ACF and the Butt Ugly Mushroom

Today would have been my father’s 83rd birthday. He’s been dead for twelve years now, but I haven’t yet forgotten his birthday when it comes by. He hated birthdays, or any fuss being made. He hated anything that departed from routine. He didn’t even like taking vacations away from the house. He was a tough…

There is such a thing as a free lunch. The company Christmas lunch is tomorrow. Roast beef, mashed potatoes, green beans almondine and cheese cake with topping for dessert is the menu. Bonus checks get handed out at the same time. I think I already spent mine on my car’s headlight assembly. I haven’t decided…

**shhhh** Keep this to yourself. looks surreptitiously over her shoulder. Guess who just got called in for random drug testing at her company? Guess who just tested positive for opiates? Guess who just made the employee health services have to fill out a bunch of extra paperwork? Guess who’s still relatively free of pain this…

I’m pleased and surprised that comments are back. I was afraid this was going to take a far longer amount of time than it did. DD admins must have bust a gut getting a fix out there. It’ll be nice to exchange communiqués again. I’ll leave a link to my board up for general discussion…

I came home tonight a bit late. I’m going to a friend’s wedding in a few weeks, and I’ve panicked about the outfit I’ve picked out. I’m afraid it’s going to be way too formal. It’s a long off-white dress with a mandarin collar and short sleeves. I was going to pair it with a…

We lost power about an hour and a half ago during a rather nasty electrical storm. After about 45 minutes worth of waiting, I was starting to think about where I could go to keep myself amused when it occurred to me that my poor foster cat was down in her room in the cellar…