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  • Camping without a prayer I have a Girl Scout camping trip planned this weekend. My tummy is in knots already, I don't know why, they always work out, but still, it is killing me. Maybe it's because it may be the last…

  • Minor news update Jim called this morning to let me know he had his first real job offer. It involves working with an air traffic radar facility in Jamaica, New York. As you may know, my two places on the east coast t…

  • Done puzzling I just finished what is probably the hardest jigsaw puzzle I have ever done. I have worked on larger puzzles, and I've worked on puzzles that took longer, but there was a feeling of progress that occured …

  • How to juggle (don't ask me!) One of the books I bought at Barnes and Noble the other night was a book that teaches juggling. It breaks it down step by step, and it states very clearly that I shouldn't mind dropping th…

  • Puzzling behavior I bought a couple of jigsaw puzzles this past week at the thrift store. Everyone with a lick of sense knows that buying jigsaw puzzles at a thrift store is just asking for a piece to be missing, but I…

  • Lemony Snicket I took my daughter to one of those Barnes and Noble special programs they put on to lure people into their store. It was all about Lemony Snicket and "A Series of Unfortunate Events", a series of books …

  • I wrote this last night, and the xanga servers were so slow, I couldn't get it to upload. However, I have been thwarted by xTools enough times that I know to save my blog to the clipboard before I spellcheck or submit, …

  • Cable woes My cable went out again. This time it wasn't foul play, it was what I thought had happened the previous time - the contractors had dug up the line. To the credit of Cox Communications, they had a serviceman…

  • My pity (or is that petty?) party I'm going to engage in a little self-pity here, so if you don't care to hear it, move along now. I complain enough when you guys throw pity parties, you shouldn't have to put up with i…

  • Sweet solution I was rinsing out my recyclables yesterday morning when I got a pang to repeat an act of thrift. I was holding an empty syrup bottle, and I remembered that I knew how to make my own pancake syrup, so I d…

  • Conflict resolution Today I had a conflict resolution seminar as part of my professional development as a Navy Marine Corps Relief caseworker. I found the class fascinating. First, we were taught the two main points t…

  • Good ideas worth remarking upon I asked a couple days ago what I should do with my old blender. I got some great suggestions! First, Trax suggested I look at eBay for the part I want. I was pleased to see that I can …

  • Doing the math My husband is trying to be disabled. He is doing things to himself that he knows will cause his back to ache and his knees to swell and whatever else he thinks will cause him to look permanently injured.…

  • Osterized The blender blade on our old blender (Jim had it before he married me, 15 years ago, I can only imagine how old it is) broke, so I went to Walmart to buy a new one. They had the usual assortment of white and …

  • Lunch date I'm off to lunch with my friend J again. This has become a weekly event, and really look forward to it, more than I've ever thought I would. J knows all the good restaurants. I just tell her what I'm in th…

  • Mother's Day luxury Yesterday, Jim told me that the trailer was due for a wash and wax. He then hinted that he wasn't planning on doing the wash. I raised an eyebrow, and he quickly added that he didn't think I should…

  • Breakfast in Bed? I had this conversation with my daughter while I was tucking her in bed this evening: "Mom, would you like breakfast in bed?" "No, I have a waterbed." "All the other kids are serving their moms bre…

  • Evil ex Today I got to hear an uncommon amount of "evil ex" stories. These are the tales that you hear most commonly in the first year after a divorce. The evil ex drained the bank account, the evil ex maxed out the c…

  • Thrift store bonanza We got an amazing donation today at the Thrift store. The barracks staff decided they needed to get rid of all their abandoned goods and brought it to us in a huge truckload. We have mulitple comp…

  • Book hunt I was given an interesting task this morning in the elementary school library. I was handed a list of books that have been missing and considered as of last inventory, and told to look for them. On the surfa…

  • Just like cruise Jim has been gone for 12 hours now. He left at about 6 this morning to go shoot in his match, and there is a picnic after the day's competitions, so I doubt I will see him before dark. He used to skip…

  • Match grade annoyance The Navy high-powered rifle matches have begun. This is a week where my husband will be completely distracted and think of nothing but shooting, and that's all right. He will tak about nothing el…

  • The Site Fights Spirit A couple of months ago, I got a wild hair to join a charm club again. I looked through my favorite search engine, and found a promising prospect - the Site Fights Charm Club. I set up a charm s…

  • Be prepared Tonight I went to my Navy Wives Club meeting. It wasn't that far away, so I didn't mind driving in the storm, but about half the women didn't show up. We meet in the back of the thrift store, which is also…

  • Trying to figure stuff out My husband is being nice to me. I really don't like things to change. I suppose it is nice to have one's husband act all pleasant and sweet, but it should be the normal thing, not a special …

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