- I like light, fluffy, easy to shovel snow.  I do not like this heavy, wet, nasty crap.

- I STILL wish that my Mom had gotten a gas range instead of the smooth cooktop when she remodeled the kitchen.

- This neighborhood doesn’t lose power very often.  I have really gotten spoiled.

- Being without power for 15 1/2 hours sucks.  For anyone whose ( Read more... )

Can we keep it that way?? PLEASE?! The past 36 hours have gone exceptionally well - and I am counting NYE in there, cause it might as well be the New Year. Got all gussied up and had a chance to wear my grandmother’s absolutely outrageous yet awesome ring that I’d not found a reason to wear so far*.


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Sent out 2010 with a bang - bluegrass in Old Town!

Glad to have the year behind me. Tons I want to accomplish in 2011, and with grandma in the care center, I feel like I have a shot in hell in actually doing that. Getting her a full professional staff sure has made my life a hell of a lot easier.

I’m giving a 365 photos a shot this year. Kicks ( Read more... )

With three good, easy days in a row, I should have known there would be a bad day. At least it wasn’t *on* Christmas, so that’s something!

Given that my grandmother had *zero* interest in going back to her room after lunch unlike every other day so far, I should have realized something was up. She went back & forth with knowing who we were (that ( Read more... )

Christmas out here is weird enough as it is. Christmas always seems to be something happening back on the East coast while we’re here trying to find somewhere to eat dinner. This year has been one for the books.

First, it’s 70 degrees. Don’t get me wrong - it’s GREAT. But we haven’t had weather this nice any other year we’ve been here, so it’s ( Read more... )

Cause I’ve got a head cold coming on. Seriously, every damn year it happens and I end up having to justify being ill to my grandmother. (Every year, she has been convinced that Donald & I have our holiday colds on purpose. I have never pointed out that it may be thanks to the stress of visits with her.)

We leave a week from tomorrow and I am ( Read more... )

Yes, it seems that magnificent time-suck having is some DNS issues resulting in it being inaccessible again this afternoon. Not the end of the world, but if you’re a true Facebook junkie, you may find yourself at a loss as to what to do with this newfound free time. Here’s a few suggestions if you decide that curling up in the fetal position and ( Read more... )

Not that I really care that much, it just caught my eye while scanning the headlines this evening.

Let’s see, she served 14 days of a 90 day jail sentence, and then 22 days of a 90 day court ordered rehab program.

Can’t imagine how she could have walked out no better than she was the day she walked in.

And really - who in their right mind really ( Read more... )

I’ll admit that I am having a few problems getting all my brain cells facing the same direction since I’ve returned from my 11 days of adventures in eldercare that ended shockingly well. (For those that are still catching up, Grandma cracked her pelvis, 4 1/2 days in the hospital, off to a spectacular rehab center that she seems to actually like ( Read more... )

Were there little ones in my life, apparently I could be a “helicopter parent” and would need to be chased off by some Universities.

Colleges Shoo Away Helicopter Parents

I’ll admit that the concept of “helicopter parent” is still somewhat foreign to me, despite what I have read. The rallying cry of my childhood was, “I’ll do it MYSELF!!” and my ( Read more... )