My oven just CAUGHT ON FIRE.
An exploding washer last weekend and a burning oven tonight? Really?
I think maybe this house knows that I’m looking for a new one, and it’s feelings are maybe a little hurt. Or something. That or I have just severely pissed off the appliance gods. This […]

Today has been… well. A day.
I got an email from the ex-in-laws and a money transfer for $100. Hopefully that’d do for a Christmas present for the Kid, they said, because you know, life is just so busy.
It made me feel like shit. Because, money? Money. Fuck […]

I’ve never made a big deal about Santa with my Kid. In fact, when he was wee, I hadn’t intended to tell him about an old man that sneaks into houses and gives gifts (if one just sits on his lap and asks real nice), at all. I thought that although the idea- […]

My co-worker’s son-in-law was killed in Iraq over the weekend.
Her daughter, who I’ve only met once, but feel like I know because of her Mom’s stories… They had a baby only a few months ago. A baby who will never know his Daddy.
I feel awful. And […]

This morning, I was going about my very-not-merry way and doing laundry. Laundry is my least favorite activity. I hate, HATE folding. I hate making room in too full dressers and closets for clean clothes. I hate going through toy boxes for stashed dirty socks. I do not like it. […]