I’m not really sure why I decided I needed to bake when it was 100 degrees outside, but I did. First apples harvested of the season and they just needed to be turned into an apple streusel cake. Fending off boys who think it should be eaten now instead of after dinner.

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Today I was told something that left me feeling…verklempt is the only word that describes it properly. What was that you ask? Well, you will need background first to fully understand why. My stepson Billy went to visit his mother this week. Which doesn’t seem a remarkable thing unless you know that he is an adult and has pretty much avoided her since he was 17.  This was an act of self-preservation on his part.  In his life she left a trail of broken promises, irrational dramatic scenes, emotional abuse and other less than pleasant artifacts.  So he decided...

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Today has been a rough day. I said goodbye to Schuyler and I am pretty much miserable about his leaving for the Marines.  Even more miserable than I thought I would be. I’m just really not happy about the whole thing.  So I’ve been mopey and irritable ever since I gave him his last hug for months to come. I posted a couple of pictures on Facebook that we took today before he left. Just because. It was something to do. And then some putz comments “He will learn to follow orders and not think for himself. Yay!” I...

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I was watching the news this morning. I shouldn’t have done that.  For the color section they had some guy named Throwdini. What does he do? Well…he throws knives at people. By day he is a preacher of some sort. But his real love is throwing sharp pointy things at girls who are spinning around on a target. I don’t know why anyone would want to do that but more baffling to me is why anyone would sign up to be a target girl. They asked the girl and she said, “Well, I’ve never had a dull life…” Yeah,...

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