I want to be back here ( Read more... )

I’m still not certain who’s idea it is, but now there are two cats in my house. Their color and markings are nearly identical - except he’s 20lbs and she’s 9. Second cat’s personality is nearly the polar opposite of the first. She’s small, fast, likes to be on top of all the furniture, doesn’t sleep at night, likes to be petted really roughly, etc ( Read more... )

Yesterday my daughter had a friend come over to play. I hadn’t really thought about it, but not many times just one other little girl over. We’ve had lots of one little boy come play, and we’ve have had an older kid girl over, and we’ve had several little girls over, but rarely just one other little girl. And it was so remarkable because they didn’ ( Read more... )

The old (12 year old) TV died. This meant that my husband HAD TO, like was FORCED to get the plasma TV he’s been researching forever (well actually the newest model of the line of TVs he’s been following ( Read more... )

I've been out of touch. not online. slow (if ever) to answer phone/email. only travel to things that were planned long, long ago. Mostly I have just been craving being home and alone ( Read more... )

Today was the last day I got to spend with my beautiful, sweet kitty ( Read more... )

Summer is almost over, with the leaves turning red and the acorns and everything. And I keep thinking I should get in the truck with my kid and the sleeping bags and start driving south, see how far she and I can make it before we can’t stand being on the road or being with each other anymore. It’s kinda neat not having a job so I could just do ( Read more... )

It's been ages since I wanted to just goto a bar and drink. But I was in that mood last night. And I got my husband to go (after talks that put each of us in a go-have-fun mood). And it WAS fun ( Read more... )

Well, I suppose we all have fortes, being human and all, but I never really thought of what mine might be. So, I got assigned to think about them, and I was told that I wasn’t allowed to ask anyone about it ( Read more... )

So, for over 4 years now I have constantly been asking my managers why they didn't lay me off (they have had layoffs at least yearly since I've been there). I mean my whole job is to bring up what they are doing that needs to be fixed, and they never want to hear what I have to report. Thus it never made sense why they kept me ( Read more... )