Mom on a Mission

This whole Son moving back in thing is really trying me.  Part of me feels like I shouldn’t have backed down on my earlier statement that if he found himself in financial trouble I wasn’t willing to bail him out again.
It may sound crazy but in a way I think it might have been an [...]

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Never Say Never…

…especially when it comes to parenting.
Of course I meant it when I told Son back in September that when he moved back in temporarily, that it would be the last time.  (I’m not going to rehash all the drama, it’s in the archives if you want/need to catch up.)
Well, Son got let go from his [...]

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I’m Going to Miss Them

Okay, it’s official.  The two male Mallards that showed up yesterday were “new”.  Less than an hour after they left the pool Donald showed up and I could tell right away.  Then this morning Donald was in the pool and shortly after he left, the other two showed up.
I can’t encourage this and in fact [...]

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Uh, oh…this can’t be good.

Do you see what I see?

That’s TWO males swimming around together.
The thing is, I’m pretty sure that neither of them are MY duck.  Well, I’m positive at least that one of them isn’t anyway.
Donald has some distinct white markings on his reddish brown chest that neither of these ducks have.  Also Mallard drakes are notoriously [...]

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Is It Really Friday Already?

Don’t you just hate it when you spend almost an entire day convinced that it’s yesterday?
Actually, it works in my favour this time because though I’ve spent most of the day thinking it’s Thursday, today is really FRIDAY!  Yay!  (It sucks though when it happens on a Sunday.)
Speaking of weird weather…(nice segue eh?) it’s now [...]

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When the Bough Breaks

The cradle will fall
And down will come baby, cradle and all
I think I finally understand this lullaby…

Me and Son in 1995…he was 7 and I was 23.
Today, he is 20 and I’m 37.  He’ll be 21 before I turn 38 and I can’t help still seeing us as we are in that picture.
So young.  So [...]

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I Still Got It

I used to be quite the crafty lady back in the day…as in back when I had kids who were impressed by tissue paper sun catchers and pipe cleaner creations.  Now that they’re older I’m finding it harder and harder to be inspired.
Still every now and again the urge will strike me and before you [...]

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It’s All Brand New

It’s all coming apart at the seams
It’s all I can do to hold onto edges
This life I once reviled, I once cursed
This life I used to beg leave of in such a big way
I am scattering myself to breathe into
I am everyday telling myself it’s all brand new
Like watercolours bleeding out of their canvas
I am [...]

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Less Than Impressed

I’ve been waiting two weeks for the papers to come from the accountant (sounds fancy but really he’s an old friend of Hubby’s who kindly does our taxes for free) with bated breath.
Even if we only received half the refund we got last year, it would have been enough to pay off some immediate debt [...]

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Who Knew – Well, I did

Son has gotten himself into a fix.  Meaning he’s in between jobs and he’s run out of savings.  That’ll learn ya!
What’ll learn ya more than that is having a mother who says, “Sorry Dude…no I can’t lend you any cash but I can take you to do some groceries.”
So today I taught my Son that [...]

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