Ok, I’m not sure if it’ll be my sanity or my grocery budget first, but Spring Break is gonna break something, I can tell you that, for sure. We’re just finishing up Day 4 with 5 more to go. So far, I haven’t had to kill anyone, but if it’s rainy and cold again tomorrow – I make no guarantees. Not only are they all getting on each...

Adopted Son achieved a small victory yesterday. He chose to keep his cool instead of giving in to the urge to beat the crap out of someone provoking him at school. Even after he got home, his contained rage was still palpable, so when I asked, “How was your day?” I was not surprised at the answer. I was surprised, however, when I asked what made him able...

This week has been a trip. And, as you might have noticed, I haven’t been ‘around’. Several ‘big’ things have happened this week, but the ‘biggest’ has been the addition of a kid to our household. To make a very long story relatively short, Second Son has a friend who over the last year has spent many a weekend at our house....

I was doing good, even in the face of being divinely inspired/distracted, until I caught this damned bug that’s been going around. Friday night, I felt like reconstituted dog shit. I had a fever, a head full of snot, a rattly chest and aches from head to toe. So, I went to bed as soon as I delivered Prima Donna Daughter to her father’s for the weekend....

Ironically, we are celebrating Oklahoma’s Centennial this year. To wind up a year of celebration with a bang, Mother Nature delivers the worst ice storm on record for our state. A cool 45% of the state lost power in this storm, and over 6,000 linemen and other utility people came running to our rescue, some arriving as early as last Monday night. Our power...

…which is a colloquial way of saying, “Kiss my ass.” (Intimating that the ass you’re invited to kiss is either very large, or you’re welcome to kiss as much of it as you like.) Yes, I actually had someone say it to me in just that fashion today. But then, I do live in the culturally advanced state of Oklahoma. (Go ahead and take a...

Or is it the other way round? Seems to work both ways for me, but this week, I am especially noticing the correlation between the uncluttered house and the surge of productivity I’ve experienced the last two days. Since the house fire last year, cleaning the house is not nearly the chore it used to be (and I would hope not! We don’t have NEAR the...

Talked to BabySis today. She was venting about BabyHubby. He tosses dirty clothes in the general direction of the hamper; 10% hit rate, if she’s lucky. He NEVER scrapes or rinses his dishes before depositing them precariously in the sink, further cementing BabySis’ distinct lack of love for doing dishes. He takes the trash out on trash days (Tues &...

Thanks to the Thirty Day Challenge introducing me to Bloglines (STILL can’t believe I didn’t know about that one!), I am now reading more blogs on a regular basis than ever before! While this has certainly expanded more than one of my horizons in the last two weeks, it has definitely added to my already out-of-control time wasting proclivities! But how...

The thermometer outside is registering 106 degrees. I don’t even WANT to know the heat index. A friend said today that it’s too hot for sex…even in A/C. Amen.