August 2009

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Chicken Dinner

My dear friend, Kalleigh, wrote a post about what she would do if she won the lottery. I’m not one to pass up a chance to fantasize about the good life, so I decided to write about what I’d want to do. Paying off all of our bills (including our mortgage!) would be awesome enough. [...]

I peed, a little

I peed, a little

So, this post is LONG overdue and I thought about skipping it, but since I find it hilarious, I decided it was needed. Tim’s birthday is July 4th. This means a guaranteed party every year. This year, his friend Darcy sent her parents away and we took over their awesome house. They have an amazing [...]

Breathe

Breathe

  I don’t know if I can forgive him. I don’t think I am a better, stronger person. I feel weak and lost. It’s not just the lie. What he did-what he’s doing-is tearing our family apart. I used to think no one had a family as close as ours, now I know that was [...]

For better and for worse

I knew what he was really saying. You can’t quit your job. The thought of being able to quit my job in November has been the light at the end of the tunnel. I am miserable. I have been for years, but moreso these last 10 months. I am fairly certain that spending 9 hours [...]

My friends Christine and Matt. This was our fake trip to France (for a school project)

10 years ago . . .

Stole this from my girl True. When I first saw it, I thought “meh, not that cool”, but when I looked it again and realized that August 1999 was when I started my senior year of High School, I thought it might be much more interesting. Plus, it’s better than whining. *Think back to ten [...]

Woe is me

**Fair warning: This is going to be a whiny, “please feel sorry for me” sort of post. I have actually been resisting writing it, but I am hoping if I can blog vomit it, I can move on a little. Feel free to skip** Man, I feel like a reject lately. I actually can’t think [...]

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