mrs. bigbro pre-ordered harry potter 6 and it arrived yesterday. unfortunately, she is out of town for the next 3 1/2 weeks but fortunately, she said i could read it ... i so cannot wait to start but i think i want an uninterrupted day to read it so i can read it all .. i am soooo excited ( Read more... )

i read a book today .. about a couple who were madly, passionately in love as teenagers.. he left and she waited for him but he didnt return, they both married someone else .. eventually they were reunited and she left her 18-year marriage to be with him. he ran off her teenage daughter, wouldnt fix her car when it broke down, cut the telephone ( Read more... )

as i was driving home from dropping mrsbigbro at the airport, a song came on the radio that had a lyric that said: i used to think that you complete me, what i realize now is that i am complete on my own. after spending a weekend with a pre-mrmcmuffin girlfriend and her husband, who both reminded me of who i was and really still am, that notion ( Read more... )

so i am dogsitting this week for a neighbor who is on a cruise .. 2 dogs who live in a kennel and the cat who stays in the house. last night is my first night and of course, the dogs jump up on me as soon as i enter the kennel. one nips my nose, the other jumps up and knocks me into the gate, cutting up my arm, and pushing open the gate so the ( Read more... )

i had a long talk with mrmcmuffin today about how fuQd up our relationship became. he suggested that since we rarely discussed or resolved the bigger fights that we had, the small bickering spats were magnified and also got out of control. i have a list of things in my head that i have been unable to forgive him for and told him as much. he ( Read more... )

"the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you find someone to love the you you love, well, thats just fabulous."

so i have been feeling somewhat calm for the last few days (pms and all) - then while i was watching a design show on tv, this woman on it said, "its like when your heart gets broken and you think you will never fall in love again" and i burst into tears. i am so sad because i dont want to admit that i will be without my love forever but i do ( Read more... )

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ive been writing in my journal a lot this last week - i dont always find a computer handy to get the inane shit outta my head that so often runs through it. so, old-fashioned that it may be (though "old-fashioned" is relative when you live with a 12 year-old), ive actually been writing instead of typing my thoughts ( Read more... )

Change can be stressful, and that applies to changes for the better, too. It means leaving behind what was familiar and embarking on a new way of life. And you definitely have some changes (for the better) heading your way. So how can you minimize the stress and maximize the positive? You can acknowledge that things might be crazy for a little ( Read more... )