Yes, I am.  Very much so, actually.  So much so that long stretches at the computer while being self-reflective or self-indulgent have been practically nonexistent.  Maybe I should consider being a smidge more self-involved in these public forums since I've received ... many ... emails/phone calls to be sure I am not only merely breathing but ( Read more... )

Never treat someone as if their request is overly picky/frivolous simply because you are unfamiliar with it or their reasons.  Especially never treat a woman like her requirements are somehow irrational or irrelevant in the scheme of things while at the same time being to stubborn/lazy to avail yourself of the supporting educational references she ( Read more... )

Got the call yesterday (Sun) that B's mom was released from the hospital late Sat evening!!!  While there are many, many months of healing yet to be done she was even feeling up for a stop at a restaurant on the way home for some dinner!  Woohoo!

She's on a walker temporarily but getting around ok it sounds like.  The random biopsy of her thyroid ( Read more... )

So we made it home - around 11pm-12am Wednesday night.  B got Dad home on Mon in hone piece despite the 1.25 hr trip from the hotel/hospital area to his house in Katy and back.  Tues we got him to his car and were blessed to find both of their glasses in wearable condition(!) as well as his cell phone and a pile of other personal items ... ( Read more... )

Mon. 5/26 ≈ 9am ( Read more... )

So, the end of the school year is upon us, among other things.  All in all it's a transition period ... and I may be a glutton for punishment, but I really like transition periods.  Maybe it's because it sort of knocks everything out of kilter a bit and in the resulting skewed landscape my natural oddball-ness is more at home.  Or maybe not.   ( Read more... )

 ... last Wed we had a GS beading event.  The girls had a BLAST!  J hosted, E's mom - V - provided supplies and instruction, and H and some of the other moms scrap booked some for the end of year gifts for the girls.  Since my scrap booking skill is in the negative numbers, I hung with the girls and offered an unskilled pair of extra hands.  (and ( Read more... )

It really was!   So Friday had it's lower points ..... ERT & all. 
BUT, having survived that once again, it brightened right up.  When I got home, I helped Ala get packed/fed/etc and off w/ one of the other coleaders for a Girl Scout overnight.  They went up to Bryan/College Station and stayed in the Bryan Scout House on Friday night, then attended ( Read more... )

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No joke.  This is akin to being drunk w/o doubt.  =D

ANYWAYS  - yoinked from
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