We had planned our first, full family vacation for April. The four of us were going to Japan. The entire family was very excited! Matthew had taken several semesters of Japanese, before they pink-slipped the foreign language teacher *&%#@!! We bought adult suitcases for the kids, since their old ones would never do. The only precaution I was taking ( Read more... )

Technically everything I post for the next year will just seem trivial. The unimaginable tragedy in Japan just changes the entire world forever. Our family vacation on April 4th to Japan is still on. All our tickets & hotel rooms are non-refundable. Sure, it is totally possible that they might give us a refund due to an un-natural disaster. We will ( Read more... )

I have 2 kids and I know how uncooperative they can be. I can mostly manage them, but sometimes it takes my husband and I to really get them to work and do what we want. Anyone who has kids should understand this. Even if you are just an Aunt & Uncle who pinch hit for a special night out you can see how handling kids can be tricky.
So what I want to ( Read more... )

I have a mental block on my weight loss. I actually booby-trapped myself multiple times. I see myself doing it and do not stop myself. I do not understand it. I am pretty damn sure I know why. But I always thought curing a problem required knowing what the problem is and acknowledging it. Yet that cannot be true. I totally acknowledging it.
Does ( Read more... )

My local Post Office closed early February. It was always busy when I went at 4:45, but due to budget cuts it has closed. This sucks for me and my website customers.
I have tried College Grove, Mission Valley & the main PO at Sports Arena, each has its own problem. The closest one is on 28th Street. Yes I live off 28th Street, but don't get excited ( Read more... )

I saved this one from 2-14. The weekend started out okay but tanked.
On Friday I like to slow down a little and do a few things I did not accomplish during the week. I was also expecting an important phone call from out of town so I did not want to miss it.
On Thursday I had spent the entire day with a numb left hand. So a quick trip to the ( Read more... )

I had already had a day with Dale at the doctors, then my Mother on Tuesday, but there is nothing like Aunt Mary on a Wednesday. I went to her house to make out the shopping list. For the last few months she has been more vehement about my forcing food on her. To help combat this, I have made sure I go over there ever week and have the list written ( Read more... )

I believe I mentioned my Mom's bombshell revelation about the Aunt's best friend sleeping with my Uncle. The casual way she just mentioned it. Well, apparently being 87 years old triggers naughty old stories:
#2 My very handsome Grandfather was a major hound dog, man whore. He slept with every woman who would let him. My Mom came home from school ( Read more... )

Chris took me out to replace My Little Friend. We went to a different store than last time. A major reason was that parking in Downtown San Diego sucks even on a Sunday. Another reason is the clothing selection. Adult Depot has clothes, costumes & stockings galore. In October they have even more! I found some cool possibilities for dance nights, ( Read more... )

Maybe it is the smoke machine on over-time, but I swear DJs live in their own little world. They are right there in front of you but they don't seem to notice what is going on in real time.
Message for DJ's everywhere - If the dance floor is kind of full, and you put on a new song, and one minute in, there's only three people left, two are actually ( Read more... )