Julian's Mom

What's that phrase? "Fake it til you make it".

My OCD just kicked into overdrive.I get really paranoid about expiration dates on things. For instance, once sour cream is opened, I can only use it once. It's strange....

Have you ever tried toasting your spices a bit in a dry pan if they've gone a bit stale? That usually peps them back up.

I have missed you, Mister.I didn't leave the house last week for seven days. I started to get scared that I was turning into Julian.I'm going to sit and enjoy getting caught up on your posts, now.

I call it "living in a bubble" and you're right...we're all guilty of it. Until we're forced to face it or live through something similar, we're completely unable to relate.

I'm glad for this post. Reading books like that tend to give me really bad nightmares. I like my bubble better.

I was all pumped for a feast but am a bit too full from dinner to over indulge. Boo.

Hope you have a most wonderful day.

Merry, merriest Christmas and all of the very best for a wonderful (and calm!) 2011.

Reminds me of the Dalai Lama..."Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible."

Beautiful post.

What makes you deserving is that you don't think you're worthy, my sweet. I have been thinking of you and your girls all week long. This is the first time I've had five minutes to sit in front of the computer and my intentions were to e-mail you because I've missed you so. But I logged onto mybloggers and found this post and know that you're all okay...and that's all I wanted.

Big, big hugs all around.

Oh, that's just so sad all around.

When we were kids, my Mom used to say that people like that (and worse, of course) had "crooked paths in their brains". Stories like this make me think she was onto something. How screwed up must one be to do such a thing?

No...it's not you.

I know precious little about American politics and get pretty confused by your system in general and I'm always a little nervous about sounding like an idiot. Hence the .

Case in point...a few years ago, on Blogster, back when I was janetk, an American asked what we Canadians had for Thanksgiving...you know, whether or not we had turkeys in Canada. I'm always scared of sounding like that.

And our system was accurately deemed. It is a socialist system, for the most part. There are some private practices in several provinces and this is a constant debate in Canada. Our system is far from perfect, however, when I had Julian (who spent about two months in intensive care), I received a bill for well over $100,000, just for about five weeks of his stay in one hospital because they hadn't taken his provincial health card. I called, gave them the number and the bill was cleared, plain and simple.When I hear about these debates, that's what I think of and why I end up baffled.

What a truly wonderful post.

A good year to stay put for the holidays.

I had never felt an earthquake in all my life until this summer past so I understand that while it was mild for those folks who are used to it, it can be pretty f*cking scary for others.

I'd be wondering if perhaps there was a tumor. That can make people act very strange and very forgetful and it usually starts off gradually...long before there is any pain involved.

Still...flowers!

My God, what can one say?