https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/How to cope within the rubble.hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/470621far we've had: 7) arguments 10) hurt feelings 3) bottles of wine 1) practical joke 2) 48 cans of beer 48) hours of lack of sleep 1) jelly fish sting 1) arrest for drunk driving 1) arrest for lewd behavior (brother in laws girlfriend flashed the cop during arrest for drunk driving) 6) hangovers...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/469709I will have family visiting from out of town the next several days. The following posts may be odd and/or incoherent.https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/469264Catchy title, eh? Actually, he has one crab, bought from a mall kiosk, with Spongebob painted on his shell. Lovely, I know. He's wanted one for the last two years so I finally caved. It's low maintenance, just water his sponge, sprinkle food every couple of days and then watch his scaley little...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/468554I have 'quirks' (which is a much nicer word than compulsions). There, I said it. It's embarrassing, but human. Right? I mean, they're not limiting (ok, some are) and I am aware of them. I do, with much effort and discomfort, occasionally go against some of these urges. Given that, I'm still in...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/467870I hope no one minds, but I really cannot be serious today. I've got PMS. And the FCM (food coping mechanisms) are just ridiculous this time around. I want HAM. PIG. HOG. You name it. Tonight, and I'm not joking on this one, I had microwave popcorn with bacon bits sprinkled on. I'm dreaming of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/467542I found this letter written to my daughter on her birthday, just after discovering her diagnosis and prognosis. I've come so far from this, and yet the intensity and determination are so present even in the beginning that it shocks me. Here is a photoshow I made of her as well,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/467255Trouble is that by the time I make it to the conveyor belt, I'm so excited that it's finally my turn I forget what it was I had been thinking. But just before that magic moment when I get to put my stuff up there to let them take my money, I swear I have invented a lot of the things you see on...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/466300I have two emails in my inbox right now. One is announcing the birth of a baby, the other the death of a friend. My dear friend Judi died this past Saturday. She's been ill for a while and the last few months her health has declined rapidly. I met Judi when I lived in Monterey California over 15...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/466103https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/trisha4005/465154My daughter is healing from yet another surgery. This past week we had to have her placed on a feeding tube. She has come through it very well and seems to be taking it ll in stride. She's remarkable. She knows more about life than I do, that's obvious. She has lessons for me and that's obvious...