Monthly Archives: December 2009

the eyes have it

December 26, 2009 – 4:27 pm

With all the excitement of the holidays, I forgot to write about my eyeballs! I can’t remember without searching if I whined about the difficulty I’ve had adjusting to my new glasses which I bought in August. I went back several times and they adjusted them and then re-tested me and discovered I’m seeing double [...]

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bathing a cat and other christmas lessons

December 25, 2009 – 7:54 pm

In a lot of ways, today was just another day here. Christmas has changed since my brothers and I were children and I suppose that’s a natural thing for most people. This year, with Mom in the nursing home, all the energy that we try to still put into making each other happy just drained [...]

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merry christmas

December 25, 2009 – 11:15 am
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bam bang boom

December 22, 2009 – 11:13 pm

I got caught up a little bit today – then stressed out with dad. I’ve contacted his doctor who is supposed to help set up an evaluation. I know this has got to be hard for him but I don’t know if I can’t take much more. My head is going to explode. I have [...]

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look who’s behind again

December 21, 2009 – 10:57 pm

I’ve got a stack of email to answer – a virtual stack, you understand? And of course I’ve got posts to write. And stuff, much stuff to do! Tomorrow I’m going to try to start getting caught up again.

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moving along the abuse continuum

December 17, 2009 – 2:41 pm

I did a lot of DUI evaluations back in the day. Hell, there were times that DUI evals made up a fairly large part of my income. On the one hand, they were fast and easy to do, if rather repetitive. On the other, I have a lot of funny stories. (No, it’s not violating [...]

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in the midst of chaos

December 16, 2009 – 7:35 pm

Comes more chaos…. Sometimes chaos can be a little fun. I wanted to bring a Christmas craft into Mom and engage her in a little fun activity. Apparently I was a little psychotic when I decided that a gingerbread house kit was a good activity. Maybe I forgot that while I’m a great baker, I’m [...]

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sometimes life is one crisis after another

December 15, 2009 – 6:31 pm

Or so it feels like to me. My dad’s memory issues have reached a crisis point. He’s resisting seeing a doctor and I’ve contacted Dr. G&P – whom dad sees too. I hope that he will follow through with the referral appointment. There’s no way to make him if he won’t go. I don’t know… [...]

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on the question of normal

December 13, 2009 – 11:52 am

From Science Daily, April 23, 2008, regarding a survey done by Self Magazine. 75 percent of women report disordered eating behaviors or symptoms consistent with eating disorders; so three out of four have an unhealthy relationship with food or their bodies 67 percent of women (excluding those with actual eating disorders) are trying to lose [...]

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so what is normal?

December 10, 2009 – 5:12 pm

I’ve had this fantasy for years of being, or becoming, a normal eater. What does that mean? It always seems to me that “normal” people don’t obsess about everything they eat or don’t eat. They don’t have lists of things they aren’t allowed to buy because they’re afraid if they have that bag of chips [...]

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