I've got this younger brother. His name is Colby and he was born when I was 14. He was the only child of my dad's second marriage (although my dad fathered a few other offspring during that time, he did not do so with his wife). Colby had 3 half-sisters and 3 half-brothers and we all called him "Baby" well into his teens ( Read more... )

I gave my notice a couple of weeks ago, so my last day at work will be this Thursday, December 4. I'm going to stay home with my girls for a while, hopefully get a job working Friday and Saturday nights, and I might start night courses for either Radiology Technician or Ultrasound Technician. Orlando has the only school in the state for the latter ( Read more... )

I am doing quite well, thank you ( Read more... )

I just read through all these old entries on my livejournal. Man. I was a crackhead in my twenties.

I think I'm going to start attending church, in hopes of meeting a nice young man who wants to marry me and makes enough money to support us and our half-dozen children. I like being a mom so much that I want to do it full time and spread the love around to lots more kids. Not that I really want to be pregnant again, but I don't think it would be ( Read more... )

Dear Friends ( Read more... )

A heartwarming little story about the time I gave birth!

The weather channel promised us a hurricane last weekend so I took the baby as far east as we could go, to visit her paternal grandparents in Jacksonville. Damned if I'm going to subject my daughter (or myself) to life without air conditioning, even for a couple of days. The drive took five hours and the baby was very well behaved ( Read more... )

Today I spent a few hours scouting for a part-time job. Something, anything, to get me out of my mother's house nights and weekends. Earlier this week I applied at the local Blockbuster, which is scandalously understaffed, by filling out a very thorough online resume followed by a 37-page personality test. Five pages of questions, 32 pages ( Read more... )

Suicide Cocktail: 10% pregnancy hormones; 15% lousy boyfriend; 75% insomnia