Author: Annie

12:45 Update He’s home. They went to see a movie, they got home and got my message and called the hotel I’m staying at, got the front desk, were put through to my room and apparently the PHONE DIDN’T RING. So I finally called home again at 12:30 – didn’t get through – but I…

Every day is a new lesson – our lesson today: What’s a Disability Quality Branch? The DQB, or disability quality branch, is the Social Security Administration’s version of quality control when it comes to the handling of social security disability and ssi-disability claims. Why should WE care?[chord of ominous music] A random number of disability…

Do you think anyone will notice…? (Naaah, they’re all too busy looking at the Butt Skirt) Romantic Hand Knits 26 Flirtatious Designs That Flatter Your Figure See what you miss when you don’t get my newsletter? Amazingly glaring mistakes in the release date of books! It must be because I’m still not used to Central…

Today Hannah left for Girl Scout Camp in Wisconsin – she was SO excited, I was SO excited – we ALL were excited! The bus left at 8:30, we were there at 8:00 and she was ready to go! We spent the last few days packing, labeling EVERYTHING she took with her and picking up…

I take it when I get it – and I get precious little of it these days – but when I do get it, I enjoy it! Me time. A time when I can do something that no one is waiting for, expecting, directing me to do, or needs. No one but me, that is….

I feel badly that I haven’t been blogging as much as I usually would It’s hot, I’m tired, and I’m spending an inordinate amount of time driving around. That is, when I wasn’t hanging out at the Borders Books watching grown adults buried in HP. I am the only person I know who hasn’t finished…

I’m reading an incredibly inspirational book right now – Eat, Pray, Love – a friend from California sent it to me, and I had no idea how much I’d get from it. It’s a popular book – a bestseller, even – and I just love the author’s tone. I love it so much that I…

We just got back from the Red Balloon Bookstore. We waited in line for about an hour, oddly I was one of the first to get to the counter. Woo! Those who pre-ordered had a longer line, so I’m lucky I didn’t! Odd… Of course, Hannah’s upstairs with it right now! She, Max & Lucas…

So we’ve picked a contractor [Drumroll….] It’s Mr. Younger-but-Enthusiastic Contractor – ta da! Gerry’s been elected to tell Mr. Established Contractor we’re not going with him. He has the whole pathos thing going, and we think he won’t get yelled at or anything. We’re really losing a good bet by not taping this whole thing…

Just for fun, because I wanted a break… The sorting hat says thatI belong in Hufflepuff! Said Hufflepuff, “I’ll teach the lot, and treat them just the same.” Hufflepuff students are friendly, fair-minded, modest, and hard-working. A well-known member was Cedric Digory, who represented Hogwarts in the most recent Triwizard Tournament. Take the most scientific…