New Beginnings

Ok, fine. I’m outting myself to the blogspere. I suck at AA. I have literally been carrying around my 4th Step for months now. Because I’m such a shitty sponsee and haven’t called my sponsor in many weeks, I don’t have anyone to share it with. I’ve been thinking about doing it my outpatient group, [...]

I received this letter from One.org:
What if you or I wanted the opportunity to earn a good living, or could grow something for less money, and we weren’t allowed? Right now, poor farmers and poor countries in Africa and other parts of the world can’t do that because of unfair trade rules.
Together, we can change [...]

Well, I made it through my first holiday sober. Woot! Woot! We had a lovely, low key Thanksgiving with old friends, new friends and some family sprinkled in. Other than a close call where I almost drank my dad’s “ice water” (it was actually vodka tonic), the day was lively, peaceful and enjoyed by all. [...]

From the very beginning of my sobriety, I have been thankful. Thankful for treatment, thankful for my family, thankful to be alive. Today, I’m happy to be sober. Going into these holidays I was feeling a little anxious and worried about how I would choose to handle myself. Not only do I want to have [...]

I think that the long dead spirit of a cub scout den mother has taken over my body. I have become the queen of cub scouting. WTF was I thinking when I naively raised my hand and said “I think Committe Chairperson sounds fun!” Silly, silly woman.
So now we’re selling Christmas trees down the [...]

Ok, so I’m one of those “been there done that” old school webmaster’s that started building websites with HomeSite years ago and then moved on to “WYSIWYG” crappola apps like HotDog and eventually landed on Dreamweaver. Somewhere along the way from web maker to marketing hack, I missed out on a lot of really cool [...]

Like most women, life is a constant struggle for balance between home and work. Mother and Worker. So, lately, I’ve spent a fair amount of time evaluating systems to put in place to make my life easier and happier. Since I’ve never really done this before, I’m starting from scratch. Thankfully there are a ton [...]

8 months. I’ve been sober over 8 months now. It’s hard to believe. And life is good. Not perfect, but good. Really good. I still have a lot of stuff to work on (of course), but I’m not white knuckling my way through life…I’m savoring and enjoying it as much as I can. I’m looking [...]

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First Snow, originally uploaded by rustykeller.

Although our beautiful fall was pre-empted by some stormy weather a few days ago, I was surprised to look out this morning and see the rain turn to wet [...]

Happy Halloween
Originally uploaded by Rusty.

We had a fantastic Halloween that last over a week, starting with the Fall Festival at school and ending with some great trick-or-treating in town. The kids were darling as Harry Potter and Dorothy and had a great time. I have a feeling they’ll be jacked up on sugar for days…hopefully, [...]