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I hope you all have a wonderful, merry, happy, ecstatic, exciting but drama-free, holiday season. In just a few minutes I will be taking off on a two and a half week vacation which will include very little computer access and lots of time with my wonderful, adorable, lovely and loving children.
Stay safe!!

Today, on my way to work, I felt the same grief I was feeling a year ago this time. It felt as if the past year hadn’t happened, and it is that I am mourning my mother passionately. I miss her desperately.
Time has been hurtling along. There is no way to slow [...]

There is an awful mess in the women’s bathroom on my office’s floor. It looks like something dragged itself up out of the toilet in one of the middle stalls and then hauled itself around to the mirror to fix its hair and disappeared down the sink. All in the 20 minutes since [...]

It has been a cold winter so far. Last weekend gave us an 80 degree day, but the last couple of days have been laden with ice and temperatures in the teens and twenties. One of the things most folks seem to like about Texas is the mild winters, but damn it – [...]

My mother loved Christmas. It was probably her most favorite time of year, and my childhood memories of Christmas time are ones that I treasure. She loved to bake and make candy, and she would often spend the month of December making things to take to the people at work or to give [...]

We had a little bit of an ice storm last night. It wasn’t as bad as it seemed, but still many people took the day off today or didn’t bother to come in until lunch time. I came to work, but haven’t done much today. It just feels like a good day [...]

Last Saturday, my new John and I took my wee ones to Santa’s Village. It’s not the real Santa’s Village, of course. The Polar Express only stops in our town late at night. No, this is a replica of Santa’s Village with each little house representing a business or civic organization in [...]