Oh Darling Ones! This has been the roughest week. I don’t even know where to begin on what shitty thing happened on which nameless day. Cade’s been having some behavior problems, and it’s hard. So…
Posts tagged Cade
The COVID Diaries: We Get What We Get
One of the tough things about aunting in the time of COVID-19 is managing Cade’s anxiety. He’s a recently clean (one week so far) anxious autistic kid with ADHD and other special needs and an…
Blogging in the Time of COVID-19
When all hell breaks loose she really breaks and stays loose, doesn’t she? You would think life here in Angry Hermitville would be quiet and kind of status quo, right? I mean, I work from…
This is How You Make a 15-year-old Feel Old, Apparently
Yesterday I had to haul out my external hard drive so I could dig up some toddler pictures of my nephew Maxwell for his senior all night party. Did you know that Maxwell is a…
Old People Music
Tuesdays are Restaurant Day during Tibble Summer. Each Tuesday one of us gets to choose the restaurant we lunch at — nobody gets to complain. If you don’t want to go you don’t have to….
And He Wasn’t Even Making Fun of Me
Sister #3 & The Tibbles came over tonight to get some stuff. The Tibbs came to collect their electronics abandoned here yesterday because they don’t bring them to their dad’s house. Sister #3 came to…
Bragging: The Gifts I Made for Christmas
Pictured above is my seventeen-year-old niece, Jaycie, and the crocheted Grumpy Cat I made for her. Also, I made the blanket that’s in her lap, but it wasn’t nearly as popular as the cat. This…
The Rock & Roll Pillow
“Aunt Jodi, close your eyes,” Cade shouted as I walked up the stairs at Sister #2’s house. “Okay.” I stood in the middle of the living room with my eyes clothes. Walter jumped against my…
Ridiculously excited to give these gifts
Have I mentioned lately how much I love The Black Sheep, my writing group formerly known as The Chicken Fingers? Not only do I love them for being obnoxiously smart, super supportive, and just generally…