I've been seeing mice in my home for about a month. This is major 'can't be happening' with me. Last week we finally got around to putting down those sticky thing-a-ma-bobs and caught one on the first night. Then, nothing. One especially playful little fur ball would run from my bedroom door to behind then entertainment center in my room. Then to behind the dresser, then come back. He did this over and over leaving me with only one conclusion...he liked the attention he was getting from me. Last night, a jolly fat dark brown one kept coming into the... Continue reading

I border on being a shut-in. I leave my house ONLY when I have to. It is the price I pay for being a good girl and taking my anti-bi-polar drugs. Tuesday was my daughter's birthday so I took her baby girl birthday shopping for Mommy and we delivered said gift to Mommy's work. Mommy is a Medical Assistant in a pediatrician's office. While there, I touched doorknobs, chair arms, baby wipes container and read from the Reader's Digest in the lobby. In fairness, we had also been to Walgreens for a card and photos and frame and to Family... Continue reading

Who would you most like to be stuck in an elevator with? Least like? At first thought, I'd like to be stuck in an elevator with my daughter, Aja. She lives with her fiance and their baby and works full-time. I never have enough time with her. I dream of a long conversation where she tells me about her inner life, her hopes and dreams for her family life. I'd like to know how motherhood measures up to what her expectations were. At the ripe old age of 25, I'd like to know what her next move will be and... Continue reading

Mixie Kaye, age 53 weeks, is my grandarling from my daughter, Aja, 25 today. Aja's fiance and Mixie's Da-Da is Rod. I am blessed with Mixie's presence five days and generally two nights per week. As I amble through the day hitting a sink of dishes here and a load of laundry there, a lunch or a toy clean-up, I take frequent laptop breaks in my recliner. On either side of said recliner there is a table. The table on my right is between two recliners and houses all the remotes and the laptop which remains open due to a... Continue reading