Category: ranting and raving
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I had given Mom a small set of drawers to use during her stay. Today, as I fidget for more to do, I tackled emptying them out so they can be moved to storage. Here's what I had to triage; some items destined for the trash, others to Goodwill, and if I can locate her…
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18) Clean out closet. 19) Clean out other closet. 20) Make trip to Goodwill. 21) Empty out ten years of old files. Reciepts, instruction booklets for appliances long gone, maps, clippings, etc. Shred. Shred. Shred. 22) Make week's supply of Crumble. 23) Wash, iron and rehang shower curtain and liner. 24) Bleach grout. 25) Bathe…
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1) Vacuum the mattress. 2) Clean the plastic tracks of the sliding windows (Q-tips!). 3) Bleach the refrigerator. 4) Alphabetize the bookshelf. 5) Re-organize the bookshelf by topic instead. 6) Re-organize the bookshelf by color and size, within topics. 7) Wash, iron and re-hang all the curtains. 8) Snip each pulled thread from the bathtowels.…
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Caffeine, out. Cigarettes, out. Salt, out. They may get those vices, but I'll be damned if I'll give up my beer. They'll have to pry the bottle out of my cold, dead hand. I am from Wisconsin afterall.
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I have insurance, and if I can be converted into LOVING my chiropractor, than how bad could therapy be? We've been having Work Therapy at work. And it's, well, working. I LOVE our work therapist. I figure if it's helping that much at work, maybe I should consider some personal therapy. This is a more…
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I had a tooth dream last night. You know the type–one or more of your teeth fall out. They are very real feeling, and leave me feeling distressed when I wake up. The horrors of my dental experience this year elavate the distress. Let me share the saga, in a timeline: November 2007: I call…
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I did my back in again this week. On Dad's advice, I got myself a "nifty little garment", aka a back brace. Soooo sexy. Just about as attractive as the grunting sounds I make when trying to pick up a pencil. I can't bend, I can't turn, I can hardly walk–I'm doing the 'back pain'…
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Just a few gems that I've been subject to this week at work— "I just don't know if I can order those chairs today, I just lost $150,000 in the market!". (Excuse me, how rude is that? Lady, look at me–I'm a retail clerk. I'll never, in my entire life of working, have $150,000 to…
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Overwhelmed with tasks, customers and staff….it started at 10am. "Kate, the women's toilet is clogged." Ok, ok, whatever. Can't you see I'm busy here? You take care of it. Of course, I didn't say that. What I said was "Ok, I'll look into it in a minute". A minute turned into three or four fire-filled…
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Mom has arrived! In less than 24 hours she managed to: -comment on the size of my breasts, the shape of my eyebrows and the 'cuteness' level of my butt. -find the only dusty spot in the house. Who wipes down the top of the refrigerator? -use more toilet paper than is allotted the average…
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