Here's the thing about having a new boyfriend and a kid at home - eventually they are going to talk. First there is small talk - the getting to know you kind of stuff - such as favorite foods, television shows, hobbies, etc. That usually is followed by a variety of conversations that explore both [...]
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Am I style-savvy or therapy-worthy?
Michael has been putting additional shelves in my closet this weekend. The goal is to provide additional storage in areas of unused space. This makes me very happy as my closet capacity was heretofore maxed out. I dream of having a big luxurious walk-in closet the size of a room, but until Cheyenne goes off [...]
What’s love got to do with it?
I noticed something a few weeks ago - "love" was not in my frequently used tags on my blog's home page. The tags that show up in the tag cloud on the right-hand side of my home page indicate first by their appearance and second by their size the number of times the tag has been [...]
Saved by the minivan…
Today when Mike (a.k.a. Jersey boy) and I went to pick Cheyenne up from school I noticed a boy waiting under the tree who had not yet been picked up. From his body language it appeared to me that he was a bit worried so I told Cheyenne we were going to stay parked at the [...]
Uh, sorry…there is no texting allowed from jail.
The 19 year old woman (Kayla Carry of Browerville, Minnesota) who was charged with criminal vehicular homicide after killing someone because she was texting and driving entered a guilty plea yesterday. Under the plea agreement she will only serve a year in jail. Carry's car crossed the center line and hit another car head on. Lucille Vogt [...]
Food for the soul…or not.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs (who was convicted of sexually assaulting underage female followers) is now in a medically induced coma because he has been fasting for the past few weeks (see the article on InForum here). Jeffs likely is hoping he'll die, but apparently the State of Texas is going to nourish him whether he wants [...]
Limited appeal…
As Cheyenne has gotten older my role in her life has changed. At the age of 12 my role seems to be to serve as a never-ending embarrassment to my child. I accomplish this role quite easily - often all it necessitates is being within her general vicinity in public when her friends or other non-related [...]
THE NEW FORTY 