Today is my forty-fourth birthday, and a grand one it has been! Did anyone bake me a cake? Nope. Did anyone throw me a party? Nope. Did I get any presents to open? Nope. Did anyone cook me dinner or take me out? Nope. So, you might be wondering, with all this ‘missing’ birthday stuff, how come today was so grand? The day started off with flashing clocks...

We went out to Mom & Dad’s this afternoon for a leisurely Father’s Day visit, and I took the camera along with the intention of having someone take a picture of Dad and I for you all (I’m sportin’ a new hairdo, too, and wanted to show you that, too) but did I get that accomplished? No. Of course not. But I did get some nice pictures of...

This morning, it was actually in the upper 50′s when I woke up…cold enough to open up the windows again! Woo-hoo! Unheard of in mid-June! PDD had to feed her horses on BellaSara.com (amazing she remembers to do that but Pepper, our dog, has a hard time getting fed.) While she was sitting there, she actually asked me if she could close the window because...

The old song says, “rainy days and Mondays always get me down…” Well, not this girl. Today was a most excellent day, as a matter of fact, and it was both a rainy day AND a Monday. What was so excellent about today? Let’s see…. First, there’s a new man in my life. We’ve had two dates. I like him. He likes me. We enjoy each...

I wish this were going to be a funny post, but it’s not. My neighbors on the corner experienced a home invasion at 2:30am this morning. I was awake and heard banging, thought it was in my backyard, because my dog was barking, too, so I went to the window to look. Nothing. I went out and closed the door on my storage building, came back in and crawled back in...

I’ve severely neglected my yard (both front and back) since the fire, but one thing upon which I can depend each year is a few days of firey gorgeousness in the backyard when the day lilies bloom. A little yellow bug which looks like a yellow lady bug to me has found a temporary home in the day lilies. I’ve seen it twice (either that, or it’s...

Completely Clueless (a.k.a. PDD’s father) had some consequences come home to roost today. A Federal Marshal showed up at my house looking for him and I quickly told him he has not lived here for two years. The warrant was for non-payment of child support (no, not to me, but to his first wife for their two children, known here at Big Sis and Big Brother.) ...

A quick post tonight to say I’m headed to bed and hoping I don’t wake up in Kansas in the morning. LOL We have tornado sirens going off as I type and here’s what we’re looking at on the radar: These are the kinds of storms Tornado Alley is famous for, because while the storm looks like it might be moving west to east, it’s not....

I ‘got my frump on’ real good last night, had a good cry and woke up feeling much better this morning. Nancy, I saw your comment this morning, and you are so right – the one thing we can count on in this life is change – and that’s about the only constant we’ve got! And Maggie, thanks for your comment, too. I know that I am making...

Doesn’t it just bite how easily and quickly your day can go from full of possibility to full of crap? For me, today, it took one piece of news, which I’m not really ready to write or talk about… No, I know I can’t run away. Sure want to though. Right now, I just don’t want to be me, don’t want to be the one dealing with this life...