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River Market in QUOTIDIEN
Am and I headed out to the Kansas City River Market because we could, because we're alive, because it's a weekend ritual, because it was GORGEOUS outside!!! Wore the new platforms I bought for t...
Anne-Marie spent Wednesday night at her friend's house so that her support system, for her first day back to school following Dave's death, would begin from the moment she woke up on Thursday. H...
Walked Into the bedroom once too often expecting to find him taking a nap, so in addition to clothing for the memorial, I went ahead and purchased an entire bed set. Now when I walk into the bedr...
Thank you all for your kind words of condolence! The flood of love and support we have received has been astonishing! Yesterday, a man from my church came and worked three solid hours, pruning ...
The Love of My Life in QUOTIDIEN
So many raw emotions, so I will be brief: On the evening of May 02, I received a call from my husband's phone while I was out with my daughter -celebrating my first full paycheck from the new jo...
Singing Like Edith Bunker in QUOTIDIEN
Contrary to what many believe, Quebec can get pretty HOT in the summer. The kind of heat that makes your skin slick and your scalp drip. I remember, as a child, sitting out on my Grandmaman's ...
Not Just a Scrap of Paper! in QUOTIDIEN
During a fit of note-passing in my sixth grade English class, I asked my friend, Maureen C LaPerriere , to write something with meaning. She had quite a way with words, this one, and she wrote, ...
Up the Rabbit Hole in QUOTIDIEN
It wasn't as cold as I'd expected, yesterday, nor was it windy as it had been last week, so a walk with Beth naturally morphed into several hours of yard work. I say this every Spring: THIS is m...
Tippy-toed Flat-foot! in QUOTIDIEN
First: I AM SORRY for not having been able to note anyone. Reading has also been sporadic, lately. I'm getting used to this new 50 hr week. I now have two weeks under my belt as this Concier...
I am LOVING this new job. Of course, there is much to learn, still - but I have the basics down pat. I have been assigned to two buildings. 'A' building is relatively quiet, and 'B' building i...
Work and FLARZENSHET in QUOTIDIEN
Last day at Dianne's was Friday. Gave a crash course on stoma care, and changing out a catheter. Also provided instructions on how to get a clean urine sample. That's when her husband says, 't...
Shower Buddies in QUOTIDIEN
This is the scenario. I bring in towels from the laundry to protect my floor and use to dry off Beth. I mix her shampoo with conditioner and a little Ivory......set it up in shower. I bring Be...
The boat is going much slower than I would like - then again, it's faster than swimming, and definitely more so than drowning. Can't lose 60 lbs in a couple of months, kwim? I am back into my v...
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes! in QUOTIDIEN
In the aftermath of my spiritual introspection, things in my life began to change. I do not credit the new clarity on my spirituality, but the courage it took to admit and embrace what feels tru...
Change is on it's Way in QUOTIDIEN
News has come that my application has made it to Corporate in record time. Doesn't take much to qualify for a job at a security firm. With 20-somethings applying, one of the things they crave i...
I think I hear....... in QUOTIDIEN
...crickets in my last entry.
Price Gouging Thin Mints in QUOTIDIEN
Because fixing the job situation is not something politicians seem to be interested in doing, let's spend our time, instead, on the ingenuity (which is exactly what Conservatives believe we shoul...
Using Protection in QUOTIDIEN
Put a stranger on our path, and Beth will not only stand between me and him/her, she will pull out every physical promise of their near-future dismemberment. Let me take out the vacuum cleaner,...
Coming out in QUOTIDIEN
Spiritually speaking, of course. The following is not an invitation to try and convert or save me, nor is it up for debate. For all intents and purposes, I share it here as my new, first step o...
So, I'm a smart ass! in QUOTIDIEN
Let me preface this by apologizing to my nurse friends or any nurse who is respectful and can make inquiries without condescension. The following nurse is a very poor example, IMO, of those such...
Possibility in QUOTIDIEN
A supervisor was fired, yesterday, at this security firm. He worked the night shift. The rumor is that the previous supervisor might want the position back, but he also has a history of frequen...
Possibility in QUOTIDIEN
A supervisor was fired, yesterday, at this security firm. He worked the night shift. The rumor is that the previous supervisor might want the position back, but he also has a history of frequen...
Watch what you say, say what you mean!!! in QUOTIDIEN
Just read a great article. Intelligent, well written, insightful, except for one tiny thing I noted in the very first paragraph: I could care less. Folks, when you determine the subject at hand...
The shot wasn't pleasant by any stretch of the imagination - and I was surprised that an injection behind my shoulder could be felt all the way to the front of my shoulder. Pain yesterday aftern...
No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed! in QUOTIDIEN
Shoulder Update, but first - let me just say how VERY much I love PPO insurance and specialists who are willing to see you without a referral. Like I need a GP to say, 'yup - you should probably ...
