Once again I find myself apologizing for going so long between posts. I keep wanting to devote time to this blog, but life keeps getting in the way. The biggest life change is my father passed away. Rather than go into a litany of his virtues and foibles, I’d like to remember him here for […]
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So, about that buffalo herd called life…
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Family on August 13, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
In Defense of Mashed Potatoes
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Cooking, Mashed Potatoes, Rants on April 20, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time for a good old-fashioned rant. Rebel, yes, rebel I say, against the abomination known as “home-style” mashed potatoes! I have another name for home-style potatoes. Bad. Lumps, pieces of peel, even the little bits that are the beginnings of eye sprouts are all things I regularly find in bad mashed potatoes, no matter […]
The Poor Life is a little creepy, sometimes…
Posted in Random Thoughts on June 21, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
I have to be honest. Â Being at the bottom rungs of income levels can mean crossing some very odd paths. There have been times that the Poor family has not had health insurance. Â That can be a problem for me, since I take a large handful of prescription medicines every day. Â It also means that […]
Not my baby!
Posted in Disney, Random Thoughts on May 21, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, it’s not actually that bad. Tomorrow my youngest, age 19, has to show up for jury duty. I know that she will almost surely be released, since I used to work in law enforcement and they don’t want to have jurors with ‘influences’. But it still is a stark reminder that my girls are […]
Mother’s Day at the Poor House
Posted in Random Thoughts on May 15, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
*groan* Lordie, I’m tired. It always amazes me how often holidays ‘for Mom’ turn into a day Mom gets to work to create the fun the family thinks she should have. I imagined yesterday as a golden day when my kids helped me create the herb garden that lurks in my dreams. One of them […]