Cobalt
I am a woman living with three cats but that doesn't make me a crazy cat lady. It's all the other stuff I do that mark me as crazy. The cats are purely incidental.
A Fragile Equilibrium
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Technophile Wannabe with Luddite Tendencies in Well now
This is a test. In this test we shall see whether I am able to jump through the requisite hoops to post a picture on this site. The odds are never in my favour. Here goes the first, and I op...
Questions, Answers, and Questionable Methods in Well now
"That magic spray? What’s it called?" - gray tabby "Yes, pray tell the name…" - Marg "What is the name of this Blessing From God?" - bonnierose "But what happens you sit on the blue paisley c...
Much Ado About Upholstery, Cats, and Kryptonite in Well now
I type this with a semi-mangled hand, courtesy of the righteous fangs of my sweet little Lucyfer. One day I'll forget I love her, react to the sight and sensation of her fangs in my flesh, and f...
Entry Lite in Well now
It is a beautiful day today. Sunshine pouring down from the clear blue and the temperature outside is 60F. In this bipolar winter we have going on here, this is a wonderful respite. The next f...
Dilemma is me in Well now
Getting my journal off of the old site was an incredible pain. 178 months of writing and the site insisted on me pulling each month out one at a time, kicking me off as often as letting me succe...
Progress of sorts in Well now
Through frustratingly long hours of ridiculous effort, I've been able to download my journal entries from 1999 to 2004. I've been locked out and / or kicked off so many times I couldn't care to ...
Bina asked in Well now
"Did you manage toget your diary downloaded? If not, can I help at all?" - Bina To which I could only reply: ' No luck yet. The site is crashing every time I hit the download button, when ...
In answer to "Bitter much?" Yes, characteristically. in Well now
So that didn't work. The laptop fired up fine but downloading the journal simply would not work. I tried six ways to Sunday, wasting near an hour of getting kicked off site every time I pressed ...
Okay. I'm tired of being sick. (I'm also tired of being broken and older than I was and in debt and less than brilliant on a daily basis, and, and, and...) That being said, I have to get worki...
News both bad and good in Well now
I've been having trouble with my home insurance company for a while. With many / most (?) mortgages, home insurance is part of the deal, built into the mortgage payment to protect the lender in ...
Strange nights indeed in Well now
Huddled in the bed, socks on, big fleecy sweatshirt, flannel jammy pants - warm now under three quilts. It's cold outside, very cold for New Orleans, a few degrees below freezing and that cons...
Being evicted is always hard and the longer you have been in a place, the more friends you have made and come to rely upon there, the more painful it is. But that is the way the world does work,...
<article id="post-1181115" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> One down</header> Okay. Bad news, good news. Bad news. Still feel like trash. Can’t get over this ...
<article id="post-1181114" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Funeral, present and future tense</header> Who came up with this idea of the open casket service? ...
<header class="entry-header"> Sometimes the weather fits</header> My uncle died on Wednesday. It was an expected thing though earlier than predicted. He had ALS (Lou Gerhig’s dise...
<article id="post-1181112" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> What have I done?</header> My year draws to a close, the year I start and end marking the day of m...
<article id="post-1181111" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> The subject of money is infinitely mundane</header> Here is a life that trundles along, work to wo...
<article id="post-1181110" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Between times are always awkward</header> I have another four hour layover tonight. Four hours bet...
<article id="post-1181109" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> The good stuff</header> The good stuff when you’re feeling really bad: Comfort food-Chocolate chi...
<article id="post-1181108" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Things not to do</header> Things not to do when you’re stuffy and snuffly and outnumbered by the c...
<article id="post-1181107" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> The perks</header> There ought to be a law about job interviews. They ought to have to tell you t...
<article id="post-1181106" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Here</header> Here is who I am –Just myself.Alone.(Ian’s wife)(No one’s mother) Here is what I am...
<article id="post-1181105" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Eleven days later</header> I am stuck. I cant stop thinking about him. The whole night we spent t...
<article id="post-1181104" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Earthbound</header> I am lying on my back, the surface beneath me is hard, cold. Concrete. What am...
<article id="post-1181103" class="post-content"><header class="entry-header"> Layman’s lunch</header> Pretty day today. Last night was hot and ridiculous. I wanted to put the b...
