Farewell, my princess...
In 2001, a friend who rescued a pretty little dilute calico off my porch let me know she was pregnant. I said, “If there’s a female orange one in the bunch, I’ll take her.”And there was. She was orange...
View ArticleIAN: Saturday already?!
Last night was a little distracting, and I didn’t get a diary written.So… what’s going on with everyone?
View ArticleIAN: Failures....
Anyone who does any kind of creative craft, not just cooking, has had failures. But with time, we get to where it’s funny, not painful. (Or, not quite so painful.)Fortunately my last failure was with...
View ArticleBack in the hospital again... Updated w/surgeon's remarks!
Things were going along smoothly. We ate Bear’s birthday dinner at a local steakhouse… a little early, because the birthday isn’t til Monday, but scheduling meant that we were celebrating beforehand....
View ArticleBack to the hospital, day 3....
Well, we are still in the hospital, and we are still underwater on the bank account. So far we have about a third of what we need, and I’ve sent that to pay on the account, but I can’t bring it current...
View ArticleHospital, Day Four: I feel dizzy
He’s sitting up, he’s wearing his clothes, drinking coffee, and on facebook, but he’s still on heavy pain meds and IV antibiotics. They make him dizzy and give him an odd taste in his mouth, and he’s...
View ArticleI hate to ask....
I’ve not been around much because politics are stressful and I have enough stress, what with my husband’s health issues, and my own.My husband is doing...okay. He was in the hospital last month with...
View ArticleThe water is turned off
Apparently they were a little more on the ball with their disconnects than they used to be.I can’t cook without water, so we will go out to my mother’s house and cook lunch and dinner there, and fill a...
View ArticleThey want to sell our house for $343.32
We bought our house twenty-five years ago, and apparently owe back taxes in the amount of 343.32. We must pay this as soon as possible, or they will sell the house out from under us. My husband and I...
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My husband crashed his bike (Warning, graphic pic)
Last night at nine pm, I was relaxing from a long day. I’d taken my boyfriend to have a colonoscopy that day, which had involved going down to his house the night before, sleeping badly due to him not...
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Hana comes in from the cold
A month ago, as I stepped out my front door, a small white-and-tabby cat mewed plaintively at me.Because I’m a sucker for that sort of thing, I went back in, got an extra food dish, and filled it with...
View ArticleHaving a vehicle isn't optional here
We live in a small town in Indiana, and like much of the midwest, a vehicle isn’t optional if you live here. The buses are minimal, and there’s no way to go out of town without a vehicle. The stores...
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