Last night I got a call telling me Rick had come home from work, was not feeling well and drove himself to the ER. Severe chest pains, they doped him up on morphine and valium to calm him and deal with his pain. His heart seems to be fine, but they are saying his esophagus is burned from GERD. I have mixed feelings: relief that he did not have a ( Read more... )

Here we are in December once again. It happens every year. I celebrate the Christmas holiday because it is the holiday of my youth. I feel connected to my history and I confess to loving...and hating it. This post may be all over the map please forgive me ( Read more... )

An old friend of mine sent this to me with the subject line addictive game...in a good way.

http://freerice.com/index.php

Enjoy!

AGH! So a new little boy moved in in the house behind a few months ago. He just turned seven. Man is he different than all the kids I have ever spent gobs of time with. He mouth is usually moving, his ears are always closed off from hearing or listening and he seems to have NO EMPATHY whatsoever. We have been spending time with him because, well, ( Read more... )

I love apples!

Like anything else if I do not do it often it takes a while to warm up to the activity. Dating for me is at the top of the list of things I need to practice. Meeting the sitter was fine, very nice and Gabe liked her. He could not get us out the door and out of his hair fast enough. Apparently he kept her to a very tight schedule as he had so many ( Read more... )

My husband has planned a DATE for us! The date includes getting childcare. We are paying someone I have never officially met to look after Gabe! AGH! I am excited and touched that R has planned this evening of dancing for us. Gabe has NEVER had someone care for him who was not a close freind or family member. We are paying someone to be there for ( Read more... )

"Mama there is one thing about guinea pigs, sometimes they pee on your neck."

I just returned from yet another 40th birthday party for a close friend. 40 is hard for me. I have an annoying habit of living the angst of my close friends. I need to pick a shield charm for that Protego! Damn! did not work. The reason it is hard for me is I very clearly remember my mother turning 40, she purchased the bumper sticker " I'd Rather ( Read more... )

I borrowed this awesome book on camping from a friend. I love it, it talk about how to really cook on an open fire among other things. One of the other things is how to make ice cream with two coffee cans and some ice and salt, along with the ingredients for the ice cream. Gabe and I just rolled a can for ten minutes and we have yummy creamy ( Read more... )