The phone rings, it’s early
After two and a half years of my daughter attending a local preschool twice a week, all year round, she is finished. Tomorrow is the last day of the summer camp, but since Grace doesn’t attend on...
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And I am back online! Finally! Yesterday I had a hair appointment, and it was while I was sitting with the color on my hair that I got a text from Kurt telling me the internet had gone down. Not only...
View ArticleLose your face, lose your name
My dad always says that he’s trying to shove ten pounds into a five-pound sack. It’s insane how much we tried to pack into today, yet we managed to get everything but one thing done. Go, us! Our day...
View ArticleI tried to catch your eye
My baby is all growed up! Can you believe it? She has started kindergarten today. ME wanted to get in on this first-day-of-school photo, so of course I had to oblige. I have to admit, ME’s...
View ArticleIt took a nip of gin
I am pleased to report that we seem to be completely binky-free! ME’s voice has had time to recover, and she’s throwing fewer and fewer fits. I almost had a breakdown my own self a couple of nights...
View ArticleHow long is too long?
I have been blogging for ten and a half years. I doubt I have any readers left from my early days, but if you read my archives from Diaryland, you can see that this blog has seen me through the last...
View ArticleNot where but what you think that really matters
Hmm. A three-month hiatus. That’s probably the longest I’ve been away from here. I admit it’s been a difficult winter. Kurt left just before Halloween to join his new ship in the Mediterranean. He...
View ArticleGet down and go out and just lose it all
You know what would be nice?? If something would go right in regards to this move. K just called me to tell me that our leasing company has no record of my signing our 30 days’ notice. Good thing...
View ArticleCaught a snowflake on my tongue
Well, folks. It’s that time again. My time here in Rhode Island is now at an end. I admit I am very sad; Rhode Island has really grown on me. Initially the accent grated on me, but now I find it...
View ArticleOnly memories, fading memories
So here I am in Virginia. Yay? Eh, it’s not that bad. While I was initially frantic about losing so much square footage, it looks like it’s going to work just fine. The kitchen is tiny, but in some...
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