have yet to change a roll of toilet paper without thinking about him and his tp tarot. So I put it forth to you. If you are a back roller it meansContinue reading “tp tarot.”

So much smiling your cheeks will hurt.

We took our kid to Disneyworld to hang out with princesses. (And to spend time with each other and my family and blah blah blah tender moments brought to you by Disney.) You know that smile your kid gets where they are so happy that even their spleen is smiling? The one that lights upContinue reading “So much smiling your cheeks will hurt.”

Barack O’undecided.

Barack stopped off in Indianapolis today on his way to visit his sick granny. I took the moosh, not because I’m in love with Barack Obama along with what seems like the rest of the nation, but to be involved and to be a part of something monumental. A democrat hasn’t won in Indiana inContinue reading “Barack O’undecided.”

good mooshning.

I’ve mentioned before that my alarm clock wears footie pajamas and requires cereal. When she was tiny I was awoken with demands of rubber nipples and warm milk. When she was a little bigger I was awoken with her sumo slamming her feet into her mattress. A little later I was awoken to sweet babyContinue reading “good mooshning.”

High School Boosical.

High school was not my thing. I did well academically, but socially? Let’s just say election Sarah Palin has nothing on high school Casey. Many people are very happy to escape high school. To move away from the hallowed halls of their alma mater and all the catty rumor spreading garbage that comes along withContinue reading “High School Boosical.”

On the 10th day of Disney…

Hi, hello, how are you? No one left me any great news while I was gone, am I to assume this was the most boring week ever for all of you? C’mon, my best friend’s kid was LIFEFLIGHTED, surely something happened to at least one of you? Preferably not involving helicopters and hospitals? I myselfContinue reading “On the 10th day of Disney…”

From the Archives: Is your punk son missing his shoes?

Originally posted September 27, 2007 ******************** Did your son come home the other night without these on his feet? Did he tell you how he lost them? No? Well, allow me. Your kid was breaking into our car a couple of nights ago and my husband (we’ll call him Captain Awesome for the time being)Continue reading “From the Archives: Is your punk son missing his shoes?”