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Nuva Ring and Arthritis or Sore Joints

So with a busy life who wouldn’t buy into that commercial, “Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…everyday.”  You know the one, the commercial that is put out by the makers of the Nuva Ring.  The wonder drug for women when it comes to contraception.  So, in my mid thirties with two school age kids and a full [...]

A few words to those who think “they can handle their pills and booze.”

My spouse was diagnosed as being bi-polar 15 years ago. She would not accept responsibility for what was going on in her life, but rather took the “If you were a better husband/if you did this/if you had NOT done that I would not have this problem to begin with. Bi-Polar disorder is a disease, [...]

Went To The Gym Today YAY!

So I went to the gym today.  I usually go to the Mildred YMCA.  I did not go there today cause the last time I went they kicked me out.  I was with my preteen daughter and they came up to us and said that even though there were available machines, there were some senior [...]

Bad Tax News Turns Into Good Tax News

A while back we did our taxes for this year and TurboTax told us we had to pay $900 this year. We were stupified <?>. Our son Johnathan ran the whole thing through again the other day and found out we actually should get a refund of $2500. He said we can still claim him [...]

Rebels Without A Cause

Teen thugs appear in the landscape in neighborhoods and throughout all generations. In the 50s and 60s they were immortalized in film. James Dean and Marlon Brando. It was cool to be like those macho dudes. In reality, James Dean was a sad little gay man who slept with motion picture producers that might have helped [...]

Smarties-Not So Smartie

When your in a 5th grade class with 6 and 7th graders around, you’re in for a lot. Not only that, you can get in so many fights with other 5th graders if you’re not careful.  The last thing us kids need to worry about is huffing candy.  There have been some kids at my school Drum Intermediate [...]