These days, I only update my blog every few years. Blogging isn't what it used to be now that vlogs and short posts are what they are. TicTok and Insta rule. I mostly use these as "time passing" reminders.

My mother died June 2023. My mother and I weren't particularly close toward the end of her life. I was never close to her 2nd husband and his ( Read more... )

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2020. Hard to imagine. So much, and so little, has happened in the last four years.

In 2016, I broached the subject of selling our house to EP. His parents' health and mobility were steadily declining, we were having to spend more time going over to help out with basic necessities, and, frankly, the caregiver assistant fees were hurting. I ( Read more... )

Goodness, it's been almost four years. Changes ( Read more... )

Over the past several years, I've become increasingly obsessed (in my head) with de-cluttering life. Especially as it relates to possessions. EP and I have been in our house for 10+ years now, and with just the two of us rambling around in here, stuff has accumulated. Lots of stuff. Junk in my opinion, necessities in his ( Read more... )

Had a dream last night that the house was full of scorpions living under all the accumulated paraphenalia, bins and boxes that are spread throughout. So, today we've been cleaning this place out. The bug guy (pest control) was scheduled to spray today, which usually means housecleaning day anyway. EP didn't believe me when I woke up and told him ( Read more... )

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