She was kinda gracious about it and kinda furious underneath that. She wanted to tell me what kind of person I am, but I cut her off sorta. There's nothing she can tell me about myself that someone hasn't already mentioned, I don't think. Part of my boundary problem is that people often feel free to -- as Dr. Phil would say -- take my inventory ( Read more... )

I woke up with a migraine and managed to shake it off after a few hours. I still don't feel great, but my mood is good ( Read more... )

On a scale from 1 to 10, I'm about a -3 right now. I'll get over it, but it's not so much fun right now.

came in different flavors and the other ones look puny. One of the reasons the Marie Callendar ones are not puny is that they are full crust pies. Yesterday I pulled one out to have for lunch and saw that it was 560 calories which is a whopping lot. Actually in the literal Whopper range, but I figure what the heck...well, guess what? A single ( Read more... )

"Nancy looks like a dazed Nixon daughter trapped in a Haight Street Summer of Love Love-In"

This is from typing "(your name)looks like" into Google and then picking the best--or, in my case, the first and best phrase.

he reverted to his old "hustle" habit. He took off the second I got in the saddle even though the stirrups were too long and I need to adjust them. So I had to get him to stop, dismount, adjust the stirrups. This time when he tried to take off, I stopped him and made him wait for my signal ( Read more... )

We gave ourselves a pony for Yule. Well, not truly a pony, but a western horse so I call him a pony.

Here is a picture of him with one of Sonja's clients riding him:


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Our friends' one year old miniature dachshund was taken out of her backyard on Monday night about 7:30 pm. They had let her out into the fenced yard, heard a yip, ran out and she was gone. There are a couple of possibilities--coyote or theft. That night her owners and their neighbors and dogs searched the hillside behind their home for anything ( Read more... )

and just be the me that lies around on the couch and reads most of the time. It doesn't matter much to me what I read. I just like to read. Having my eyes following print is soothing. But not more soothing than eating junk food. Because I still eat junk food when I read. Meh. What can ya do about it ( Read more... )