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Just Good-Bye to Mustache

Just Dawn — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:04:21 +0000

He was picked out of a litter of kittens from a friend. He was my oldest son’s pet and friend. He was a “talker” and definetely let you know if his food bowl was empty. He was a major part of our our lives for over 14 years.

Mustache—-he will be missed!

Just the MOST dangerous Chocolate Cake Recipe EVAH!

Just Dawn — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:10:06 +0000

MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE

1 Coffee Mug

4 tablespoons flour(that’s plain flour, not self-rising)

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons baking cocoa

1 egg

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons oil

3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)

Small splash of vanilla

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.

Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.

Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla, and mix again.

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don’t be alarmed!

Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to share!)

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

Just the end of Summer

Just Dawn — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:10:42 +0000

Just Screaming

Just Dawn — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:13:03 +0000

I hate to whine. I hate to complain. I try really hard to NOT be the victim or have the victim mentality. I am struggling- I am struggling from running INTO so many walls and road blocks that I am almost to the point of wanting to throw a big ole pity party for ME. (Problem is- no one would come and that makes a pity party even more pitiful!)

I shouldn’t complain. I am alive and well and still breathing. My kids are healthy and doing great. My middle son hit a DOUBLE last night and helped his team WIN their third straight little league game. —-

And when that game was over…I slowly walked back to my car and felt so sad and alone I cried all the way home. The kids went with their Dad…My oldest son Travis, went off with his friends and I went home alone. Again.

You would think that after 5 years of being alone this would get easier. It hasn’t. I DO enjoy some of my time alone and know there are women who crave that. I get that. I get that I chose to end my marriage. I left.

I miss having a best friend. A best friend that I am not an inconvenience to when I call. One who wants to hear from me. One who might even need and like me too.

The silence in my marriage was often deafening. The silence now can be nice and enjoyable or it can SCREAM at me that I am alone.

Last night the silence was screaming at me.

Just a hard pill to swallow

Just Dawn — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:11:15 +0000

I am a firm believer in the way things used to be with kids and sports. I believe that not EVERY child should make the team. I believe in tryouts. Disappointment can be a valuable life lesson.

I also beleive that one of the hardest things to do for a parent is to watch your child suffer this disappointment.

Tonight I had to tell my 10 year old son that he did NOT make the tournament team for little league. He tried out on Saturday and we got the call just minutes ago.

He will play on his regular team-which he loves but wanted to try to make it to the tournament team.

The tears are hard to see. My heart aches. He tried his best but knowing that his best wasn’t good enough is a hard pill to swallow.