Most of the time, I deal pretty well with my mother having Alzheimer's. If dealing pretty well means living 150 some odd miles away and not having to deal with it every day, and avoiding calling sometimes because we have the same conversation every single time ( Read more... )

I need to get back in the habit of blogging.

I freely admit it, my memory sometimes mashes stuff up (until I've had a chance to sit and percolate over it) and my blog has been a lifesaver at helping back up my insistence that yes, such and such thing happened on such and such date, how do I know, I blogged about itPart of the problem, though, is ( Read more... )

I somehow never envisioned this day.

Well, I did, but far off in some misty, distant future, nebulous and untouchable in the land of Someday. Because in my mind's eye, last week, my daughter was two and lurching around the living room with a very large dog and three attendant cats, chocolate smeared around her mouth from the chocolate chip ( Read more... )

So, tomorrow, I will be fifty.

I'm still trying to decide how I feel about that. It is, after all, half of a century. And I have known the Husbandly One for half of my life, which seems really weird, because I feel like I've known him foreverWhen I turned thirty, I barely noticed it. I was a little busy, so it just sort of... passed by. And ( Read more... )

My daughter is at her prom tonight.

And I am not freaking out. Really. I'm not. TOTALLY not.

We spent about four hours at the salon, so we could turn this...


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Yes, yes, haven't updated in forever, I know, I know. Life has been busy, and plenty to do and all that stuff. As usual ( Read more... )

I'm trying not to be bummed. The Husbandly One was only supposed to go in for half a day of work today, but after he got there, he discovered he had to work a full day after all ( Read more... )

The Husbandly One walked into the bedroom and started taking off his shirt, which immediately got my attention, and he said, "I'm going to pop into a quick shower, and after I get dressed," he gives me a conspiratorial wink, "you and me are gonna get some wrapping done ( Read more... )

It's been a busy week. I got to argue with Dr. Endocrinologist about my thyroid medication. The dosage was lowered during my last visit because my levels were too high (????) and not even three days after the dosage change, my hair started falling out again, I was experiencing Personal Antarcticas again, my skin was drying out... oh, yeah, I was ( Read more... )

Our cats are always on the search for the Freshest Water Available ( Read more... )