Ornaments and Computer Games

That’s been my day today.  Not boring, necessarily – but definitely not exciting.
The ornaments are beaded ornaments that I’m making for our parish Christmas tree.  Every year someone makes ornaments for the tree which have tags with the name of the church and the year on them.  They stay on the tree until Christmas services, then [...]

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No Weekend Getaway for Me

It might be surprising that travelers such as my husband and myself would stay home on a long holiday weekend.  But it really fits in with our concept of traveling for pleasure.  Traveling on a weekend when everyone and his brother and all his cousins are also traveling makes for too many lines – on [...]

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Asperger Surprise

Even when you’ve lived with a child who has Asperger’s Syndrome for 25 years, you still get surprised from time to time.  This was one of those times.
People who have Asperger’s Syndrome have a lot of difficulty expressing their feelings and understanding how other people feel.  Their emotional wiring is just different than the rest [...]

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Oh Sewage!

Three posts in one day – I must be on a roll.  Actually, I’m really steamed and needing to vent.
In the past week or so we’ve noticed spray painted markings on our road (as well as several others near us).  We guessed that they were in advance of some kind of road work.  You know, [...]

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Fat March, Episode 4

I had a very visceral reaction to the 4th episode of this show.  I couldn’t believe what the producers expected of the participants this time.  I thought it was very dangerous.  I know enough about how your body feels when you’re fat as well as how any body reacts to extreme heat and activity to [...]

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Princess and the Pea – Redux

I woke up this morning for the usual early morning bathroom run.  5 AM.  As I started to self-assess after sleeping well, even if it was 5 hours, I realized that for the first time in what seems like forever, my neck and upper back did not have much pain or stiffness and I did [...]

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Have a Key Made

I just finished completing the multi-page questionnaire the weight center requires you to bring to your first appointment.  It was thought provoking.  I forced myself to be as honest as possible.  I’m pretty good at self-honesty.  How else could you explain the SFG clothing line I dream of (Short, Fat Girl)?  It used to upset [...]

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Cooking Out and Getting Steamed

Today was the big cookout at my husband’s sister’s house.  Actually, her significant other’s house. You would think that having her son get married the day before would be enough for any woman, but his sister is a superwoman.  One of those women who have endless energy.  I was never like that, even when I was [...]

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The Wedding

I’ve been married twice but I’m not really a big fan of weddings – at least the way they are usually done these days.  So I wasn’t really looking forward to this one.  Especially with temperatures predicted in the upper 90’s and oppressive humidity. 
I was wrong!  I was pleasantly surprised.
Not that this wedding didn’t have [...]

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I need to breathe …

I’m starting to write without a title because I don’t know where this is going yet.  My husband was successful in passing his cold on to me.  He’s now back to his usual peppy self and I’m sitting here unable to breathe through my nose.  My mouth is as dry Death Valley and if I [...]

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