More About Me
posted 5 months ago | 5 comments
Through a series of astonishingly poor choices right out of high school and in an attempt to get away from an alcoholic mother, I found myself raising a child with a man that I did not love, living in a part of the country that I found stifling an...
The Hubcap War
posted 5 months ago | 2 comments
....Also known as the Battle Over Hubcap Number Four.
Those of you who have met me know that I like nice things (within my budget or what I can save for) and I take care of what I buy so that I don't have to replace it more often. This goes with ...
Those of you who have met me know that I like nice things (within my budget or what I can save for) and I take care of what I buy so that I don't have to replace it more often. This goes with ...
We Always Hear...
posted 5 months ago | 1 comment
.....that God doesn't close one door without opening another. Sometimes it takes awhile for us to see the door, though, doesn't it?
In December 2007 I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. It wasn't caught early, and I needed two surgeries and a pr...
In December 2007 I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. It wasn't caught early, and I needed two surgeries and a pr...
Of Mail and Moms and a Bah Humbug, Too
posted 9 months ago | 4 comments
Do you ever dread opening your mailbox? Maybe it's when you have a lot of bills coming in.......been there/done that. But today I dreaded opening my mailbox for another reason.
It was Saturday, the day before Mother's Day. My relationship with my...
It was Saturday, the day before Mother's Day. My relationship with my...
Thank You for Your Snit
posted 9 months ago | 4 comments
A long time ago I managed a different group than the group I now manage, and I had two moderators. They did a great job for me, and I'll never say otherwise.
But, in time, my managerial outlook clashed with the more dominant of the two ladies' pe...
But, in time, my managerial outlook clashed with the more dominant of the two ladies' pe...
Snippet of Advice
posted 9 months ago | 1 comment
Something I told an online friend a long time ago, that still rings true today:
Learn to abide....be who you are, glory in your life, give thanks for all the joys and pains (both) because they made you who you are. I can't see the future and guar...
Learn to abide....be who you are, glory in your life, give thanks for all the joys and pains (both) because they made you who you are. I can't see the future and guar...
THEN and NOW Moments
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
I've spent a great deal of my life without a spouse. Even when married, I didn't choose men who had even a remote clue as to how to be part of a team. I'm not casting blame....they were what they were, and I lacked the skills to choose more wisely...
!0 True Things
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
These ideas may have been compiled elsewhere in some cases, but they are presented here because I've lived them or thought them.
1. No one admits to being a terrible driver.
2. No one multi-tasks as efficiently as they believe that they do.
3. If...
1. No one admits to being a terrible driver.
2. No one multi-tasks as efficiently as they believe that they do.
3. If...
Thought for the Day
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
I believe if you wait for something wonderful to happen to have a wonderful day, you won't have very many of them. Why not expect every day to be wonderful, and require a LOT of convincing before you think otherwise?
