Death and Taxes, as the saying goes, are the only certain things. But taxes happen on a regular schedule. You can predict and plan and be ready for them. Death is in a category of its own. We're all going to die sometime, but no one really knows when. When you think about it too long, it becomes this ominous specter hanging over your life. You walk ( Read more... )

Have I mentioned (perhaps many times) how much I dislike the month of March? Things always seem to pile up in March. Sure it's the beginning of spring and renewal and all that crap, but there seems to be a lot more bad things than good ( Read more... )

There has been little I've had to say lately, and part of that I suppose comes from the dullness of the routine - the back and forth a million times a day driving kids and husband and mother to where they need to go. It is very easy now to lose track of individual days, sometimes even weeks go by and I make no tracking of one day as any different ( Read more... )

To top it off, our hermit crabs also died.

Granted, all our pets were old for their species, but what is this - dead pet month?

Since everyone and their brother has already mentioned the passing of Gary Gygax, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you all that Heath Ledger is still dead.

Oh the humanity!

Because I can't sleep. Some songs from the memorial service, and some that I added in...

Today was long, and full of funeral. I will write about this tomorrow, most likely.

Funeral collage is made. Today was very long.

Have lots of things to do still this weekend. So tired.

Funeral is on Saturday. I am in charge of making a picture collage for the viewing, which makes me feel better to have something helpful that I can do. I am going to go to the craft store tomorrow and get a big posterboard and craft supplies and such ( Read more... )

Last night my sister-in-law died ( Read more... )

I have been tagging old journal entries, and as I look back I realize patterns in my life that I don't think I would have ever observed without keeping a journal for these past seven years ( Read more... )