So I found out Friday that Ellen Means gives me supreme power over apartment decisions. Take that Cataldi!! So basically, I am Ellen's personal God. Feel free to join her religion, or I will force you to. You can go peacefully or we can do this the hard way ( Read more... )

Yep, and I mean it too. Well last night I fulfilled that old saying, "Be careful what you wish for." I had wished for some alone time, and boy oh boy was my wish granted. The fam was all out of town, leaving me behind at the manor. At first it was glorious, no screaming, no backtalking, constant questions or useless chores. Just when I was ( Read more... )

So the weekend went according to plan. Spent time with Genna and the granddaughters. Here's the thing though: Saturday after all her other guests had left Genna asked me about a couple of emotional red flags I had thrown out a few weeks ago. I didn't know how to answer because I haven't figured it out yet for myself. And then we talked about that ( Read more... )

I'm working for the weekend. And not in that cheesy 80's song way, but I am actually working my way to this weekend. I'm supposed to go to OSU for my Genna's b-day party and she told me it's basically a speakeasy/big slumber party. I was told to bring Babbette, my fedora and my toothbrush but she said nothing about jammies. Hmmm, interesting...but ( Read more... )

So I'm sitting across the table from my brother, and he says "Ommy, here we be." (Ommy is his own version of my name.) I thought about it for a moment, and in his consistently garbled jibberish and two word sentences, his observation seemed very wise. Definitely beyond his years. All two of them. I'm thrilled with his company this summer, he's like ( Read more... )

So the last few days have been a whirlwind but they were just what the doctor ordered. I got in my prescribed doses of acceleration, adrenaline, and screaming. And then there were the roller coasters. Ha! Anyways, I think yesterday I collected the most amusement park stories, which included me swallowing a bug (not on purpose, mind you) and a ( Read more... )

Some of these things I never even knew about myself, and I'm not sure how I feel about #9, but oh wells.

Until then.

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So I've been ridding myself of a majority of items that were linked to memories. So mostly getting rid of crap. I've been going to storage, up in the attics, in my closet, basically every nook and cranny of our property. And I did real well until yesterday afternoon. That's when I was going through my baby clothes. My mom saved a lot of things from ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a big day for me, I took Gracie to the park and we played hide n' seek with walkie talkies. I am of course a better hider and a better seeker but I place that on my years of experience. I think I also had ice cream about 4 times, so I was pretty friendly all day. Hooray for chocolate and vanilla ( Read more... )

I'm not gonna lie, I could use a drink. And someone to rant to. I need the advice and company of a good friend, but there are none in the area. I miss all my kiddos terribly and can't believe it will be another couple of months until everyone is back. Longer still for some of my dearest friends. For once in my life, I can't wait for school to start ( Read more... )