Well, when I talked to Barb, apparently I told MD everything Barb would have told her, so the whole matter is in abeyance until the June meeting. Barb didn't think the idea of merging the two events would go over well, and if she's not on board, that could scotch the whole thing right there ( Read more... )

I got an e-mail from MD today, asking if I could ask Barb, my mentor and one of our Executive Council members, if they could combine the event she's planning with Gypsy and the Mabon campout we've been planning. I sent her a polite response, indicating that I would ask ASAP, and that it was not my decision to make solo. I also asked that she not ( Read more... )

It has been two years and a day since my father passed away. I knew it was coming up, and was mindful of the day, but it's hard to talk about it, so I kept it to myself. I think mom and I have entered a new phase of the grief process, because we didn't cry. That sounds cold, but for a while, we had tears almost every day. Days became weeks, and ( Read more... )

I got my insurance settlement a while back, and decided to bung a fair chunk of it into my savings account, as rainy day money. The rest of it went pretty fast, on the usual stuff, though I did buy the slutty pair of boots I wanted for my birthday. Well, my sister had need of a loan to get a radiator pipe for their car, so that took care of $200 ( Read more... )

Having had a successful 41st birthday, I am now enjoying a peaceful and glorious period of jubilation. I have long allowed a ten day episode of rejoicing in my nativity, which, incidentally, concludes with St. Patrick's Day! This year, however, I shall have Guiness beer to celebrate with! Mom found some for me, and even though I told her I would ( Read more... )

Today, after mom and I returned from our shopping, I went around to feed the critters, and found Shanna lying in her house, with a hard belly and breathing fast and shallow. A while later, I went out to check on her, and she had passed on. Shanna was really mom's dog, but over the years, I have loved her, as she welcomes me home with a wag of ( Read more... )

Today was a weird day at work. Co-worker Kyle was fired, after the boss accused him of turning him in for poaching a deer, which Kyle didn't do. As Kyle did the welding, we're basically sliding along for the rest of the year. Jay said they wouldn't hire anyone until after the new year. He also told me later that a former employee, Hap, who quit ( Read more... )

Well, all the thinktime and worry over the Mabon campout paid off in. . .nobody showing up Friday. That's right, a pagan gathering, free spaghetti dinner, better weather than the forecast called for, and I was all by myself. I about packed me back up and went home. I stuck it out, though, and Saturday afternoon, finally, folk showed up. We had ( Read more... )

Yay me! I got the gummy stuff to make gaskets today, thanks to mom, and put the new motor in, and it even worked! I feel like I finally accomplished something worthwhile.

I've been working on getting the blower fixed on the car for the last few weeks. It's taking me a while, because every time I think I have what I need to fix it, I look in the manual, and there's another littly bit I don't have. So, another trip to the parts store. Saturday afternoon, I swapped out the switch on the dash, and tonight, I was in ( Read more... )