Last night, I was hanging out with Mick at the house when he got a text. His friend Stephanie was in town for a conference and she wanted to meet for drinks downtown. I don’t know Stephanie - we lived in Morehead at the same time but she was in school and that was when I was a townie so our paths never crossed. I was really tired and didn’t want ( Read more... )

I had a really good weekend - low key but satisfying on many fronts ( Read more... )

Having a weekend away. I'm saying JUST TAKE THE FUCKING PIC after several errors. He is relaxed and midyawn. Leaving the door to the balcony the whole weekend - perfect.

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Mick & I have recently invested in some side projects. We bought a nice inkjet printer to start working on the small press. We originally planned to buy an offset printer at auction, and use the space we were renting at the Mammoth to set up a printing press. Unfortunately, even at auction as technology moves on, those monsters never sold for ( Read more... )

I dropped Mick off at the Greyhound bus station this morning. He's going to Indianapolis for the day, to be a mediator for union dispute. I don't know many details but it sounds like it's going to be difficult ( Read more... )

I’m a freshly minted stepmother - I got married April 26, 2015, so I OFFICIALLY have both a stepdaughter and a son-in-law now. Stella has taken to calling me her “wicked stepmother” while cackling then giggling. I’ll take it - I sense a certain amount of relief on her part, like she wasn’t entirely certain I’d go through with it. I might be ( Read more... )

Quietly and with little fanfare, Mick and I joined the gym. I didn’t go while he was in California last week, opting instead to hold the couch down and mope and binge-watch “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” I also cleaned house and played with the critters, but it was overwhelmingly low key and tended toward the mope. Aside from that, we’re doing well so ( Read more... )

Mick went to California last weekend. He flew out there last Friday for a labor union conference. However, he is taking his time coming home - taking a meandering bus ride through Minneapolis to visit a friend from college before heading home. This morning, he is en route to Iowa. He will get back Saturday evening. I’ll meet him at the ( Read more... )

The livejournal app is problematic. It doesn't work on my iPad at all, and while it works on my phone, I can't pair it with a Bluetooth keyboard ( Read more... )

Sometimes, life as an honorary stepmom is difficult. I watch the kids make decisions that seem so pig-headed and short-sighted and are exactly the kinds of decisions that I made 20 years ago. Some days, I just want to scream at everyone in frustration. Last night was NOT one of those nights. Some nights, everything CLICKS and you get an idea of ( Read more... )