Background first -- my parents once owned a trailer on a bit of property adjacent to the Currituck Sound (in North Carolina). During the summer, we'd be there just about every weekend. My father used to say that there was nothing more soothing than falling asleep to the sound of rain falling on the metal roof of the trailer *g ( Read more... )

A long entry, and angsty, so it's behind the cut:

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You can blame my aunt for sending this to me ( Read more... )

March...the month when I lost someone very dear to me. There are some days when it feels as if it were yesterday when I got the phone call about what he'd done. And some days when it does feel as if all of these years have passed. I had no idea that he was in trouble, because he never told me. And when I did find out, it was too late. I ( Read more... )

Not much to update, really, so I followed Mona and Tara's lead and took that English test. Didn't do too badly for someone who majored in History *g ( Read more... )

It's amazing the difference one letter can make when doing a google search. When the hubby had found the hunt club online, he typed exactly what was on the collar. Late this afternoon, I tried it with an "s" on the end -- and found a local number. Same club, they just have members all over ( Read more... )

We gained a houseguest late yesterday -- a pretty little hound dog. She's a hunting dog, judging by the tag on her collar that gives the name of a hunt club and telephone numbers where you can call if you found her. Only the area code has been changed -- luckily, this club is on the internet and the hubby got the correct area code. But, two ( Read more... )

It's been a while since the last update, mainly because I've been too down in the dumps to even think about sitting down and putting it all in writing. Things are looking up, though, despite the rain that's falling outside *g*.

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My son is in driving school at the moment, and the class meets four nights a week. He's not at class tonight though because I wasn't stupid enough to go driving over icy roads to get him there. We had some snow today, but since our temps never got over 30, the snow on the roads has turned to ice. Police are urging people to stay off of the roads ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm a stay at home Mom, so technically, I'm not paid period, but it would be nice to get something beneficial from being my eldest child's personal driver. I pick him up at school at 2 every day -- which really screws up my afternoon and schedule (mainly because I'm paranoid about leaving an appliance running when there's not anyone home). ( Read more... )