Maiden Aunt

I still owe questions from May! I started on the first half here , and below are the last but not least of the bunch: 3. From our fish-and-(baseball)game aficionado Dave E. : Since it's the seaso...

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The Cat turned 14 today, and she told me--in between naps and bites of tuna--that she has a few birthday wishes: 1. Never to see the vet again. I told her sorry, not gonna happen. . . and in fact...

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   . . . because the days of my being a "Maiden Aunt" are numbered .  Go read!  

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Wow.  I just re-read my previous post from almost six months ago and tears filled my eyes. Things were a roller coaster in my life after that. My SECOND NIECE, Older Brother's daughter, wa...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2018/10/when-we-last-left-our-heroine.html

I have decided I need to work on cleaning up my apartment (pre-packing), my work, and my personal life. Time is one of the biggest challenges to cleaning up. Right up there with it is my emotio...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-clean-up-is-on.html

Just blowing through (flitting around?) with an update. . . 1. As I mentioned last time , I auditioned for a G&S opera and got into the chorus.  I WILL BE AN OPERA-SINGING FAIRY IN MAY (AND JUN...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-opera-singing-fairy-had-date-with.html

Well, right after November's post, I wound up meeting the co-worker's chiropractor, falling in love too quickly, and getting my heart broken by his demands, lies, and childish games.  It was a l...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2018/01/an-attempt-to-explain-past-couple-months.html

Not super interested in going to sleep, because tomorrow when I wake up, it will be book sale week at school.  Cue the meltdowns--and I don't mean mine. I know, it could be worse, like when I h...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2017/11/novel-writing-book-sale-hell-and-more.html

Coming up on the second week of school here, and I still can't believe the new school year has started already.  I went into it thinking, well, it's my fourth year here, I'm tenured and I have m...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2017/09/last-hurrah-vacation-new-school-year.html

Had the option to work today to cover someone on vacation at the library, but I needed a day to make various phone calls, catch up the checkbook and pay bills.  Last week I worked Tuesday, Wedne...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2017/07/family-stuff-old-creep-os-and-people.html

I'm finally getting into the groove of summer vacation. Just in time to go back to school for two days and then off to Hershey for a leadership meeting. But that's O.K., because I thought I was...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2017/07/things-to-do-with-summer-vacation.html

Today, I shredded two hard drives.  The car dealer where I bought my (new to me) car in October was having a "shredding event" this morning so I hauled my things over. One hard drive was from ...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2017/05/late-spring-cleaning.html

What's been going on lately?  Plenty.  (And yet, not feeling as if I've gotten anywhere.) 1. PEEP CONTINUES TO SURPRISE ME with more aspects of her personality the longer she has been with me....

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-variety-of-updates.html

(Yes, things look a little different on the ol' blog.  I felt like making a change.) I didn't mean to leave a major lag time between updates, but--March happened. MARCH BROUGHT THE LOSS OF ...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2017/04/departure-and-arrivals.html

(If you're seeing this post first, go back and read Part I before continuing on.) A few days later, on my birthday, he texted me late in the day: “Happy birthday. Hope you had a great day!�...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2017/02/addiction-is-heartbreaker-part-ii.html

I have spent months trying to start writing a post, only to throw it out and start it over, repeatedly. It’s hard to write in a way that won’t make readers think Chef is a bad person or a ...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2017/02/addiction-is-heartbreaker-part-i.html

A "progress report" on my Summer Plans (as set forth here ) is on deck after this post.  But as mentioned previously, I'm working on cleaning my home thoroughly and so far have tackled the dinin...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2016/07/summer-stories.html

In spite of not being as dreadfully sick as I was at this time last year , I still managed to catch something horrible that has overstayed its welcome, and so I am blowing my nose and doing repor...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2016/05/report-card-grades-colds-and-other.html

(Alternatively titled: When Your Schedule and Your Significant Other's Schedule Do Not Match Up. At All.) We haven't had a "real" date since I made dinner for Chef the Sunday after Easter, a few...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2016/04/pseudo-dinner-date.html

Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate--and for everyone, happy new week! I've set the timer for 30 minutes so let's see what kind of thoughts and events I can get down on the page/screen. ....

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It's the start of Holy Week and it actually looks as if I will have some time off at Easter (unlike years before).  I will have time at last to catch up all of my (remaining) readers on what has...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2016/03/update-coming-soon.html

On the night of the 10th, I said goodbye to my dear sweet Cat.  She had taken to lying behind the armchair in the living room the week before, and as she came out from there less and less, all s...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2015/11/missing-my-little-furry-friend.html

School is rolling along, very different with fewer students--and yet, more students crammed into some sections to accommodate the schedule.  It's a crazy thing. Speaking of crazy, we're just ab...

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Sad that summer is unofficially over, but a lot (good and bad) did happen.  I'm more upset about the things that did not happen, like the total inside-out cleaning of my apartment, but I'll work...

http://maiden-aunt.blogspot.com/2015/08/back-in-school.html

For me, and for the car. ME: Eight blood tests later, my GYN called me with the results.  "You definitely have low progesterone," she told me. "Very low, actually."  (Interesting article here ...

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