Author: <span>Jyllian M</span>

This used to be a mommy blog

And it still is because while I am many things–geek, reader, cat lover, wife–on the day the Bean was born, Mother became my chief identifier. I have always been independant. I’ve often gone my own way, usually uniquely attired. I didn’t just march to a different drummer, but a different …

Woe is me.

We had to put a chair in the downstairs bathtub (I can’t make it upstairs) so that I could take a bath/shower. I had to. I usually bathe daily (who doesn’t?) and I’ve had to skip Thursday and Friday. I’d taken a shower Thursday morning, but that didn’t count after …

Mice N Men

So the plan was to get a bunch of stuff done today and then in the early afternoon go to the NWA Fantasy Faire . We were going to bring in the Halloween decorations (or rather Mr. J was) take down some of the indoor Halloween decorations, clean up the …

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.~Ghandi

It had to happen. Some kid told our kid she was going to hell tonight. I’m so angry I”m shaking. First, the program gets changed into a pentacostal church revival meeting. Edited to add–It turns out that –the University Children’s Choir participated in someone else’s program. This guy turned the …

10 Years

Dearest James– I had to wait a long time for you, I guess my whole life up to that point. I’m so lucky to be your wife. You are so kind to me, so loving. I thought I was done with the whole being in love thing when we met. …

“The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything. Oscar Wilde

Well here is the obligatory soul searching blog post. I’m waiting to post this until after my birthday so I don’t bum anyone out. Thank you for all the good wishes. They actually do mean a lot. You learn to count your worth in FB or LJ comments (JOKE) and …