I am going insane.

There is just no other explanation.

Today I took my digital camera, the one with all my photos on it, the one that cost a fortune, the ONLY digital we have, yeah THAT one, out for some photos of our progress on the yard.  To date we have 100 tons of dirt dropped and spread.  I think its way too much, but that's another blog.

So I was on the phone with my aunt and taking pictures with my digital.  I can remember taking the photos, turning to walk t...

Went to the dollar store today.

I wonder how long it will stay the dollar store with the cost of everything going up.  The Dollar and a Quarter Store just doesn't have the same "It's a Bargain" ring.

I like to get alphabet workbooks, stickers, construction paper, paint, puzzles, all the fun stuff for my 5 year old there.  A while back they carried dinosaur wall stickers.  I painted his wall with a big ugly volcano, some landscape, and stuck those dinosaurs up.&...

There is an older couple close to my home who are for various reasons raising their grand children.  The man was medically retired years ago because of massive heart problems.  The woman is long past retirement age, close to 70, but still works every day so they can support their grand children.

I speak with the woman often.  She describes the horror of not having enough money for anything but the essentials, and those only most of the time.  The devastation of sta...

What's up with head shot on the home page?

Why is Erath's avatar all over the place?

Just wonderin.

I was talking with a friend the other day about consequences.

One of the hardest things to accept as an adult is there are some things I can not change.  I will go so far as to say a good gage of someone's maturity and character is their willingness to accept some things that just are.

Most adults can accept a tornado for example.  We don't like the destructive force of it, but we understand it is part and parcel of the planet we inhabit.  We can build stronger homes, ce...

I couldn't sleep last night.  Or should that read "I couldn't sleep at ALL last night?"

Technically I slept, but it was the place my mind goes when between full dead limb sleep and wakefulness.

Nothing was on my mind.  I wasn't worried.  I just couldn't grasp the REM sleep I needed.  Probably the peanut butter and jelly sandwich I ate three hours before bed.

As is my way when not getting rejuvenating sleep, today things are running willy nilly in my head.  Maybe...

I see LW has another JU stalker.  This one is going by the name Kurthy.

I understand people with strong opinions get haters on their blog.  But it seems to me LW attracts more than her fair share.

I've decided.....

 

I WANT A STALKER!

 

Think about it.  If you haven't been blog stalked, does that mean you're too boring?  Too vanilla to even be tasted?  That you aren't worth someone setting up an account, thinking of pithy and sometimes totally...

I spent the whole day yesterday hanging crown molding in the master bedroom.  I am so sore from looking up.  My neck hurts, and the back of my shoulders are stiff.  But this morning when I awoke to bright sunshine and beautiful molding I was content (at least until I tried to get out of bed).Several things I have learned over the years when working with molding:  don’t rush (rushing makes for sloppy miter cuts and poor leveling), three coats of paint (no matter how good...

I miss Bakerstreet.

Even though part of the time I didn't understand what he was saying, (that was my inability not his), he gave JU a certain intellectual sophistication and wit.  I looked forward to reading him along with my other JU favorites.

Anyone know him in real life?  How is his health?  How's his family?

I miss Bakerstreet!

“You don’t like me because I offended your friend?”That is a question which rolled off my tongue recently.  (And in the back of my mind I’m thinking, how old am I?  Are you?)I don’t claim to be the world’s nicest person.  Truth be told, I don’t WANT to be the world’s nicest person.  It seems to me really nice people never get bent (and I don’t mean a bicycle).  Which reminds me of an interview I took for a newspaper job years ago, the interviewer asked me, “When was the ...

Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 8, 2008mimetic \mim-ET-ik\, adjective:1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.
2. Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, "mimetic species; mimetic organisms."

We’re snowed in today.Technically if we really wanted to get out and about we could.  But what is the point?  Most everything in town is delayed or closed.Something I wonder about since moving back to Ohio.  Why does snow seem like such a surprise every year to the schools and the snow plows?  They know it’s coming, but then re-act with a “wow, where did this come from?” attitude. Maybe it’s just me, but I remember a lot more snow falling here when I was a kid.  We ...

Hope today is treating you all well.

Last night the tv was on.  I heard a voice I recognized immediately.  I turned and there he was!  One of my pals from college.  We produced a magazine news show together in the 90’s, and now he is acting in a national commercial.I cracked up at the irony.  Why?  This guy was the ultimate ladies man in college.  He was smooth.  Now he is doing a national commercial for Cialus!  I think that’s how it’s spelled.  But it’s for erectile dysfunction.&n...