Dental appointment today. I HATE DENTISTS. Seriously, just thinking about the appointment has me sick to my stomach. This morning needs to go by quickly. I wish I could be knocked out and wake up once it's all done.

I've had so many people tell me how I am meant to feel, meant to react, meant to be regarding everything that has happened this past year ( Read more... )

As of Saturday, December 3rd, 2011, my beloved and I have been married for 17 years. Add in dating and we've been together for 19 years. Amazing thought really. Doesn't seem like almost 20 years and yet I cannot imagine my life without him. We celebrated by curling up on the couch, watching movies, drinking wine and having some fondue with our ( Read more... )

I'm constantly doing something right now. Taking care of the minions and working take up most of my time but there is also cleaning, cooking, quilting and other crafty things to be done... soaps and lotions are at the top of the list at the moment. Sometimes I manage to shoehorn in some sleep... but not much or often. Bloody good thing I am a ( Read more... )

Every time something that could be good pops up I am afraid to hope that it will come to pass. I am afraid to get excited. I am always sure it simply won't happen. Why would it? So many things have crashed and burned ( Read more... )

It's been officially announced to anyone and everyone my family could think of telling, the horror that my family has been going through for about the past month regarding my father's health. We're all being very calm and cool about it to everyone, except to each other... my sisters and I are doing our best to be honest with each other, to let each ( Read more... )

Now that my appetite is slowly returning and food seems to be staying down more often... Let the freakish cravings begin...

Cravings for today:

pan seared polenta

cranberry stuffing

peach cobbler with natural vanilla ice cream

Baby Bell cheese

chocolate milk

peach mango V-8 Fusion juice

If all goes well and there are no horrific complications, around Halloween of this year we will be welcoming a new member into our little family.  Aye, the Podling will be getting a sibling. Not sure yet if it will be a baby brother or a baby sister. There have already been some issues but they are getting resolved one by one ( Read more... )

So much going on, no idea how to even start to express it all. Good things, not so good things, stressful things, wonderful things, horrible things, lovely things, etc ( Read more... )

There are people in most everyone's life who are deliciously negative. These sort of people are often very clever, with sharp wits and even sharper tongues. They are the ones who have raised sarcasm and cynicism to an art form few others can match. They are, let's face it, magnificent to watch in action when the target is truly worthy of scorn.  ( Read more... )