July 2009

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“You Look Tired…”

Yesterday I arrived to a meeting where I was to give a presentation, and I was greeted with, “Hi! You look tired!” Ummm, thanks?  I mean, I have 2 kids so I don’t get just a whole lot of rest, but generally they sleep through the night and so do I.*  I hadn’t been up [...]

Happenstance Has Changed My Plans…

Are we having a run of bad luck or what? In addition to our plumbing problems last week, we now have one vehicle that has crapped out on us. The Taurus’ A/C started acting up on me last Thursday when I was on my way home from dinner with a friend. I turned it off [...]

Did you say you’re a plumber?

Hey, remember when I was complaining about the suckage that is our house?  Here are more reasons why!  My husband has been remodeling our master bathroom for oh, going on 5 months now.  And by remodeling I mean taking down wallpaper, texturing & painting  the walls and installing tile flooring.  In other words, I don’t [...]

Deep Thoughts

1.  I don’t feel as badly as I did the other day.  So sorry for all that whining. 2.  Jack is 100% mobile, crawling, pulling up, cruising.  Right now he’s climbing onto the fireplace while I pretend not to notice because I’m typing on the computer and that’s waaay more important, right? 3.  Jack has [...]

Something’s Not Right

I don’t feel like myself these days. I feel weepy, irritable, apathetic. I feel disconnected from the life that is buzzing around me. I just feel like I don’t care.  About pretty much everything. I don’t really know what to do about it.  I know it’s probably hormone-related.  I stopped nursing 2 1/2 months ago, [...]

Haven’t felt like writing lately…

There’s been a lot going on lately.  Brett’s dad is still in the hospital.  After his bypass surgery, he wasn’t really progressing like he should have.  Doctors discovered he had a hole in his heart.  He was transferred to Baylor in Dallas.  This past Monday he had ANOTHER open-heart surgery.  This is a really big [...]