Oh yeah – 10th wedding anniversary!

I started this post almost 2 weeks ago! The weekend Jamie was sick – second weekend that is – that Saturday was also our 10th wedding anniversary.
Wow. Um, what to say? When we got married we used the money we received as gifts to pay for our very modest honeymoon in Hocking Hills – I [...]

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Better living through medication

It’s been a few months now since MD and I both started on anti-depressants, and the change around here has been remarkable.  What is interesting to me is how two different types of medication have worked to even out our personalities and interactions.
I respond to stress by getting anxious.  The more stress, the more agitated [...]

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Things I love right now

The just-right muscle burn on the back of my legs from cleaning out the front garden beds
Seeing our efforts in the garden come to fruition – tulips are blooming, irisis are growing tall, and a bazillion little hosta leaves are just starting to poke out of the ground
How much Jamie loves helping in the garden [...]

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Rambly Sunday morning

Yesterday was the most beautiful day. Sunny, 70s. Just right for finally cleaning up at least 3-4 months of dog poop in the back yard! The back of my legs are sore from bending over and picking up three bags’ worth, and I think there’s a bag left to go. But today it is raining [...]

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Wanted:

A new career for a smart, loyal, creative, hard-working guy who’s worked for years in the food industry and who’s body is failing him. No college degree but plenty of common sense and super smart.

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Rounding the corner on a new year

I don’t know if it’s the fish oil that I finally started taking a few days ago, the sparkling red wine we drank on New Year’s Eve, a suprise phone call from a dear friend (who I’ll actually be seeing in a few weeks, huzzah!), the potluck we hosted yesterday, or what, but I’m feeling [...]

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I was very angry this morning

I was very angry this morning. The routine was going along nicely, the only hiccup being that Jamie was up early for the 2nd morning in a row. This basically means I don’t get a moment awake without him chattering at me incessantly but I was rolling with it. Then MD started feeling sick…when? I [...]

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Words

I am having an internal struggle right now over how we deal with Jamie’s lollygagging these days. Now, my friend D’s son M is a year older than Jamie and I remember her frustration with this last year so I know it’s totally age-appropriate, but we have entered a stage when he willfully ignores us, [...]

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Reclaiming Autumn

These pictures were taken the Saturday before last early-ish in the morning. I was struggling to down enough coffee to deal with Jamie, who had woken up chock full o energy, and was bouncing around the kitchen like a loon, singing, banging, and just being a kid. Finally – “why don’t you play outside??” It [...]

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The hazards of co-sleeping

With your spouse, that is. MD’s had semi-permanent residence on the couch for going on two years now due to a) his sleep apnea and b) his absolute stuboorn refusal reluctance to go through another sleep study so he can have his c-pap machine recalibrated. But. Recently he lost a bunch of weight (through mental [...]

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