Mmmyeah...so I have my Halloween costume idea set. I've pretty much known what I wanted to dress up as since my birthday ( Read more... )

For those in the know, my mother's been in pretty bad shape for about a year-and-a-half. It's been enough that it's consumed me and strained my relationships with other people (she is my mother, but I really shouldn't forget about friends ( Read more... )

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Okay, it's June, which means my B-day is coming up. For those who want to be materialistic about it, here's some help...


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Today began with me finding my mother on the carpet in her room. Nothing broken or aggravated but she was physically weak. Again. It would seem that going out twice this week took more of a toll on her than she led me to believe ( Read more... )

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Is he brilliant, or is he nuts? You decide. I especially recommend listening to the embedded TED talk.

It's taken awhile, but since I started Weight Watchers again, I've managed to lose 25 pounds, which means I have about 100 pounds to go ( Read more... )

I'd simply like to pause today to remind everyone of this most festive of days, when the Tax Man comes through the sky in his flying desk, pulled by eight tiny pencil pushers, to magically climb into your mailbox to await your gift of money that we give to the bureaucracy we all know and love ( Read more... )