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now that it’s the end of the week

and no one will read this until monday…I will blog.  Because my timing is always so ON like that.

Everyone is still very shaken up around here, but we’re doing what we can.  When I found out that a couple of people were arranging meals for Claudia and her SIL and BIL, I jumped at the chance.  Because doing something, ANYTHING, is better than nothing.  And I can remember how grateful my family was at the homemade meals delivered to our door weekly by friends, church members, etc, when my brother was sick and then continued after he died. More »

dog day afternoon

Memorial day weekend was fun and relaxing. We hung out with Kev’s mom, saw both Iron Man (hint, stay for all the credits) and Indiana Jones. We ate far too much junk food, thrust upon us by my mother in law. I learned the recipe for lemon cream, which oh yes…I will be making very soon.

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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Don’t forget your mom today!

mom and dad holding me

mom and me

the monkeys of retail

I am off to bitch out some poor bed bath and beyond employee. Because my mother made a very nice gesture - to finish buying the set of our nice dishes from our registry. BB&B was having a special would price match a Macy’s sale on an 8 place setting set of Mikasa’s dishes, plus you got some other stuff, like sugar and creamer, and a serving plate - 45 pieces in total. And she could use the 20% off coupon. So to make everything easier, she had them ship it to me. Very nice, right? More »

Merry (late) christmas!

OK, so technically this is getting written and posted the day AFTER christmas, but WHATEVER, I’M POSTING, OK???

I hope everyone had a fun (or at least tolerable) time with friends and family and that Santa brought you everything you asked for. More »