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winter
I remember this. I was 11. This is Buffalo; we lived about 80 miles to the west. We still got hit hard, just not *quite* as hard as Buffalo did ( Read more... ) -
it's official
Hubby's been laid off-his last day was Friday. He's got two weeks of vacation pay coming, and after that...pfft. My job is going swimmingly but slowly, as expected; my total take from the last two weeks is about $20. It will pick up as it goes along, but it's going to be awhile before I can do more than pay for my own gas back and forth ( Read more... ) -
work!
So, I started my new job on Tuesday. So far, so good. I've stripped a couple of machines, taken pictures, uploaded and listed stuff, and we sold our first item less than 6 hours after we'd posted it, which I shipped on my way back home today. An auspicious beginning, I hope! Otherwise, it's a lot of fun, and it's nice to work for someone who ( Read more... ) -
sunrise in a small country town
You know you live on the back side of nowhere when every couple of years the town grants in-city hunting licences. This is one of those years. We have a lot of area that is technically 'in-city', but which is, in fact, out in the country. Like the river bottom, which is less than half a mile from my house. And you can tell it's a holiday week, with ( Read more... ) -
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ThingTwo's sentencing (for the assault & battery/disorderly conduct) was yesterday. Before the hearing, the attorney suggested that the judge would probably require 30 days incarceration, but said part of that would likely be suspended, and that he would ask for a delayed reporting (for after Christmas) for any time served ( Read more... ) -
ouch
Overheard at the therapist's office earlier this week ( Read more... ) -
musings on family
After a white-knuckle drive over the ridge to the Turnpike (nothing quite like 40mph fog. If I can't see them, they can't see me either!) it was a mostly uneventful drive. Got to Dad's in time to go to dinner and then to my aunt's for the evening. Service on Wednesday, ThingOne's and an aunt's on Thursday, home Friday ( Read more... ) -
an end
Grandma died last night-actually, early this morning. In the end, it was peaceful and painless, and the people that were important to her were there with her ( Read more... ) -
Happy Thanksgiving!
I finally went and laid down for a bit yesterday, and ended up sleeping for about two hours. It helped; I got up feeling significantly less homicidal ( Read more... )