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Reflections on life from almost 40. Avoiding midlife crisis with faith, family, humor, politics and the laundry chronicles
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Self Portrait Sunday 7/19/2009
I have no idea why I look half drunk in this picture. I haven’t had a drop in three days, I promise. But the other three were even worse, so we’ll go with this one. This week, I have worked. And also worked. And had some coffee. And ...
Dear So and So
Here in lies a collection of things I want need to get off my chest. Dear Customer, when I am assisting your wife in the store, don’t yell at her. It embarrasses us both and really makes me wonder if you are the cause of that split lip she has...
The Story of Sweet William
*heavily edited from an email I sent recently* I probably have not told you that my Grandmother had a son named William. He was quite a looker (honest he was, I’ll show you his picture sometime). He was 20 years old when he was killed in serv...
Musical Notes
So lately, having had a blast from my own past, I’ve been doing a little time travel. For some reason known only to trained psychologists, hanging out with That One (which is the suckiest blog name ever, but I haven’t thought of a good o...
February 18 Riding Free
So, I have mentioned before on this blog that I do love a motorcycle. I used to ride with my dad on his bike, and it is just such a …freedom. Wind blowing, seat vibrating, nothing but you and the road. And the back of your driver if you happ...
February 12 Communicating with an Old Friend
On this day, I woke up at 5am and wrote a letter to a friend of long standing. It took nine pieces of stationery to craft a 2.5 page letter. I mailed it from the post office, since I didn’t have a stamp. Two weeks later, there still hasn’...
February 7 Good Times
On February 7th, I had our youth over for a wee party. We had pizza and wings and music provided by Guitar Guy. After Papa and Grandma died, my aunt and I were talking about the house they lived in. She mentioned that she wanted to build happy m...
Jan 31
Did you know that smell is the most evocative of the senses? It is powerful. My Grand-dad has been dead now 20 years, and he quit farming 10 before that, but if I smell a sun-warmed field, I am instantly moved back in time. I am young again, and he...
Tick. Tick. Tick.
When you are waiting for something, good or bad, why is it that time just slows to a crawl? I mean, I recognize this is, like, the eternal question, right after “where did I come from”? But I always thought it applied to good stuff, and...
Maternity? No! It’s all about ME!
So, I started to write a post here about maternity and the sacrifices and choices we make, and you know what? It turned into a post that should be on my parenting blog, so that’s where I am putting it. Tomorrow, LOL. I went on and on and on ...
Would you, could you buy Cartier?
Let’s talk about some names that stop traffic. You know the kind they drop in the movies so theeaudience learns that the character has insane amounts of money, impeccable taste and oodles of class?? Names lke Tiffany’s, Cartier, and my ...
You tell me
How many funeral visitations will I go to before it stops being about my grandparents? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midlifemusings.com%2F2008%2F09%2F24%2Fyou-tell-me%2F'; addthis_title = 'You+tell+me'; addthis_pub = '';...
Booking Through Thursday 8/21/2008
… What is your earliest memory of a library? Who took you? Do you have you any funny/odd memories of the library? Aside from school libraries, I remember first the library here in my home town. When I was a teen, it was located in a building besid...
Surrounded by family
Wow. Just wow. I spent the weekend with my family. Yep, that side that I thought I didn’t mention that much but realized I did when I searched the blog. I guess that … lack … bothered me more than I was willing to admit. I gues...
