CintheHood

Nothing earth-shattering or major, but sometimes things happen that make you shake your head & say, "Wait--what??"Thing 1: about a month ago, I wrote about going out with a friend of mine, shared...

Yesterday was DD's 1st day of school. My only worry? Get up 1/2 hour early to cook a kick-off breakfast for her. No nagging, no yelling, no arguing, no driving to school (she'd rather avoid the...

Still feeling a bit down; just got paid & sent out checks for the mortgage & equity payments & put some $ into checking. Final balance is still low. But I'm reminding myself that this is not...

Here is something that is becoming crystal clear: you can't "make" someone do something, no matter how much you want them to or feel they need to. You can only decide what you will and will not do...

Feeling really, really, really low today. It's more than the fact that H just spent the last of what was in our savings & the joint checking, as well as whatever he was getting in unemployment. I saw...

I was pretty crabby yesterday. I think part of it was because I haven't been sleeping smoothly lately; I keep getting up in the middle of the night. The other part was influenced by outside factors:1...

Well, we're back from our 2-week vacation in the Appalachain mountains to visit family. Except for a little more rain than I'd like (and even what they would like), it was really, really nice. Mild...

Well, it turns out that the dog is going with us and that we are staying with the cousin (at least to start out). How it'll go, with her having 2 dogs & a cat, I don't know. But that's between DH &...

I'm making a prediction here, and documenting it just so I can say, "Yeah, I saw it coming."For a couple months now, we've been tentatively making vacation plans for the end of July. DH's family is...

It's official: my son will be graduating high school tomorrow! He did all his work, cleared up a misunderstanding about a missing book & did everything he needed to do to get it done. It's...

I cannot WAIT for this school year to be OVER!Reason #1: no more lying from my son (he said he handed in an "easy" worksheet & I found out he did not. Yet I was not surprised).Reason #2: no more...

This weekend, I had a lot of good times. Friday night we all went to see "The Great Gatsby" at my son's request, since he read it in school. (Very good, by the way.) Saturday, DH & I had an impromptu...

Well, my son went to the prom on Saturday & he looked sooo handsome! He went alone, but so did many others. And he had a group of friends to hang out with. He had a pretty good time, he said, but...

First up: the last PPT--thank goodness--was yesterday. No trauma, no issues; just the normal "this is where DS is & what he needs to do to graduate." So: no surprises. He just needs to do what he...

News is like feast or famine! For a while, I had nothing to write; now I have tons!HealthThe cough is now completely gone. I just have allergy-related stuff, but nothing severe at all. My back still...