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My annual post to my grandfather, on the day before the anniversary of his passing.

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I started this post earlier. I ended up killing the original because it was full of wailing and teeth-gnashing, and wallowing isn’t my thing (if I can help it).
There was one thing I liked about it, though. This:
So there’s nothing to say other than that this has been a crap month, and if [...]

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I’m not prone to “I have a great guy” posts. Not because I don’t, but because when I was single and reading the posts of other women talking about their great guy, they always sounded slightly…defensive? Territorial? Smug? Bragalicious?
I agree: probably jealousy on my part. But I’m not [...]

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The stove is still not installed, after I successfully disconnected it last week. The person in question who was supposed to hook it up failed to show, and when asked why he failed to show confessed he was on painkillers after a night in the ER. This did not instill confidence in my [...]

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Six years ago today? Doomsdays, Gladiator tickets, funnelcats, birthday/Pamie babble, and 5k awards.
Five years ago today? Bad military jokes, pontification, and corrections from Mom.
Four years ago today? Melancholic about being single. A kick in the ass from a kick ass woman named Kim.
Three year ago today? Emotional rollercoasters, house anxiety, still pondering being a [...]

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Quite often, I wish I could have met my great-uncle Wilbur Russell.
I don’t like to talk politics. When it comes down to it, we all have made up our minds based on the best information we have on hand and a woman (or man)’s opinion should be respected as their own. My beliefs [...]

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I’m looking for a very nice baby blanket knitting pattern. If you have suggestions, please make them here in comments.
Semi-related….
Stray comments from strangers have been disrupting my usual Field of Good Cheer. Whether it’s the guy at the grocery store who was incredulous when I said I couldn’t help him figure out what [...]

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I got to meet my city’s fire department this morning. They drove right up to my house and introduced themselves to me as I stood barefoot in the twenty degree weather, my black wool coat tossed on to hide my be-pajama’d state.
But I’m jumping ahead.

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I’m alternating between “wow, that sucks” and “wow, that’s awesome”. For once, I can’t talk about the awesome, and I don’t know how much I want to talk about the suck.
Other than to say I didn’t know Curtis too well, but it’s still a shock to hear he’s gone. If you knew Curtis, [...]

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Witty link to a funny Internet-related post.
Work is work is work is work. I am getting ground down to the point that I’m starting to be blunt, which as many of you know, tends to make me Not Fun to Be Around.
I am trying to get lots of sleep in order to counteract this. [...]

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