You know you’re in trouble when the best defense your attorney can come up with is “Scientology does it, too.”

But... but... what if this is the month you finally meet a horny, anonymous, pretty young man? What then?!

You know, I made my first vision board at the end of 2017, for what I wanted for Pumpkin Andy for 2018. And come to think of it, not one thing that I wanted/tried to make happen did. But other super positive things did, like I started being on TV news twice a week, and I took what will be my last cruise vacation with…

I cut my hair and decided to get bangs. I am full of regret. So much regret. But we’ll see how they look once I can wash my hair in a couple of days (I dyed my greys out) and style it how I want. Until then... Headbands are my friend.

We’re doing great. Currently on a small vacation at my mom’s and deciding whether to move in a month or so. I don’t like where I live and I found out there’s a 20x nicer neighborhood where rent is just marginally more expensive. I won’t be able to walk to work anymore, BUT there will be trees and cleaner streets and…

So, mom made it up for Christmas after all! And we got to have a lovely holiday together. Cooked a delicious dinner together, exchanged some lovely presents (my mom is a master of combining the thoughtful with the practical, since neither of us ever has much money -- an annual favorite that friends of mine actively…

Fondue makes everything better ;-). My spouse and I (both worriers, which brings us back to the beginning of the story) came back from our honeymoon back in the day to find that we had massive amounts of cheese and wine waiting for us (we had had a very casual barbeque wedding in my mother-in-law’s back yard, and we…

Oh! Two more great things I completely forgot to include in my first post. So I had a credit on Delta that I needed to book by yesterday or lose it, and it was a decent chunk of change. Not like Europe flight chunk, but definitely enough that I wasn’t willing to leave it on the table. So I finally picked a trip. I’m…

I always give up something I don’t do anyway--like crack cocaine and anonymous sex with pretty young men.

MARZIPAN!!!!! Oh! Look at the adorable baby!

I really need to know about hair color being a protected class. This sounds fascinating! If I knew how to post a GIF it would be all about the popcorn eating and waiting.

Oy with cats and weird sleeping places!!!! I had to take my two to the vet last Friday because they were both behind on shots etc. Deb hadn’t been since she was a kitten so I was most worried about getting her in her carrier. Put the carriers out like three days ahead and kept throwing treats in there. Morning of grab…

Same!  I never miss having a period. 

$300 Amazon gift card. Thank god, because I was running out of the basics(soap, shampoo, etc.)

Congratulations! It's the best thing you will ever do for yourself. I have never regretted having mine. 

I’m giving up self-deprivation. (Not self-deprecation, which is a whole other animal that I can’t give up anytime soon.) Life’s too short to not eat the cake.

Wha?...we were waiting until January? Dammit!

I’m so happy to catch this early, since I was late last time! As of tomorrow, I am 6 weeks pregnant. Lab tests confirmed progesterone and hcG levels were all what they should be, and I’m nervous but excited. Of course my child would start out stubborn- my husband and I realized we had miscalculated due dates at the…

Oh my love, I’m so sorry. The loss of a pet is heartbreaking. I’m not from the USA so don’t know how to signpost you to help for everything. I have been in a similar position financially and was homeless so I understand how stressful it all is. I still struggle for money but thankfully our benefit system is better.…