I had a pretty nice dream about a certain someone. Too bad it was interrupted. Ha.

They're flipping a house down the street from us and simply tossing everything in it out onto the curb. Today I decided to pull off to the side on the way home and see what they've got in there. Lots of junk, of course, and lots of debris from inside and out, but they certainly had some treasures. For one I found a huge trunk, with only the ( Read more... )

I had a nice day planned of housecleaning and yard work, but that all came to a screeching halt when my cousin called and asked if I wanted to go down with he and his girlfriend to see our grandmother. I'm not sure if they noticed, but I think we'll be lucky if my grandfather makes it to Christmas. He looks like he's going into organ failure and ( Read more... )

"I should have been born a boy ( Read more... )

There is a particular supervisor at work that's a total bitch. Even her own people can't stand her. She kept berating us because her log sheet wasn't completed, despite the fact that it's attached to a new system we've only been working with for two months, and that "nursing better get off their asses and fix this." Uh, we're not the ones who ( Read more... )

Last night my basil tree's pot broke, forcing me to carry through my weekend plans of getting some new pots and upgrading all my babies so they can stretch their roots. So off to Home Depot I went, in search of decorative stuff that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. I found one of those three-foot resin urns on the 50% clearance cart, complete with ( Read more... )

I woke up at six this morning to find Deke the Geek had died in his sleep. I knew it was going to happen. There wasn't anything I could pinpoint, but last night I just knew I'd wake up and he'd be gone. I sat there for a while and just petted him, telling him he was a good boy and mommy's little ugly man. I don't think he was in any pain -- he ( Read more... )

I'm living in a house with two diabetics and a temporary cripple, and no one could make up their minds what to have for dinner. So I cleaned out the fridge and served grilled Polish sausages, parsley potatoes, green beans and garlic bread with Guiness cake for dessert. Soon I'm going to make myself a pot of tea for one, cut a slice of cake, and ( Read more... )

I just want to thank everyone who's posted comments of sympathy and support over the last two weeks. I haven't been ignoring you, I just don't know what to say. "Thank you" and "It'll be okay" over and over again just seem horribly lame. Unfortunately, despite my ability to speak on the fly, sometimes my social distance makes it difficult for me ( Read more... )

My dad loves to mow the grass. It's the one truly physical thing he's always been able to do, no matter how much pain he's in. Which means I've never learned how to use a lawn mower. I can use a hedge trimmer, weed wacker, chain saw, tiller, etc., but not a lawn mower. Even when I've lived elsewhere, by myself, I never had a lawn. I always had ( Read more... )