Life in the Squirrel Lane
This is stating the obvious, I know, but it’s been a while. I really enjoy bulleted lists, so I am going to use one and cheat the whole “let’s explain the what’s been going on in the last year” thing. D got a job, thank the gods. He is working for an educational nonprofit that [...]
Househunting and snot
I woke up when I was supposed to be arriving at work this morning. That kind of threw me off, starting my day, staring at my phone, wondering why it forgot to wake me up. Oh. Yeah. It was in the living room when I was sleeping. And I never set the alarm. Go me. [...]
For Grannie
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there… I do not sleep. I am the thousand winds that blow… I am the diamond glints on snow… I am the sunlight on ripened grain… I am the gentle autumn rain. When you waken in the morning’s hush, I am the swift uplifting [...]
The Good and the Bad
The Bad (get it out of the way so there’s plenty of room for the good: My Grannie will be gone soon. My mother is dealing with the death of her mother, a divorce, and uncertain work future and carrying the weight of dealing with an entire family’s load of issues. My Budokan class has [...]
When I go…
Lex and I fly out of Seattle on Saturday night. We get home on Wednesday. They are taking her off the respirator on Friday night. My grandfather requested that we not be there. I think it’s all just too much for him. So finality sets in. The good thing is that her decades of pain [...]
Meetings, and bad weather
I think Summer forgot to come to the upper NW, because the high was 56 yesterday. I’m not bitching, it’s just wierd to think that the East Coast is boiling in 100 degree weather and I am as cool as a cucumber, with happy sweaters and thick socks. Today’s blessing – meetings all day, all [...]
Small Steps
I spoke with Mom yesterday as she left the plane. She sounded tired, worn, blue, and uneasy. But I made her laugh (it’s what us kids do), and she promised to call with any news. It’s nearly noon on the East coast, and no word. But my phone is still on. And things keep rolling. [...]
Walking through the blue
I’m relatively intellectual these days when it comes to the inevitable, such as death. It’s easy to say that she left years ago, with a brain damaged by experimental drugs to curb the pain from her rheumatoid arthritis, and the subsequent damage from the meningitis and the stroke. She wasn’t what I remembered as a [...]
Sadness
How hard it must be to make that decision – life support, or death. Mom is flying east tomorrow to help the family make the decision. Lex and I will fly out soon. Our family needs us. And while I know when she passes it wil be a blessing for her, and while I know [...]
Bad remodels are dangerous
When we moved into this house, we were excited. The pictures didn’t do the kitchen justice. It’s quite large. The granite counter tops, lovely. But once you live in a space, you find the dangerous bits, the areas where you should tread lightly for fear of rabid opossums or low-hanging ceilings just waiting for a [...]
Happy Monday
Slept like shit Woke up and used the elliptical My girly bits are sore from yesterday’s ride. I decided not to wear bike shorts underneath my spiffy pants. Our home improvements from the weekend have made the house look better. We still have to put another screen door up on the back door. If it [...]
Little intrusion
This is the blog entries where I sit and wallow in introspection and discuss those things that mean the most to me: The Moosey restraunt with the soup, family ties, writing, and my period. First, because it’s the most soap-opera-ish of the bunch, the family ties. I’ll keep it brief. My stepmother lives about a [...]
Geek stuff
Firefox’s 3.0 beta is wicked fast, but horridly unstable. And when I decided to go back to 2, it funked things up. Now I’m stuck between wanting to use Safari and Firefox. Safari is faster on most of my sites, but wordpress and a few other things are buggy, so I stick to firefox. Besides, [...]
Thanks for the tofurkey
I’m quite down, so let me start off apoligizing for the tone of this post. It’s kind of shitty that i’ve not blogged daily, and when I do, it’s one full of unecessary sadness, but that’s the way of my life right now. Let’s just blame it on the holidaze. Since the birth of my [...]
Holidaze
It’s been a crazy few days. Amandapants came back from her trip, only to find that her pissed off kitties pissed on her pillows. We spent the next few hours doing laundry. Then we went to dinner. It didn’t sit well with her, but she said she enjoyed the place I felt bad. Lex, due [...]
Protected: The inevetiable questions
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While the onions cook
Still in the midst of deadline, this is a quick post while I cook. Our fireplace is toast. We can’t burn anything. The firebox itself is solid, but the chimney is falling apart. One strong wind, and we will lose bricks. That means I am very bitter. The heater died as well. After NW Natural [...]
Twit This!
- On my way to Colorado on southwest. Never flown with them before... See u on the other side of the Rockies #traveling
- @KL_Grady It's raining #figures
- @KL_Grady Colorado. Family. Issues. Not the best reason to travel, but I'm about to make things better #mrsfixit
- @birdoutofacage @HorrorScott Of course it is the one books I have not read #jesuslovesme
- Time to depart work and make my wait to the airport #travelin
- @sbossinger ROFL I know you are all peace, love and happiness... but that kind of person makes me VERY stabby #violenceistheanswer #inmyhead
- @sbossinger I'm sorry, but sometimes the only solution is a baseball bat to the forehead #justsayin #thenewtestamentisNEW #thereanoldonetoo
- @birdoutofacage ROFL. Mkay... Duct tape it is then. #ithurtswhenyouripitoff
- @birdoutofacage ROFL. Ball gags #workeverytime
- @birdoutofacage I think he wants your brains on top. @HorrorScott
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