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She may be onto something here

Published on December 19, 2006

I came home from a long day, after working a 12-hour shift.  We are short for people due to holiday vacation time.  Instead of running 2 folks on Evening Shift, I’m working 4 hours extra and leaving one on alone for the last 4 hours.   As soon as I got in, I went right to […]


Jigsaw puzzle?

Published on December 17, 2006

Paul is not fond of puzzles, and he gets stuck with this one every year.  Figuring out which branches go where!  We had a live tree in the house for years while the children were still home, but I was always shutting off the lights, afraid of the fire hazard.  Two years ago, we bought […]


Holiday preparation Update #2

Published on December 16, 2006

Damn, I’m old and tired.  What little Ho! Ho! Ho! I might have, left me when I was in the Dollar Store today, listening to people bitching, kids screaming and fighting and begging for toys NOW, standing in long lines at the grocery store.  I had to sit through 3 f&%#ing light changes to turn […]