Another Outing With My Girls, Dinner and the Mall.......................... We had to buy winter coats last night. The temps in the Midwest were predicted to fall twenty-five to thirty degress on the Wednesday overnight, and they did. I am relieved to get the shopping trip out of the way; that means... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
THESE BLOGGERS ARE HAPPY, BUT IS IT ARTIFICIAL HAPPINESS? Just last week while we were in Texas visiting relatives, the topic of depression came up. Her mother, who is nearly ninety, has been mortally depressed since her husband died. So, this former classmate of ours knew all about... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
My Kids and Me, by kingmi I don't have a clever title for this story. I barely have a story. Last night I was so exhausted that I was thrilled when I finally pulled into the drive, got the groceries out the trunk, and shut the garage door with a click. Walking through the yard to the back door,... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 8, 2007
The Principle of Pretending, and How it Works against You.................. Anyone who saw the moon tonight, low in the sky over Shea Stadium, with the bone-white wisps of clouds, and didn't have that I-love-New York feeling, well, you're just not paying attention! I felt sorry for the St. Louis... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 6, 2007
This blogger fell off the wagon............................................ "I sit here, one drink away from a drunken disaster and a hell of a lot of debauchery. And i am trying to remember that there is a hell of a lot of power in just being powerless." My old friend Jimmy O. said those words at... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
What I Like About Certain BLOGGERS! I have decided to take my own advice. So I have copied and pasted my suggestons to blackcat last night. I want to be preventive and proactive, here, so I will be able to find these when I need them, for myself. No one should ever suffer needlessly on a job. I... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Bloggers Growing Up Right...Now They Want to Go to College I was thinking tonight about how my daughters have changed over the last five years. When they first returned to me in 2001 and 2002 respectively, they were highly excitable, untrusting, self-centered, on the lookout for an easy escape from... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
A Beautiful Saturday Afternoon in Early Autumn The sun is in everyone's eyes right now. I suppose most people are out to the college football games and after-activities. Me, I spent the afternoon in the library helping my oldest daughter learn how to write an annotated biblliograohy. Then for my... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Bloggers Growing Up Right...Now They Want to Go to College I was thinking tonight about how my daughters have changed over the last five years. When they first returned to me in 2001 and 2002 respectively, they were highly excitable, untrusting, self-centered, on the lookout for an easy escape from... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 22, 2006
THESE BLOGGERS WOULD RATHER CHANGE OTHERS, OF COURSE, IT'S SO MUCH EASIER
When I say the Serenity Prayer, I always shudder when I get to that phrase, "...the courage to change the things I can..." I already have taken the leap of faith so I continue to say the prayer. I will not let fear stand in the way of my sobriety and ultimate happiness. So, whenever my personal... Sign in to see full entry.