I just finished reading "Reason to Breathe" by Rebecca Donovan. It's about a sixteen year old girl orphaned and living with her aunt and uncle and their two, much younger kids. Her aunt beats the shit out of her, pushes her through windows, hits her with bats, and generally brews evil while the uncle turns a blind eye.

The girl has a best friend ( Read more... )

I am getting more pregnant every day. It's.. odd. I have an appointment a week from today to visit the sonogram guru. Said guru will sonogram my middle to measure all sorts of things on the fetus alien inside, like bone and brain development, size, age, etc etc. Also, it will be revealed if there be a wiener or not. It will be nice to stop ( Read more... )

So much has happened in five months. Our previous house sold, our new house was bought, we moved, started work at the family business, got pregnant, and quickly figured out that we are both miserable working at the family business. Our list of grand reasons to move here is debunked, all except one. We are making less money than we thought we ( Read more... )

Christmas eve was my last day at work. I gave a cursory two week notice and then suffered the two weeks. I had an odd mix of feelings, but the most prevalent was relief. I hated working there, and I loved it (at least a part of it). It is quite nice to be away from it, even if I miss it a tiny bit ( Read more... )

Any cranky replies that are childish and irritating with be deleted with satisfaction.

Given that, ( read on. )

Everyone is having babies. Not me. I have really bad stomach cramps from eating Chipotle.

Not sure how I feel about that(s).

I'm falling a little bit in love with Ray LaMontagne. Or rather, he's breaking my heart one song at a time. His most recent CD, God Willing and The Creek Don't Rise, was an in-store play that I snagged after the month long cycle back during the last holiday season. I've been playing it non-stop in my truck recently, and it's especially nice with ( Read more... )

A lot has happened. We bought a house. !! That in itself is a doozy. One day, Wesley's folks called and said the family was going to help us buy a house with Wesley's trust. Bam. In a month, it was done. No mortgage to a bank. No loan. Nothing. We have to pay back the trust, of course, but on very reasonable terms, and to family. No bank ( Read more... )

Sara and William and Oliver have left the state for good today. It was very upsetting this morning. I woke up balls ass early to say goodbye, almost cried, then went back to sleep. When I got up for the second time, I looked around the house and noticed all the kid toys missing and I felt so sad. I ate a piece of apple pie and drank some coffee ( Read more... )

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( It occurs to me that how I write and how I speak are two very different things. )