What I’m Up To

Finally! The last day of 21 for 31. Awesomely enough, Tricia is RIGHT NOW having a little brother for Georgia, and I could not be more thrilled.  What a well behaved young man, to let his mom get in 31 of her posts and then decide to arrive!
Later on today Eli and I are going [...]

Unfortunately They Haven’t Yet Invented a Cure for Bitch Itis

I would like you all to know that Mr. E just called his mother to report that I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with a severe case of Bitchitis.
Hee.
Anyway, I did go, although the internet steered me wrong and google gave me the wrong address and I was briefly lost and oh my [...]

Mental Health Day

This morning I am being extra nice to myself. I made myself an entire pot of coffee, even though I should only drink a cup, and I added sugar to it and some of Eli’s whole milk, which I don’t normally do. I made the good slow cooking irish oatmeal and I let myself put [...]

House To Do List November 2008

This is a little bit of a cop out post that I am writing because for two more days I have to write SOMETHING every day oh god please let it end.
Anyway, I have been feeling quite down in the dumpish lately regarding progress on house things, and it helped me immensely to go back [...]

Mean Mommy

The sinking black cloud of depression has lifted, only to be replaced by a constantly about to boil over sense of irritation.  Occasionally it does indeed boil over, and I am filled with a wretched seething anger that scares the sht out of me.  The kind of anger where I tell myself that maybe if [...]

Hallway Before

Every home improvement project needs a good before picture, right?
Here’s the before shot of the hallway.  I should have taken a true before picture – I just ripped up the nasty vinyl flooring that had been laid on top of the floor, but you can see it in all of its hideousness in the last [...]

I Hope You Enjoy My Old IKEA Napkins

It’s dark outside right now – I had six boxes of stuff, a large trash bag full of clothes, and a barbecue sitting out, waiting for the Salvation Army to pick it up tomorrow morning.  I had it out now because they come by early and I didn’t want to get up at 6 am [...]

Black and White Saturday

The Price Is Right

There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other’s cooking & say it was good.
-Brian Andreas
I just increased my grocery budget by $50 dollars. [...]

Words

I posted this with trembling fingers.  I cried as I proofread.  It was a true last resort, to put that out there.  A written out cry for help.
I should have realized, but I was just…in a dark place, where I could not imagine the amazing support I would receive. I knew that you guys were [...]