Ordinary People and Superheroes

She cares for both her elderly mother who lives with her and my brother and my mother who lives close but in a retirement village apartment. My mother has a bad heart and currently goes to a medical clinic downtown three times a week for an IV which takes four hours. This means two trips for her.... Sign in to see full entry.

Today, I went into the dressing room at Goodwill and put a skirt on over my head. I had to squeeze into it but when it came time to take it off I couldn't pull it back off. So I put my blouse on over the skirt and purchased the two piece dress which included the skirt I couldn't get off. The clerk... Sign in to see full entry.

When I got to Salem, we (my daughter and I) went out to eat with my mother, my sister-in-law and her seventy year old mother. My mother can't eat salt but she forgot to tell the waitress and ordered something with gravy and her first bite realized that it was salty. The waitress asked if everything... Sign in to see full entry.

I have a sinus headache and I didn't sleep well last night. I was either hot or cold. I have to drive for four hours and I don't feel like moving. But daughters have to start school at a certain time, not when their mothers feel good. I have to finish packing, brush my teeth and I'm ready to go. I... Sign in to see full entry.

I have a wonderful sister-in-law, who is very conscientious. I enjoy her for the most part but she expects herself and others around her to be perfect. When I go to visit her, she wants to know exactly when I am coming. I like to take my time driving since it takes four hours and is boring. Also I... Sign in to see full entry.

Cooking dinner every night is hard. Its easy to come up with 365 meals a year. It's hard to come up with that many meals that your family will eat. Add to that if you want praise and no leftovers. My family lives to eat. We love good food, so we are pickier than some. We like variety and unusual... Sign in to see full entry.

Real life is very mundane most of the time. Even the most exciting life is full of ordinary living. I used to want to write a life story when things came to a conclusion--but nothing ever did. The only conclusin I'm going to get is my death. There are always strings hanging out everywhere in my... Sign in to see full entry.

I want to wash the sleeping bags, get rid of some more junk, and keep the house clean. It actually got clean for the first time in over a year. Between serious clutter and my inability to deal with it, my house got messy and no one cleaned it up. For some reason, my physical condition makes it very... Sign in to see full entry.

I woke up at two and am still awake. Tomorrow, I'm going to clean the house, possibly buy three t shirts to be embroidered, if the company that did the others will do them. Then get food from Costco in preparation for my husband and my silver anniversary party. Instead of having a reception and... Sign in to see full entry.

Last year, my husband started using the couches in the living room. Unfortunately, so did the dog. No matter how much you clean a dog, they immediately go out and roll into shit, so my white coach got dirty. I decided to buy slipcovers that wash. The only problem is that my coach has loose cushions... Sign in to see full entry.