Hi y'all! My "borrowed" internet at home has been down for the last few days---IDK what's up, I may actually have to go knock on their door and find out---which has led me to haul the laptop in to the library to take care of business, so am here I am ( Read more... )

After donating a jumbo trash bag full of grocery bags yesterday, you'd think my living area would be free of random grocery bags, wouldn't you ( Read more... )

It's a quarter of eight, and I'm already back from the food bank with Mb. She picked me up just after six, we got there and were in line to register by 6:30...we ended up being numbers 530 and 531. One of the volunteers who circulates and takes prayer requests said that when she'd arrived at 6, they were calling number 200, and they're expecting ( Read more... )

I've got bedding going in the dryer, and I just finished putting away a drawerful of panties. System: The farther back in the drawer, the older/larger they are. I've still got a few pairs of JMS14s, although these days I can get comfortably into a 12 (or 13, I have them too, and they're newish compared to the 14s ( Read more... )

Today's been a good day. The weather has been absolutely perfect: Mid-70s with a cool breeze, low humidity and a scattering of puffy clouds. Watched the parade and glanced at the sale ads, not of which I can afford to take advantage of. People are going to be getting edible presents this year, because my only flexable income is food stamps ( Read more... )

I'm in my skinny jeans. (Well, not right this second; I'm actually in my nightgown.) But this morning, getting dressed to go work a dog (who is gonna be A LOT of work, little psycho fucker), I recalled that my so-called skinny jeans had been laundered during the recent marathon. And considering the fact that my weight is currently lower than it's ( Read more... )

It's getting late. The bathrooms have taken most of my day. They're not quite done---the vanity in the hall is a foot high, and I think I'm going to dump it all into a clear trash bag and sort it later. My bath needs a few swipes with a Magic Eraser---it has some evil-looking rust stains I'd like to minimize. But my sink is accessable for the first ( Read more... )

Nope. No way in hell is that stockpot going to be big enough. I may have to do half the carcass in the pot and half in my biggesst crockpot ( Read more... )

While the rest of the country shops (or prepares to shop), I've been out and back. My resources are exhausted, but I feel a warm glow of satisfaction. Mb very kindly got me a paper of my own yesterday, so that I could peruse the sale ads, which I did after the feast. I was *hoping* to find a full-size microwave: No such luck, the only ones in my ( Read more... )

Things I'm Grateful For

The love and support of my friends
The clothes on my back and the roof over my head
A cozy bed to sleep in
The beautiful sunshiney day outside
Being able to pay my bills
That my 20-year old PoS car is still running
Everyone who's commented on my stories
My yuletide assignment
Being me, because I wouldn't know how to be anyone else!