11 On My Own

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• Child Support
  on Jan 19, 2013
   The state of CT has outdone themselves this time.  They paid someone to attach a paycheck, to pay for the ink, then pay for the postage to mail me this child support payment.  Can you read it?  If you click on it, it gets bigger.
• If you give a pig a party
  on Jan 18, 2013
   His friends will come.  That's the birthday boy in the middle, his name is Ryan, and he is turning 24. Your sister will bake you cookies.  That you can help Ryan eat. Your other sisters will get Ryan presents:A handful of ch...
• Lacking skills
  on Jan 16, 2013
  I so wish I had Ginny's skills!  I am not a knitter at all, and my crocheting skills leave much to be desired - I can do single or double, in a straight line.  I figured I would try my luck at a zigzag, because my son's soon-to-be-mother-in...
• The Amazing Lady M!
  on Jan 14, 2013
  Do you like my makeover?  It was a gift from the most wonderful, sweetest, nicest awesomest Lady M.  I was feeling pretty icky a couple of days ago, and she offered to give me a new do to brighten my day!  I - LOVE - IT!  Don't yo...
• She's 13
  on Jan 13, 2013
  God help us all!  There is nothing quite like a 13-year-old girl.  Certainly not a 13-year-old boy.  Do you want to know the difference?  A 13-year-old boy can (and will) wear the same thing, day in, day out, and it is usually wha...
• Feeling sorry for myself
  on Jan 11, 2013
  It's January.  Blah.  It's cold and wet and dirty outside.  I find myself spending entirely too long every morning standing under a hot shower just thinking and not wanting to get out.  It is so not good for my oil bill, and I pay...
• Woeful Wednesday
  on Jan 9, 2013
  January started so promising.  I aced my grocery budget, we didn't run out of food, and I was going to not have to spend a dime on anything, except maybe toilet paper.  Then of course it got really cold.This is today's oil receipt.  Ye...
• Frittata Friday
  on Jan 5, 2013
  Yes, I know it's Saturday.  I want to tell you about our Friday's, which are meatless as a rule, and involve the frittata - one of the most cost-effective and yummy meals out there. First, gather your vegetables and helpers.  We had po...
• Need a Birthday Plan
  on Jan 4, 2013
  In 10 days the first of the birthdays start.  Eleven plus 2 daughters-in-law and a grandson.  Last year the plan was for the birthday person to get a dinner out with Mom alone, at the restaurant of their choice, a modest gift, and they coul...
• New year - new budget, part 1
  on Jan 2, 2013
  It's the new year and most of us are sick, including me.  Thankfully, not the stomach-heaving sick that so many of our friends have, but the I feel like I'm carring a brick between my eyes sick.  We are coughing, our throats hurt, and we ha...

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