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The other day when I was feeling mentally skewed, I was contemplating “when does life begin”…not in the conception-abortion-birth question..just life..when do I quit thinking, planning and obsessing about life and just live it?  Does everyone do this or just me.  When I look back on my life, I have only a few regrets…one of… Read more

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0232 in the morning – 6 inches of snow on the ground – so much for flurries with 2 inch accumulation possible. Read more

 To you:  thanks for your support and thanks for hanging in with me because normally daughters that talk about their mothers in the way I blog about mine, are usually suspect with words to describe them as ‘unappreciative little bitch’…  My rants are cathartic for me and while I don’t like my mother very well…I… Read more

So Helen calls me from the hospital earlier this week to tell me she would really like for me to try to get her a new cell phone – her old one is “cracked”…and I use the term loosely…anyway, the following day, I drove in to our local U S Cellular where I was told… Read more

About the flu…Today (Wed) (although you will probably read this Thurs) has been my best day so far.  I took Monday night off because of a headache…Tuesday the weakness was all encompassing…I had to stop and rest after even conversation but I went to work… I was also having nausea each time I ate.  I’m… Read more

Helen called me New Year’s Day…she was having severe right side pain…she went to the hospital by ambulance and after an ultrasound, it was determined that she has another gall stone in her bile duct and an inflamed gallbladder…they waited until the next day to figure out what to do…but eventually said they needed to… Read more

Okay – here’s the deal…keep in mind that I have 3 long hair cats, 2 labs and a golden retriever.  The first day I used it, I just used it in the living room – I vacuumed with the regular vacuum first because it had been two days..I had no problems – the roomba actually… Read more

I’m pretty happy with my Roomba…with 6 critters in the house, there is a lot of hair..yesterday I only used it in the living room…and it was fine – I had vacuumed first with the wind tunnel.  Today it started in the living room and I let it take in the kitchen, hallway and it… Read more

Ohhhhhh, love the new theme page …. didn’t take me long to select it this time…wasn’t like a I usually do and almost make it a new vocation….Brett says butter, butter, butter in yesterday’s recipe…speaking of butter..holy Iowa State Fair butter cow, batman, I gained 5 pounds over the holidays…I knew I had gained something… Read more