tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post3355399430392823662..comments2023-11-25T06:26:42.044-05:00Comments on Breeding Imperfection: return of the MikeZMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04469113104449353180noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-23872974228601638512009-02-25T16:56:00.000-05:002009-02-25T16:56:00.000-05:00Exorcism, definitely! I hope the various Mikes hav...Exorcism, definitely! <BR/><BR/>I hope the various Mikes have been able to render your various appliances workable by now. You can use my washer/dryer anytime, you know...although the trip wouldn't help your budgetary concerns any. Everything's a tradeoff, eh?<BR/><BR/>Wishing you gremlin-free and sleep-rich days to come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-15861086106262834172009-02-24T04:03:00.000-05:002009-02-24T04:03:00.000-05:00The jam sounds lovely, and I like the way you desc...The jam sounds lovely, and I like the way you described it.<BR/><BR/>Thank you, by the way, for the pickle information a few posts ago.<BR/><BR/>One good thing: You are quite aware of what it all is that is overwhelming you. It's very smart of you, this clear look at your realities.<BR/><BR/>Another good thing: You can see that your life is ultimately yummy, as you so nicely put it.<BR/><BR/>If I had my own laundry facilities, I'd come get your dirty laundry and do it all for you.<BR/><BR/>I also wish I could volunteer to hang out with the Toddles for a few hours one day a week and do some schooling and other fun activities with him.<BR/><BR/>Here is an advertisement for a free freezer available in Medford:<BR/><BR/>http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/zip/1046011540.html<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you could barter with a friend who is a decent cook but low on food money or just lacking a set-up kitchen to come over periodically and cook for you in your kitchen with your groceries and as payment take home a share of what is made.<BR/><BR/>Even though the Toddles isn't old enough for the Eldest's fantastic school yet, maybe one of the people in charge there could help you come up with some ideas for him for next school year.<BR/><BR/>If there is something the Toddles is especially interested in learning, perhaps you have a friend who is qualified to teach that subject or skill or craft and would be interested in doing so with the idea of teaching a bright and charming young boy being its own reward.<BR/><BR/>I hope the months during which your life continues to be a little tough are few and that they are followed by many, many years that are relatively much easier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19611777.post-61718805603023570822009-02-23T13:23:00.000-05:002009-02-23T13:23:00.000-05:00wow, you summed it up all in a very large nutshell...wow, you summed it up all in a very large nutshell. so many of your realities resonated. also the whole self-sufficiency problem. not to mention the living away from family problem (e.g. more free help often easier to ask than of friends). but i'm rambling, in a comment no less. hoping that this week brings you more time, more sleep, more patience (impossible w/o the other two) and no mike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com