http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging or at least parts of it will be Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:26:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My younger daughter was being a brat the other evening and turned the light out on me when I was working on something.  As she left the room with a guffaw, she whacked into the table.  Me:  Karma.  T:  I hate karma.  Except when it hits my sister. http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2009/06/06/she-can-always-make-me-smile/ I must admit I do enjoy the cheekiness of the young.  Two entertaining tee-shirts I've spotted on campus in the last week:  Meat is Murder.  Tasty tasty murder. Trees ... the real cause of forest fires. http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2008/09/05/ahhh-youth/ I took a group counselling course with an instructor who used to remind the class constantly how everything was "a metaphor for your whole life."  That included the course itself.  A few mornings ago, as I was struggling with my new "medical alert" bracelet for my diabetes (had to get one now that ... http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2008/08/24/yet-another-metaphor/ You know how people always tell you that you need to experience the bad to appreciate the good?  I feel I am living that experience right now.  I have been wanting to go back to some kind of paid work for several months now.  My first choice was a part-time job ... http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2008/08/10/crap-is-good-for-you/ Okay, so my hubby and I recently celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary (we lived in sin for 5 years before that and dated while maintaining 2 sinful abodes for another 3 years before that - so to me it's more like our 23rd anniverary!).  I can honestly say the time has ... http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2008/05/19/the-best-anniversary-gift-ever/ So my hubby recently sent me an e-mail that contained the following link.  It describes the "12 germiest places" in your life.  Out of the entire article, I couldn't help but wonder who was the poor sod whose job it was to measure the amount of feces in each pair ... http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2008/05/01/if-germs-make-you-squirm/ My porn:  FoodNetwork. His porn:  the Golf Channel. http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2008/04/28/to-each-his-her-own/ I'm hoping that I will look back at this time in my life as a period that helped define who I really am.  Cuz in all honesty, right now it sucks pretty darn bad.  I just had a good sob and that helped somewhat.  I've talked several times about the incredible support ... http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2008/04/16/definition-is-painful/ So, you know I'm on the vegan diet.  The low-fat, low-GI, low-carb, no caffeine, no artificial sweeteners, no nuts, no avocadoes, no olives, vegan diet.  And this has been about a month now and I've lost 4 pounds which isn't bad.  But the disgusting thing is, my hubby who is ... http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2008/02/27/vegan-shmeegan/ So it's now 3.5 weeks into the vegan diet.  Surprisingly, I'm not yet ogling anyone's burgers, wings, or even bacon (altho' I do feel we need new legislation to regulate what is allowed to be called bacon.  Soy bacon is definitely an oxymoron).  The whole thing (maybe due to its ... http://www.ellenloves.com/blogging/2008/02/22/soy-bacon-should-be-illegal/