Bwahahahahahaa! We can sit around and listen to John Prine while rescuing more dogs.
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I like German Coke. It’s also made with cane sugar. But I don’t drink many soft drinks now. I stick to beer.
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I was listening to him as I was writing today’s post about how the Peace Corps is being sued. If I hadn’t been writing while listening, I may not have listened to the whole thing. What struck me was the guy is in his 20s, already divorced, wants to be a therapist, and is elbow deep in Mormon bs. But his comments about Jodi were also kind of interesting, if you’re following the Ruby Fr
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1mSDyB0Abc This is kind of interesting. This young LDS guy and his ex wife went to Jodi Hildebrandt (of the Ruby Franke) case, for marriage counseling. He says it pisses him off that her brand of therapy is affiliated with the church, because her practice doesn't align with the church's teachings. He says he wants to be a counselor himself... He's so youn
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51… But I was about 31 when I found this site.
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Fabu!
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We got a video this morning and younger daughter was telling us about how American chocolate gives her a headache. Last year, we sent her some Dutch processed cocoa powder from Belgium, which she just now opened. She was craving hot chocolate, even though it usually makes her feel sick. The Belgian cocoa was a mindblower for her. Not only did it taste much better and have a richer color,
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Yes, he has an older daughter who hasn’t seen him since Christmas 2004. The last time he heard from her was in 2006, when both daughters sent him letters demanding that he allow them to be adopted by their mother’s third husband (with whom she has another son and daughter). He refused to do that, and she’s been as good as her word. Oddly enough, she still considers my husband’s dad and
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Thanks. Coming from you, I would take that as a compliment.
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LOL... you've seen enough Arran "bromance" videos on Facebook to know you'd be taken care of! God, we miss our Arran (rescue beagle who passed away a few months ago). Last month, we sent the kids a box from our epic trip to Scandinavia/Nordic countries. In the box, we included a toy wooden hatchet that was made by a Norwegian archaeologist at a museum we visited in Bergen. It we
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Yes. And I have a very good college friend who is also a devout Christian who takes offense that the treatment for an ectopic pregnancy is literally abortion. She had an ectopic pregnancy and later had to have help conceiving. She lost a fallopian tube due to her ectopic pregnancy. She doesn’t want to be lumped in with the so-called “hussies” who have had elective abortions. Abortion
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Yes. Those states are already losing doctors, and med students don’t want to get their training there or work there once they're fully licensed. OB-GYNs are leaving, and it won’t be long until other doctors leave. Because who wants to work in a state where you can be arrested just for doing your job? Ultimately, it will be poor people who pay the price… all so wealthy people— most
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I’m very glad to read that you and your husband had a similarly happy outcome. I think kids are much smarter than people give them credit for being. I remember during the one time I visited my husband’s kids and former stepson (who called him dad, because Ex did the same to her first husband), hearing younger daughter commenting about how her mom never let her do anything. Somehow I knew
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My husband is sitting here telling me it also has to do with medical care. If a pregnant service member needs an abortion due to a medical issue, the military medical staff doesn’t want to be waiting around until the service member gets very sick. Military providers who give care to active duty folks are used to a lot of autonomy. It’s one of the perks of the job. Now, if the person nee
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Sometimes it comes out on Facebook. But I mainly confine my most venomous comments to discussions with my husband or my blog. I’ve found that people aren’t always very objective when it comes to step situations, especially when it comes to subsequent wives. Also, most people’s exes aren’t nearly as toxic as my husband’s ex wife is. People often assume I’m lying or exaggerating, or
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Aw... thank you. That's very kind. I guess I just don't feel comfortable thinking of myself in that way because at this point, I have only met my husband's daughters in person once. Also, my husband's lovely mother, who never got along with his ex wife, was completely cut out of her grandchildren's lives and replaced with his stepmom... who is not as bad as Ex is, but is pretty "extra&q
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It's a readiness issue. Pregnant service members aren't deployable. In the military, readiness is everything. I am so sick of male politicians trying to eliminate women's reproductive choices. Especially when they don't even know anything about women or healthcare.
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Those of you who know my story might remember that for many years, both of my husband's daughters were very estranged, thanks to their mother's parental alienation campaign. Both are now well into adulthood, and the younger one reconnected with my husband in 2017. She lives in Provo. Over Labor Day weekend, she sent us an email that read "Happy Labor Day", complete with a picture o
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Savor your newly created memories and old experiences in England. It’s a special place for me, too England is the first place in my memory, because my dad was stationed there when I was very young. I always feel at home there… almost like I do when I go home to Virginia, which hasn’t happened since 2014. I have lost a bunch of loved ones since then. I don’t know how you feel, but
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I called my grandmother Granny. She was the only one I really knew. They others died when I was too young to know them
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I’m pretty old. Been here about 20 years.
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In my experience, people in the nude spas aren't sitting around looking at each other. They're there to relax and are focused on themselves. They usually wear robes or wrap up in towels if they aren’t in the pools. I don't care if someone else thinks I'm not "hot" enough to gawk at. I'm not at the spa for anyone but me. Plus, I'm always there with my husband, anyway. He loves
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I live in Germany and in spite of my fluffy and decidedly unsexy body, I LIVE for the nude spas. It took me a long time to take the plunge, but once I did it the first time, I was hooked. I find it very liberating! And honestly, after the first few minutes, it's no big deal at all. No one is looking at other people or mocking them. They're at the spa to relax. I've written about this a bu
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Carbs are also good for keeping people compliant.
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I remember when he bought it. I think he got it at an auction. He was so excited, and was always really good with his hands. He fixed it up and played it faithfully for decades. I’d be surprised if my aunt ever sold it. I think it was his most prized possession.
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Seems like having paid janitors again would be a good thing. Job gets done properly, and if the person is a member, they can tithe. Making members do it is a terrible idea.
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My uncle’s son is a professional musician. My guess is that he either has it, or it’s still at the family homestead. My cousin plays bass guitar professionally, but is proficient on a bunch of instruments. I also have an aunt who plays organ, but like my mom, she’s a church organist type. She probably doesn’t play anymore at her age. Got lots of musical folks on both sides of my fa
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My late uncle played organ in a rock band. He was self taught and loved his Hammond B3. He taught me to love organs in rock music. I will never forget watching him figure out songs. He’d play them in his living room and pick them out on the organ until he knew it by heart. I miss him. He was probably my favorite relative.
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When I was very young, we had a piano and an organ. Mom got rid of the organ when she bought her last house (she now lives in an assisted living apartment). I think she got rid of it because there was no practical place to put it in that house. She started playing organ for money when she was 14. She’d play at the Episcopalian church, then go play for the Baptists. My mom even got a full
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My mom was a church organist for over 50 years. Loving church music was an absolute necessity for living in her house, because she often practiced at home. ;) Church music is pretty much the one thing I did enjoy about going to the (Presbyterian) church I was raised in. It wasn't until I was older that I got any value from sermons, and even those were kind of iffy. It depended on how gifte
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