Being Without Transport Is Disruptive

When I was in the Philippines, we used public transport to get around. It was cheap, and there were no worries, no repairs, no payments, no gas to buy, no oil changes to have done, and no taxes or insurance to pay each year. It was a system that worked well in a crowded city, as there were lots of passengers to pay their fares. Now since the Jeep I had was written off by the insurance company, we are down to one reliable car, and some old regular looking Jeep thing that Hubby went and wasted h

Of Dead Deer and Dead Blogs and Live Communities

So it’s been a whacky couple of days both in virtual and physical space. First my blog got hacked by some Cialis spammer who left invisible links in a post from a couple of weeks ago, which led to it being delisted by Google, which led to an upgrade and server transfer at edublogs (my host) which hit a couple of snags and left me blogless for a couple of days. (The shakes are just now abating.) Then last night on my way to Tess’s basketball practice, this doofus deer runs out in front of my l

the challenge

I asked at the salon how much will they charge to have my hair done. 500 bucks!!! No, thanks. I’ll curl my hair myself! We are attending a wedding (not my sister’s) tonight. My plan is to curl my hair but can’t decide between the two. Hmm, I had my hair (xtenso) treated 4 months ago, I’m not really sure if I can curl it. Good luck to me. I’d probably start 2 hours from now as I’m still busy looking for the most affordable California car insurance and still swamped with work. Don’t you j

Sale Sale Sale!!!

Okay! To pay for my health insurance and car for the month of January, I need to somehow come up with $700 in the next three weeks! So...SALE TIME!! Have you wanted a “I have a pretty face” or “Fat Chick” shirt but held off for some reason? Well, now is the time to buy, my friends! Buy for yourself or buy for others! I’ll even wrap it up and sent it off as holiday gift for you, if you’d like! I am full-service, people! All shirts are $14 plus $5 shipping within the US. Shirts will be shipp