• Self-Care

    Eye Can’t Take The Allergies; They Blow. (So Does The Nose. Constantly).

    I’m an allergy sufferer. That’s how they always refer to it in the commercials, no? “If you suffer from allergies… ” “If you’re an allergy sufferer…” I’m one of those people that is allergic to basically everything; we’re talking near Bubble-Boy status. Somehow, my immune system rejects the majority of the physical world around me. The list is long, and quirky.   MOLD. DUST. COCKROACHES. (Shouldn’t everyone be allergic to them, really??) TREES. (Fine. Not a fan anyway.) GRASS (God’s carpeting…. REALLY?? Why? Why???) DOGS. (The fun part? Not all dogs. It’s a game of chance until I go near the “wrong” one & start wheezing like a whistling teapot.)…

  • Household

    A Near CATastrophe

    TGIF, right? It started out like a beautiful, peaceful Friday morning. I dropped the kids off at school –on time, no less… GO ME!- and headed back into the house with #6. The plan was to take advantage of the warm sunshine by planting some flowers and enjoying the great outdoors. But you know how it goes… That deep water crevice is right about the time when I figured out the cat was missing. DAMMIT. I did about 15 minutes’ worth of laundry, and came back up to the living room… to discover THIS:   The problem? That big gaping hole in the window where the SCREEN should be. You…

  • Household

    Let’s Not Be Catty

     November 23, 2013 Memo From Management to Fellow Management & Employees:  re: Company Feline Protocol ____________________________________________________  We are writing in order to update you regarding our new policy concerning the company’s feline entity, who shall for the purpose of this memo be referred to simply as “the cat”. A formal complaint has been lodged by “the cat” against lower level employees regarding the consistent lack of maintenance and productivity on “the cat’s” behalf. In investigating these claims, management has also observed numerous infractions against company protocol. Harassment in the workplace: “The cat” has alleged that on several occasions, she was aggressively accosted by employees. She claims that she has been harassed numerous…

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