All men wait on death.   If this seems a little off...consider it lack of sleep, hit and miss hospital food, and too much caffeine.   Thursday I went to see my uncle.  Friday I went back to stay.  He's in the hospital with the M.R.S.A. staph infection, C-Diff infection in his colon, and total renal failure.  His kidneys stopped working 10 days ago.  The creatin levels are climbing, as of yesterday they were at 6.9.(0.5-1.5 being normal.) He r...

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...

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 o...

What's up with head shot on the home page? Why is Erath's avatar all over the place? Just wonderin.

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. ...

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 sometime...

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 m...

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!

Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 8, 2008 mimetic \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 wh...

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 ...

My oldest made honor roll at school this quarter.   We found out before the report card came home.   I was so excited for him until I saw the report card.   It seems in middle school (or at least this middle school) all A’s and B’s earns a spot on the honor roll.    It is not based on GPA.   Kinda takes the “Wow” out of those bumper stickers that shout to the world “My child is an honor student at….” My husband took a new position which means he...

I opened the paper to read the latest news.   Ok, honestly I read the headlines and then only follow the story if it sounds interesting or seems like something I should know. I don’t read the sports section and usually finger, but skip, the financial page.   My favorite parts of the paper are the classifieds and the cross word puzzle, occasionally the political cartoon.   Oh and on Sunday, the coupons.   I love coupons! I make myself look at every page...

Gah. Sometimes I could just kick myself. I like to write fiction. Shocker, I know.   Ya think you know a person….. Anyway, I started an idea for a story last spring.   I wrote several chapters and then discovered a book already published that pretty much went where I was going with the story.  https://forums.joeuser.com/?forumid=314&aid=148727#1187639 Discouraged, I deleted it.   Then forgot about deleting it. So, this story is playing i...