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LJ Idol -- Week, um, 9? Whatever. You have your Marching Orders
There is is, written on the white board in bright blue marker. Clean upstairs bathroom. Clean downstairs bathroom. Sweep and mop kitchen. Beside each job is an initial. Happy Saturday, and welcome to the house of The Meanest Parent In The World. Line up for your marching orders ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol -- What Week Is It? That's Such A First World Problem
“It’s kind of a first world problem,” I told my husband ruefully. After seventeen years at home, raising and schooling my children, I was back in the work force. Only part-time, and a job I really liked, but I was working nonetheless ( Read more... ) -
Bye week
Taking a bye. Work and family and holidays and some emotional wreckage and I just don't have it in me to write about anything. Does anybody know if we're getting a week off for the holidays? Because if we aren't, I'm probably done. I don't even know my schedule for Christmas thru New Years, but I do know that it's going to be bonkers, and I'm ( Read more... ) -
Not of Your World
I am not of your world ( Read more... ) -
The elephant in the living room
My aunt died very quietly, early in the morning on Monday. She died at home, with my uncle and a friend sitting close by ( Read more... ) -
Afterthought
After last week, I thought it might be time to affirm life. I don't know of anything any more life-affirming than this little afterthought.I’m not going to tell you what I was doing. Frankly, it’s none of your business. But let me state for the record that no matter what you’re doing, the words “birth control” and “afterthought” should not be in ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol, Week 4, The Elephant in the Living Room
Not only is there an elephant in the room, but it's a dead elephant. Well, slightly more accurately, it's a dying elephant, and it's probably only a matter of days before it crosses the line into whatever heaven elephants in living rooms go to. It will still be there, though. Elephants are terrible guests, because once they get in there, it's ( Read more... ) -
Housekeeping -- can anybody help me?
I'm sure I'll have more recommendations, but here are two fellow Idol-ers you should read:
-- rattsu puts together an evocative combination of verbal and visual.
-- solstice-singer addresses an important issue; this one should be required reading for everybody. -
LJ Idol -- Week 3, It's A Trap!
It should be obvious who I wrote this for. At the risk of being mushy, this one is for you, B.
It's All His Fault
It’s all his fault.
If I’m smart, that’s when I get a nice cup of hot tea and take a lavender bath with candles, because that’s when the jaws of the trap are starting to yawn wide open.
It’s all his faultA tough day at work. No ( Read more... ) -
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Taking a bye. See you all next week!