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Allergy Pills at Dawn!

Okay, that makes it sound like a duel, and it’s not. Quite. It will not astonish my regular readers, if such still exist, that I’m not much of a housekeeper. It doesn’t bother me much– we keep it clean enough to be comfortable, we don’t invite people over, it’s all good. But we’re going away, […]

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Catch-22

Catch-22

Case manager, care coordinator, recovery coach–whatever you call them, my kid has been through probably three a year since she was twelve. Turns out when you starve mental health funding (and schools, THANKS ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE) people don’t stick around in hard jobs made harder by pathetic pay. Anyway. A couple of case managers ago,

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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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Progress Check…Not Much, But Some!

Progress Check...Not Much, But Some!

So July 4th. Independence Day. I printed the calendars. I did not finish setting up the rules, laying out the boundaries, or putting the darn things on the wall. Nope. None of that. I have, however, been doing better at the things that I was going to create the calendars to help me do. I’m

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Reality Check #132something

Reality Check #132something

Let’s do an exercise. Don’t worry, I won’t make you get out of your chair. Are you ready? Okay. Name one person (in your head) who agrees with you on everything. Voting rights, LGBT issues, gun control or lack thereof, whistleblowers, minimum wage, women’s rights, health care, taxes, corporations are or are not people, the

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Another’s Daughter is Missing

FOUND, thank God! Emi is safely home. ****************** Yesterday a child didn’t go home after school. Her parents are, of course, very worried. If you know her or her whereabouts, please contact her mother through the link above. If you don’t know anything, please go ahead and follow that link and share the post. Back

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Perils of a Perfect Partner

Perils of a Perfect Partner

Do you know that person who has it all together? In high school she had the schedule of work for every course copied into her planner, and she carried that planner everywhere. Even months ahead, she knew when she was going to start and finish each assignment, and she studied daily. If you forgot to write down

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