Rants

When I need to vent before I kick someone.

I’ve been known to bite, too.

Mood

The last zucchini has died. I should write a mournful obit like I did for the kid’s frogs that one time (Here) but I’m not feeling it. Everything in my (small, container) garden is dying. All that’s left are a few wisps of green of carrots that might have survived the caterpillars, but can’t seem […]

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Tired of Gardening

I mean, not that I really got far into it. But three of my four zucchini plants died, and the last one still hasn’t even put out a female flower that I can tell. My tomato plants are stumbling along, but I’ve only seen one flower from four plants. Caterpillars got my carrots, though a

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Someone Touched My Copier

Someone Touched My Copier

I’ve worked in schools for seventeen years. I’ve worked with a lot of copiers in that time. The one we have at work right now? Is the worst. It won’t change drawers if it runs out of paper! It has four drawers, and if it “auto-selects” drawer three for a document and drawer three runs

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Today the Oops

Today the Oops

List-tackling today did not go well. As my friend Debbie pointed out, growing a list too much makes it overwhelming. Also, the things I was trying hardest to do today–drain and flush the water heater, and fix the hole in the wall–did not really want to be done. I hurt my arm trying to make

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Suddenly Good Credit? Dumb Things Not to Fall For

So in case you were looking for something not to do, take my advice and don’t get a tablet from Verizon unless you are absolutely sure that’s what you want and how you want to go. We are an internet household, but we had basically one internet device per person. So the child’s guests were

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I Rebel

I Rebel

(Vague spoilers several paragraphs down for the movie hinted in the title. Even though that line isn’t actually in the movie!) I know a lot of people who are cursing 2016, especially since we lost our beloved princess/Senator/General/slave who choked her captor with the chain he meant to keep her with. I’m definitely one of

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Go 1st of May Yourself

Go 1st of May Yourself

You know what, May? We’ve never been best buds. I know it. Where I grew up, May was the month BEFORE school was out. So there was all this glory and joy as the world came alive after April rains, and I had to trudge off to school. I resented you for that. Then Mom

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