A Barrel of Nelsons

Someone on a forum recently said she bookmarked my blog and couldn’t wait to read it. So I figured that I should probably post or something like that, eh? (Also, welcome any new readers… and old readers, regular readers, infrequent readers, readers who know me in real life, and readers who Googled something and ended [...]

So today is that day. Mother’s Day.
I just sent e-cards to my mom and Sara. Mom got a Maxine-based one since Maxine is her “thing.” And she got a cute cat one from the “Grandkitties.” Sara got a kitchen based one.
I’m going to call my grandma later, because not only is today Mother’s Day, tomorrow [...]

I think I should start with some sort of apology for the punch-drunk-babbling-whackiness that was my last post. If it didn’t make sense, don’t worry, I’m not sure it was supposed too.
I’m up at 6:30 a.m. when I didn’t want to wake up until 7:00 a.m. and haven’t been sleeping well, so the thought (and [...]

So I can’t say that I’m terribly less frustrated than my last post, but I just wanted to say that I’m here still and life does have a sunny side that doesn’t involve pre-meditated assault and battery. (That’s a joke for all of you out there who don’t understand sarcasm.) Also I just somehow magically [...]

No. Really.
Frustrated and Angry. Frustrated and Sad. Frustrated and Punching Something…
It’s about all sorts of stuff.
My job. Dinner. My weight. My sinuses. The people I work with. The people I deal with who all believe that deadlines don’t apply to them. And then want to whine at me when the newsletter is late.
Work has been [...]

Now don’t get me wrong. I love my job, it certainly is not The Job That Made Me Hate Stuff. I really think I have a niche at the church, and I do some stuff that I feel really good about. And the people are nice, and my boss is generous with praise.
But really…
Really… What [...]

Like I mentioned before, I’m starting to ease back into gaming as well as other things. I really do see this as a positive turn.
But it’s got me to thinking.
Way back when I was still pregnant and we were still talking to an agency about possibly placing through them, I can say that gaming was [...]

I woke up this morning with this post in my head, so I’ll hope if comes out articulately.
You may notice that I haven’t really been talking about adoption lately. I don’t know if I’m avoiding it or numbing it or doing something equally unhealthy… or if I’m simply just letting it be.
That’s not to say [...]

When I was a sophomore in HS, back in 1999, I started dating my second boyfriend. That was a rollercoaster ride in it’s own right. I’m feeling acronym-y today so we’ll call him TBWBMHT, The Boy Who Broke My Heart, Twice. He’s not terribly important to this story other than contextualizing stuff.
JB of the title, [...]

Yeah, so I drop a bomb of suspense like that last post and then I wander off into the northern “wilderness” that is some times called Mich-i-gan. What can I say… people served me turkey… I got sleepy.
Anyways, we’ll play the quick update game…
Took a test: Negative. Emotionally I’m a little bit stabler than last [...]