A small rant…

I was reading the obituaries tonight, as I usually do and I noticed that one obituary had listed survivors as sons and daughters, and then adopted sons and daughters.  My first thought was that they were maybe kids who had been close to the family, as my friend’s mom “adopted” me when I was younger, [...]

Why is this even news?

I read this article today about a  mother in Texas who wants her terminally ill child kept alive by a ventilator so that he can die “naturally, the way God intended.”  What?!  I’m a mom, too, and I know I’d want to do anything I could to keep my children alive, but how this woman [...]

Sigh

Now Ben has heartworms.  I’m not even going to ask what else can happen.  It’s too tempting for fate to let me know.   He went to the vet on Friday for his dental (they had to pull 2 teeth – my dogs are all toothless wonders, I swear).  I had then check for heartworm, since [...]

Central Auditory Processing Disorder (Syndrome) aka I’m a bad mom

Went with Meg to Boystown Institute the other day for her audiology examination.  Ouch.  That was an eye opener.  After her hearing tested out normal we went to see the ENT doctor who says her hearing is a little on the low normal size and should be followed up in 6 months to a year, [...]

Aging parents (and a rant about the VA)

My dad hasn’t been feeling very well lately.  No big thing, at least you wouldn’t think so.  His leg has been sore for quite a while now and it’s gradually moved up from the calf of his left leg into the thigh area on the back of his leg.  A little worrisome, but dad is [...]

iPod mania?

I have to post the nutty dream I had the other night since I told CBG that I would.  I should have done it right away because I’ve forgotten some of the silly details, but for some reason the main part of the dream has stuck with me.  Another friend of mine, who unfortunately I’ve [...]

April (snow) showers

I keep watching the weather with the same horrified fascination someone would view a car accident.  I can’t look away.  What in the world is going on?  I can see blizzards in March, even late March, but the the middle of April?  Come on now.  There has to be some kind of cruel mix up [...]

4 down and 1 to go

Buttercup had her dental last week.  I know that thrills you to no end.  It thrilled me!  No extractions or anything.  The first one who hasn’t had to have some major work done.  I’m so happy.  She was so out of it Friday night, it was hilarious, nothing like a dachshund on pain meds to [...]

TGIF

Happy Easter!  I can finally concentrate on the weekend now – I’m done working for tonight.  I have to put in another hour tomorrow, but even if I don’t get around to it, which sometimes I have to admit I don’t, I had extra hours in already, so it will just mean an hour less [...]

Good News

My youngest nephew’s girlfriend is in the hospital giving birth tonight to their son.  How cool.  I’m a great aunt on MY family’s side for the first time.  I’m totally jazzed.  It’ll be cool to have a baby in the family again.  She went to the hospital earlier today, but wasn’t dilating, so they sent [...]