Maybe it’s Catchy…

I find myself, like the Success Warrior, with plenty of time, but nothing to say.  Imagine.

I’m going to go sit quietly for a little bit while Mom sleeps.  Perhaps something will come to me.

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Happy Birthday!

Today, my beloved celebrates another trip around the sun, and I get to celebrate another year with him at the center of my universe.
My husband is one of those men.  He is the kind of man that other men look to as an example of what a good man is.
His family is everything.  I never [...]

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Knowing

I’ve been trying to figure out how to get this post started.  I’m finding that there’s no graceful way to enter it, though, so I’m just going to say it: I know that Mom is going to die very soon.
I’m coming to this knowledge through two avenues.  The first is what I can see with [...]

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Quick Hit; 101°

I woke this morning with a fever.  I’m Mom’s only caregiver today.  This is not good.
I called hospice as soon as I got a temperature reading, but they don’t open until 8:00 (it’s 6:15 as I write this).  I woke Bill (sorry!) to tell him that I am sick and, given that I’m the bulldog [...]

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Good Karma with a Thrifty Twist

I love this necklace.

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O’Mama and I saw it in Nordstrom’s while we were killing time waiting for P.F. Chang’s to open yesterday after our Trader Joe’s run.
I have wanted one of these necklaces ever since I saw it in a catalogue about a year ago.  I would have bought it, in fact, but I [...]

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Gratitude on Wednesday

Get a load of this:

A whole package of them came, along with a pen and envelopes, from Jules. She made them just for me.
Aren’t they GORGEOUS?! The picture doesn’t even do them justice, either; they’re sparkly and delicate and the dragonfly is in different positions on each of the cards and the cards [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday

I’m pretty sure I’m going to exceed ten.  We’ll see what happens.
Mom has the television on 24/7.  The sound helps her take her mind, just a little bit, off of her pain.
As a result, I’ve watched a LOT of t.v. over the past month or so, and a lot of it is t.v. that I [...]

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Quick Hit

Six dollars for a small popcorn at the movie theatre is ridiculous. Seventeen dollars for a small popcorn and two medium fountain drinks is obscene. Seriously.

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At the Parade

At the Parade, originally uploaded by mrs.chili.

The Chili family spent this morning in University Town at the Memorial
Day parade. As Saintseester would say, "bless their hearts, they
tried."
Lazy day today. More later.

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Irrational Anger

Here’s another in the theme of “Things About Which Chili Feels Profoundly Conflicted.”
Punkin’ Pie has, I think, crossed over the threshold of adolescence and is firmly in the territory of puberty.  No longer are we just flirting with the idea of teenager-hood; we’re in it least to our knees.
The poor kid.  I remember how difficult [...]

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