It has been a seriously long time since I posted. Don’t you just hate it when someone you have been following just goes away? I know of several bloggers that were posting daily and sometimes several times daily that just disappeared. I always wondered what changed in their lives. I have been very involved with [...]
When I was younger, I would get depressed and then I would go shopping. Shopping made me feel better. It usually started innocently enough but would soon make a bad financial situation worse. Oh, did I mention I was usually depressed about money. It is a vicious cycle. Get broke, get depressed, spend money, feel [...]
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Just wanted too give everyone a quick update. R had surgery yesterday for his hip replacement. He came through with flying colors but then spiked a fever last night. I was at the hospital until early this morning. His fever is back down but he is on IV antibiotics right now. Hopefully when the antibiotics [...]
We started off the weekend on Friday with a buying trip to North Carolina. We had caught the bills up and carefully budgeted the trip so that we could go and still have money to buy horses. I had packed our lunch and dinner. I was up at 4 am and we hit the road [...]
First, I would like to thank everyone for their support. It makes a difference emotionally if in no other way. For those of you who did not know it, this is a part of my personal story as R and I have been living together for about a year. This has been a nightmare. Second, [...]
It is commonly said that you cannot get blood from a turnip. Apparently the legal system in this County has found otherwise. Over the past few months, I have been a witness to a case where they have certainly succeeded and continue to try. I apologize if this is lengthy but it is 5 years [...]
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Every day, R & I dump all of our change into a jar. It accumulates over a month or so and then we count it out and roll it. We have gotten into the habit of taking it to our local country store as they are always in need of change. Yesterday, I took the [...]
I have been on Twitter for a year or so now. It started out being fun and I enjoyed keeping up with what other PF bloggers were doing and thinking. It was a small group and we helped each other. When someone followed me, I returned the favor. As with all good things, Twitter went [...]
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I am on my way back to my Parents this morning. We need to help my Mom get some things done around the house that she can’t do alone. I will be gone for a week or a little more. While I will have access to the internet,I can’t seem to focus on much of [...]
My father passed away last week at his home. They were able to bring him home briefly with lots of help from Hospice. Hospice provides in home care for the terminally ill. I was able to spend a little bit of time with him before he passed. He was a wonderful father and husband and [...]
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