March 7, 2014

How did my daughter turn 22 years old already??  I swear it feels just like yesterday that she was born.  It’s funny but when I was little I thought I would have tons of kids.   I’d be the stereotypical stay at home Mom.  I’d have fun crafts and make fresh bread every day. But, turns out if the father of your child doesn’t want...

I woke up to three more inches of snow on the ground.  It’s funny because in the beginning of the winter I don’t mind bringing up the snow blower and doing the driveway all the way to the street.  Now?  I just shovel enough to get to my car!  It was a long commute – usually 35 minutes but yesterday morning took an hour and...

Hi my name is Tony. I was kind of lucky when I grew up; I was a large burly lad and can’t ever remember being bullied. I have always hated bullying, I’ve never understood it. It seems that some person develops a problem because they perceive that the person they are bullying won’t or can’t defend themselves. It’s obviously the bully’s insecurities that drive that...

I told Tony on Sunday that I was going to be getting up and working out before work again.  That way life won’t get in the way and I can at least have one workout done.  Um, turns out if you drink wine, stay up to watch the Oscars and not do a blog post for the next day, that’s not going to happen.  Oh...

The weather put a damper on customers at the restaurant Saturday night.  We had temps in the single digits and more snow was predicted.  I think it snowed about 4 inches during my 5 hour shift!  I made $125 after tipping out, so while it wasn’t as great as I normally do – its groceries for half the month and gas, so that’s not bad. ...

I had time before work to make my version of Renee’s creamy cheese tortellini soup.  I had water boiling for the tortellini (I knew I wanted to keep that separate and add it in later when I reheated the soup at work) and another pot with the soup.  In between all this I was downloading pictures from the day before, jumping in the shower, drinking...