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buying favor?

Ex-husband called the house yesterday to speak with the kids. He asked 13 yr old son to hand the phone to 14 yr old daughter at the end of the first phone call and she hung up the phone without speaking to him. She’s not spoken to him much for over a year because […]

shaken, not stirred

My apologies. The title is not a reference to a beverage. It’s a reference to my state of mind for much of today.
I don’t often feel belittled or so angry that I’m visibly shaking, but today I did. This morning when I was at work, the lovely ex-husband sent me a text […]

visit

My kids saw their dad today.  Well, two of them did.  Oldest daughter decided she didn’t want to see him, so she stayed in her room.  It was their first visit with him since mid-December 2007.  They saw him less than 4 hours.  6:30pm to 10:00pm.
I’m disgusted, but will refrain from saying more right now.

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I cannot think of anything to post about at the moment that does not sound like I’m hosting a pity party for myself.
I’ll just say for now that living with two teens and a tween who all have strong personalities, wacky hormones and immature brains is like being on a roller coaster with all the […]

senseless tragedy

This news article about the 11 year old girl in Wisconsin who died of diabetic ketoacidosis is so very sad. While her parents sat by and prayed for her, she suffered needlessly as her body shut down.
When my youngest child was diagnosed with type I diabetes at age 10 (she is now 11) in […]

coke tab

My twelve year old son asked me last night if a coke tab that he swallowed yesterday (accidentally he says - how do you do that accidentally??) will come out later when he goes to the bathroom.
I said that I thought it would.
Have you ever heard of anyone doing something like this? Now I’m worried […]

sssssssssssssssss

I know someone who likes to drag out the “s” sound at the end of her words. It’s only when a word ending in the “s” sound is at the end of a sentence.
Like,
“I’m so glad it’s almost Christmasssssss.”
or
“Would you like some mintssssssss?”
It usually does not bother me, but today I wanted to scream […]

red lights

Captain Jack believes that one of Dante’s cirles of Hell is reserved for betrayers and mutineers.
I happen to believe that those betrayers and mutineers will be driving down an unending road with redlights at every other block/intersection and having to stop at each and every light.
And at each of those lights, having to wait for […]

the turning lane and the finger

Today, I was in a turning lane waiting for traffic to pass so I could make a left turn and a big SUV came up behind me. I guess the driver wanted to turn past the place where I was turning (in the next entrance) and sat there honking & flipping me off. […]

the easy road

People that always seem to choose to take the easy way out drive me crazy. I don’t understand it. I would rather invest a little more time now and get it done right instead of doing it halfway and having to see it again later to fix it. This is something […]