How happy am I that I never shelled out the dough for a "real" American Girl doll?

ArticleWhen K was too little for the AG doll, I still wanted her to have one in that style, but wasn't crazy (or flush) enough to spend that kind of money on a 2-year-old, so I bough a similar style at Target, planning to buy her the official version later. Glad now ( Read more... )

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I was just informed that my MOTHER was present in my father's room when he was taken to the hospital at 3:30 this morning, and that she had his wallet and cell phone. Really? Finding Dad's personal effects has been quite interesting. My brother drove over there this evening to pick up at least the wallet and cell, and no one could locate his things ( Read more... )

Dad's in the hospital. At around 3:30 - 3:50 AM, we got calls: brother got one story, I got another. Dad's heart rate was up (did they treat it w/ the nitro pills? doubt it) is what bro was told. I was told that he had a "mental status change" and, oh, his heart rate is up. He is seriously never shaking the confusion rap that those nurses used to ( Read more... )

If you're joining out story late... my dad is temporarily in a nursing home. After being in & out of the hospital several times, he was weak and not altogether healed, so he decided that a stint in a facility would be a good thing. He could get daily physical therapy and have medical staff around to keep an eye on his slowly healing wounds. He's ( Read more... )

As much as I like LJ, I've just about had it. And of course, that final straw would come right after I renew my account for six months ( Read more... )

A. Guess who is in the hospital again? B. Guess who has already had to lay out one of the nurses ( Read more... )

Still without heat. I just hope that the braintrust over there at Consumers prioritzed their list so that the elderly were at the top. I can't imagine being without heat for 3 days and having no (personal) insulation, etc. We're fine - besides carrying around our own insulation, we have a little electric heater that we can move from room to room. ( Read more... )

What kind of moron turns off an entire subdivision's gas when it's 20° outside? (I swear, this time, it's really not us missing a bill! The entire street, or a section of it, is without heat.) I'm going to bed. (Right after I finish posting stuff.) Honestly, I do not care that it was a mistake. It's COLD.

Rather than continue to update the same post over & over... I talked to a couple people around 4 PM and got another load of BS. One of us got a load, anyway, because he was told a different story than I was. Oh, and they tried to get him down to dialysis TWICE. He hasn't been diagnosed with ANYTHING (yet) that would require that. Luckily he was ( Read more... )