Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2007 8 Comments »
….not just because it’s my birthday month (although that’s probably how my preference started! but because it’s so beautiful… so rich. Leaves crunching underfoot, the warmth of the sun playing tag with the crisp fall breeze, the brilliant, gaudy colors taking the place of the normally subdued and dignified green of the trees. Feeling the thick, almost kitten-y softness of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
My SIL sent this to me… I’ve seen it before and liked it, so I thought I’d post it here… The Mayonnaise Jar and Two Cups of Coffee When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2007 5 Comments »
This has been a wild week… M has gotten more unstable again, which makes everything more difficult, and for some reason R has had insomnia the past few nights and been up to (and AT) all hours! Last night I just crashed… R was still awake (but quietly staying in her room) and I fell [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 20th, 2007 9 Comments »
After avoiding our county mental health organization for years (the one that provides mental health services through M’s Medicaid); partly because the kid’s pdoc told me to, and partly because I’d had some negative interactions with them myself, I finally broke down and contacted them again. When I first called them a year ago they [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2007 5 Comments »
Every sunrise is a gift… ….but this one was especially beautiful.
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 15th, 2007 3 Comments »
… it’s just been a very busy week! The busy-ness started last Sunday when my sister surprised me by coming out for my birthday. She got here just in time for my birthday dinner on Sunday… It was a wonderful surprise, and it was so good to see her. She stayed for several days and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 7th, 2007 11 Comments »
Falls seems to be settling quickly over our little homestead… It’s still dark when I get up now, and the nights are downright cold. (It’s 51 right now!) The gardens are slowing down, the deer are getting their winter coats, and I’ve been working to get some outside work done before our warm days are gone… [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 4th, 2007 9 Comments »
I had a momentary lapse of sanity (or memory, or both) yesterday and decided to take a spur of the moment trip up to the university to visit my two college girls. The older of the two, dd#2 (aka B), just moved into an apartment downtown and was very excited to show it off… So, [...]
