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932 days ago
Please join me on the new space http://mamachristys.blogspot.com/ See ya there!
1051 days ago
My phone rang Monday afternoon. It was the elementary school Principal. My kids weren't due back until Tuesday. 'We're calling all the parents,' she said, 'because we received some sad and alarming news today. One of our students, a sixth grader (in W's class) passed away Friday. While we would have notified everyone anyway, we needed to speak to the older ones' parents as quickly as possible. The student who died, did so as a result of playing the 'choking game.' We have reason to believe it's been introduced to the school by a couple of students and may have been discussed amongst many of them. We needed you to be aware so you could talk to your children about it immediately.' If you don't know what the choking game is, please research for yourself information on this incredibly dangerous activity. I usually like to put positive things up in my Nerd Searches but this is important, so I've included the Google Search results page for it in there. Please ...
1066 days ago
Q.: Did you fall off the Earth AGAIN? A.: Nope. The holidays were crazy, and we were swamped here at work. Someday I'll be able to blog regularly again... sigh Q.: Did you get a lot of snow out there? A.: Well, here are a couple examples to give you an idea how much we got: 1) my rat terrier jumped off the second step of our porch Thursday morning and disappeared; the snow was deeper than he is tall. 2) my 4x4 3/4ton Suburban was stuck three times before 6:00AM and it never got out of our cul de sac. Q.: Did you miss work? A.: Cowboy and I both went to work Wedneday and were both sent home early that day. My company asked for volunteers to stay overnight at a hotel: you had to agree to work 3 hours of OT Wednesday, then a 12 hour day the next. They'd pay for your hotel, your meals and gave out additional gift cards as rewards. It was tempting but I felt I needed to be with my family more, so I turned them down. Cowboy had much farther to ...
1088 days ago
It's not what you think, no preaching, no gospelizing (not that there's anything wrong with that, to borrow from Seinfeld). This is simply another one of those 'Reasons I'm Happy Today' only this is 'Reasons This Season Makes Me Happy.' Christmas Music playing 24/7 on the Radio. Torturing my family with said Christmas Music everytime they put themselves within hearing. Listening to five small voices raised in song because deep in their hearts they really do love Christmas music. The smell of snow coming on the wind, sharp and spicy. Snowflakes drifting slowly to the ground, especially large ones, spinning as they fall. Snow draped over ground, trees and cars like wooly white blankets. Turkey Turkey and rice soup w/ the carcas of the aforementioned turkey My sweet sweet Cowboy putting up lights on my house and pretending he hates Christmas when I know I'm winning him over to the Dark Side slowly. Christmas Music Ham Split Pea ...
1095 days ago
Where HAVE I been? Looking back over the last month, I've pretty much been here, at work, for most of it. What HAVE I been doing? Working. A lot. With a heavy call volume and no time for family, fun or, even blogging. What's NEW? Let's see, with me? Not too much. With my life, quite a bit. Let's break out the bullet points, shall we? Because you know how much I love bullet points. ~^*^~ Cowboy has won his first eBay auction; fittingly purchasing a gift for his lovely wife who showed him the ins and outs and the things every one must know before bidding. Amanda started her orthodontia. She has bands on her rear molar now and will start with an appliance (retainer for us regular folks) in 2 weeks. This is news because without a good job and great dental insurance (plus some leftover flexible spending acct dough) we couldn't have done it on our own. Shelley-Sue got soft contacts the ...
