Reality Therapy

Okay so I freely admit it. I am a coffee snob. I prefer 100% Columbian to any other coffee on the market. I have tried many different kinds from jamaican, ethiopian, mexican, still nothing compares to my beloved columbian. I have a recipe that greets me every morning with yummy consistency. It is... Sign in to see full entry.

Or some of my friends seem to think so anyway. I get a lot of "for heaven's sake, can't you just for one moment think positively?" The strange thing is I don't see myself as being a negative person. I see myself as a realist. For example, my husband's orders say he will be gone for 18 months.... Sign in to see full entry.

My friend told me today that he is actively seeking excommunication. I was stunned. I am a not a catholic, but I remember growing up in a small town where everyone else was. I wanted so badly to be part of their group. You see they were the "in" crowd where I grew up and being a, dare I catch the... Sign in to see full entry.

So today is the third day this week that the apple shiner has been out of the office. What does that mean to me? Well it means that me and two others in my office have to take up the slack for some sham artist that decided because the boss is at a conference this week that they would find every... Sign in to see full entry.

This month there have been no less than 6 invitations come my way that all invite me to a so called "party" only to discover that what is really happening is my so called friends and coworkers are inviting me to their homes to make me buy something. Why, you may ask are they doing it? I'll tell you... Sign in to see full entry.

With my husband gone now seven months with a possible eleven more months to go. I feel the loneliness starting to really settle in and as I go out to dinner with other wives whose husbands are deployed I can see the same loneliness manifesting itself in various ways throughout the group. I see some... Sign in to see full entry.

Since my New Year's resolution is to be more active I have been visiting the gym at least four times a week. I go straight from work and change into my gym clothes in the locker room. When I change I do so as quickly as possible. Also, after my workout I shower, towel off, and put clothes back on... Sign in to see full entry.

Okay so perhaps my first mistake was walking into a little bar on karaoke night. Probably,but while I sat and listened to the drunk girls do their best Gretchen Wilson one question resonated through my brain over and over. When did it become cool to be a redneck? I am from a little town in Ohio that... Sign in to see full entry.

The three or four folks who have been reading my blogs know that I am on a bit of a quest to find my inner Polly Anna. I never realized how challenging this effort would be. My quest has led me to search for a way to beat the Denis Leary out of my sarcastic inner voice. So what might you ask is an... Sign in to see full entry.

Since I have decided I want to be fit and in shape when my husband returns from Iraq I thought would start exercising again. It has been a while since I have done anything more strenuous than walking around Wally World propped on a cart. Thinking I would start slow I decided to try water aerobics. I... Sign in to see full entry.