Recent Entries

• We had our one day of Spring

  March 26, 2019

  Living in the upper midwest is so bipolar when it comes to the weather. We had one kind of nice spring like day, the calendar says it is Spring and yet it is still cold. A few days ago just a few miles south of us, they had about 2 inches of snow overnight. I…

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• It’s March…still cold!

  March 6, 2019

  Well it's a new month but it still feels like winter here in good old Chicagoland. I am so over it. I want to be some place warm! I have been rereading my old entries, going way back to 2003. It is painful. Mostly it is about my marriage imploding and my sad desperation to…

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• Hard to stay motivated

  February 27, 2019

  I'm back again after a long gap of non writing. I used to write almost every day, now not so much, I must get back into the habit again. I am coming back to re -read my older entries (from 2003 on) for noted for my first draft of my book. There's a lot of…

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• It’s been quite the day…

  December 10, 2018

  Well I had it out with my oldest daughter today. She texted me that she wanted me to feed her cat when she went to Vegas next weekend. So I texted back that I was not sure I would do it because she hasn't been very nice to me. She responded what do you mean?…

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• Been away for some time

  December 4, 2018

  Well I haven't written here since the summer, a lot has happened since then. 2 of my daughters were involved in separate auto accidents. Both are OK with only minor injuries, thank goodness, but cars are not. My youngest daughter's car got totaled (she was rear ended at a red light by a driver wi...

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• I hope it rains all weekend

  July 20, 2018

  Normally people are unhappy if it rains on the weekend, but I love it. It means the spa will be busy because people can't do stuff outdoors. I need the money! I had a pretty good day yesterday. 4 appointments and some cash tips, always a good thing. I am working tonight and hope to…

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• So it goes again

  July 16, 2018

  My daughter and I are settling into our new apartment. The main bonuses are it has central air and heating and it's on the first floor. The main issues are lack of storage space and there is an outside light that shines into my bedroom at night which makes it hard to sleep as I…

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• Finally moved in

  July 4, 2018

  Well it was sheer hell but we did it we moved out of our old apartment and into our new one. Sheer hell because it was the hottest day of the year with a heat index of 106. Horrible. I felt sorry for the movers, they were sweating profusely, it's a tough enough job without…

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• We got the apartment!

  June 11, 2018

  So we finally found an apartment, only a few miles from where we live now. When I say we, I mean my 24 year old daughter and me. I have 2 other daughters, one is 31 and the other is 28 and they both have their own places. My 24 year old can't afford her…

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