Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Life Moves Along
It's funny how life keeps moving, even after violent upheavals. While I'm still dealing with the aftermath of the break-in, things are pretty much back to "normal." "Normal" meaning that I get up in the morning, get ready, go to work at 8, get home at 5:15, fix dinner with Mom, eat dinner, help Mom...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Fallout Continues
Now I'm really mad. We finished up going through the house today, straightening as we went. Finished up in the room that was trashed the worst -- my bedroom. The thieves literally yanked all the drawers open and scattered things all over the room. Mom and Grandmom came over to help me face that mess...
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Saturday, November 10, 2007
Aftermath
Yesterday was insane. First, I have to thank God that I have the kindest, most understanding employers on the planet. When I e-mailed my supervisor and my three principals (at 6 a.m.!) to tell them that I would be in early in the morning, but would have to leave for an unspecified amount of time in...
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Robbed!
We've been remodeling our home this year, and we're almost done. We started moving things back in about a month ago, and we've been putting things away gradually, as we finish the "punch list" of items that still need to be completed before we can fully move in. I go by the house every day at...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
I'm Book-Poor, But I'm Happy
I have a lot of books. I've been reading since I was four, and collecting -- no, amassing is more accurate -- books since I was old enough to have pocket money. Last estimate was about 24,000 books in my house. Most of them were boxed up in the attic until recently, because my house is very small,...
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Friday, November 2, 2007
.Dave. and the Blogit Community
Blogit has made the decision to permanently ban.Dave. I think it's a bad decision, but I don't guess they will change their minds just because I don't agree. You can read my tribute to.Dave. in my Oddments blog, and my appeal to the Blogit Powers That Be in the Blogit Town Square. But I do want to...
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Thursday, November 1, 2007
Migraines and Kids
My younger son had a migraine yesterday. Poor tyke. He's only nine. And he was in so much pain that he was struggling to keep back the tears. We didn't go trick-or-treating, because I'm still not feeling at the top of my form, and I wasn't up to trekking up and down our block in the cool night air....
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Monday, October 29, 2007
Thank Goodness!
I ran out of checks today when I was paying the bills. Normally, this is not a problem. I go to the safe and pull out a new book of checks and I'm back in business. Only there were no new checks in the safe! After a moment of sheer panic, I thought, If ever there were a time to use a bank transfer,...
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Gevalt!
I'm sick. I don't mean just "ugh, I don't feel all that great" sick. I mean, so sick I've been in bed since 7 p.m. Wednesday, with a brief attempt to go to work Thursday morning and a trip to the doctor on Thursday afternoon being the only times I've been up until this evening. The doctor isn't sure...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Our Mayor Gets a Taxpayer-Funded Luxury Car!
Local news is reporting that our city's mayor gets a leased Cadillac Escalade as part of his job. One of the local stations asked how viewers feel about that. How do I feel about the fact that the mayor has a car that costs $1150 a month --- a sum that is paid for out of public funds? I earn $38K a...
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