An Attitude of Gratitude

Despite my intention not to grumble, there are times it just bubbles up inside and I’ve got to dump it here.  Please forgive me for what’s to follow.
Seems there is definitely no room on the holiday helpers thread.  Not that I am anywhere near as in need as some of those moms, and I don’t [...]

Filed under: Finding Myself

Big “D” doesn’t just mean Dallas

I really expected Mr. A to pull it together and be decent about this. But no…he’s got to harp on how irrational I am, how I’m ruining his perfect vision of Christmas morning, how we still have so much debt and “I promised” to help him take care of that. He’s got to [...]

Filed under: Marriage and Mr. A

I told him.

Yesterday went fine up until the very last part of the day.  I could tell Mr. A was edgy, but I left him alone instead of my usual “what’s wrong, honey” pestering.  We left here at about 11 and went to my sis’ house.  Now, my sis is in exactly the same situation I am [...]

Filed under: Marriage and Mr. A, VA Posts

Apparently I’m a ho.

Mr. A and I were both required to work only half the day today, which gave us lots of time to get into mischief. We went to lunch…rather awkward at best, but the perfect ending was where I horked up the entree after trying to successfully swallow rice. You may recall that this [...]

Filed under: Marriage and Mr. A

Elephants on Parade

here they come, hippity hoppity
elephants on parade! 
the elephants….elephants
(Dumbo)
 
 So the last couple days have been pretty rough, mainly because Mr. A keeps pestering me for declarations of love and asking me what’s wrong.  I’m terrible at keeping secrets, and this is a biggie.  Of course, it only takes a couple of days of this until he [...]

Filed under: Finding Myself, Marriage and Mr. A