Why do I hunt for the Hanukkah candles every year? I find the perfect place to stash em & then forget where they are. I'm organizationally impaired.
Dec 16, 2014
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Starmama
like sugar.
I love rainy days. If I don't have to wait for and ride the bus in the rain, it makes me happy. Today I'm grateful for working brakes, tires, and windshield wipers. And that mostly-full tank of gas. And a pocket full of change for downtown parking. And if I get caught in traffic behind protesters, I'ma stand outside my car & cheer them on.
Dec 16, 2014
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Hope everyone has the best possible Tuesday. Love y'all <3
- Starmama
I love you, Mandy. Keep doing the damn thing.
- MoTO Boychick Devil
House is so much quieter and calmer without Daisy here. No arguing with Violet about everydamnthing. No going nuts at the window when the kids next door play basketball. No more stress at mealtime about who's eating what, no more running around checking out the other dogs' bowls.
Dec 15, 2014
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Andrea says she's not trying any of that with Coco.
- Starmama
News coverage of the storm's aftermath goes from poor families flooded out of their trailer parks to affluent families having a blast at ski resorts. Man, the world sucks.
Dec 14, 2014
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It's certainly not a fair place.
- Jenny H.
Here is Lt Dan in his new backyard at my friend Cindi's house. LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS.
Dec 13, 2014
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(His new name is Chip, short for Potato Chip)
- Starmama
Doh. I loved the name Lt Dan.
- SAM
I did too but teenage daughter nixed any name related to his missing leg. Party pooper :-)
- Starmama
Aww, handsome lil dude! :)
- AHnix (Anna Haro)
STILL NUMBER ONE! WARRIORS RULE THE NBA!
Dec 13, 2014
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I can kick back & watch the Warriors whup on the Mavericks :-)
Dec 13, 2014
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Have gotten help from well-placed folx in the City of Oakland housing department (different place than the housing authority), whatever comes next I will have legal assistance and advocacy and I am no longer panicking like I've been the past few days.
Dec 13, 2014
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
- Jenny H.
Woo hoo
- Greg GuitarBuster
That makes a huge difference to have allies. Hope things work out well.
- SAM
:)
- Brent Schaus
Waiting for calls to be returned is nerve wracking and the minutes tick by & then they're hours.
Dec 12, 2014
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A good friend is 95% sure her family is going adopt a pittie they met at the Alameda animal shelter. He just had a front leg amputated. He has a crooked tail that might've been broken and never treated (why his leg was amputated). And he has one blue eye and one brown eye. And his name. Is Lt. Dan.
Dec 12, 2014
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He's so freaking cute, I can't stop looking at the pics she posted. I wish I could adopt him my damn self.
- Starmama
<3 *hoping your friend's situation has room for 5% more* :)
- AHnix (Anna Haro)
Messy lumpy cake cleaned up nicely. The dogs enjoyed the bits that stuck to the pans. Everybody's happy!
Dec 12, 2014
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Daisy & Coco getting ready for the rain, Mariah hiding from the camera :-)
Dec 11, 2014
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x_x
- AHnix (Anna Haro)
Cakes are stuck to the bottoms of the pans. This has never happened. Greased em like I always do so who knows what happened. *sigh*
Dec 11, 2014
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Man, I hate that. Esp. if I haven't done anything differently than every other time.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Might be how wet it is outside.
- Eric - Final Countdown
Maybe. Thank goodness Jayden doesn't care how it looks. "It's still cake, it'll be good even if it's messy" is what he said. Whew.
- Starmama
Jayden's school isn't closing for the storm tomorrow, but some Oakland schools are, and they aren't transporting kids in out of district placement, like him. Stormaggedon.
Dec 11, 2014
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turns out just about all Bay Area schools are closed, and I'm glad for it.
- Starmama
Got a 3 day notice to pay rent or quit. They want the whole rent, not just my 60%. Guess who served me the notice? Maria the shady ass realtor. So I guess in three days they'll get the court eviction order I forget how much time that gives. Fuck them fuck this shit what the fuck.
Dec 10, 2014
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House ain't packed up yet either.
- Starmama
Ha.
- Starmama
Jayden's got a runny nose so he's staying home from school. If he's not better tomorrow he'll be staying home again, which sucks because it's always cool to be at school on your birthday. And with the storm coming, Angie, Jabari, & my mom prolly won't come for cake, since the plan was for them to catch the bus here & me take everyone home after.
Dec 10, 2014
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Ain't nobody trying to catch the bus in a storm for a lil cake. Jayden'll see them over the weekend.
- Starmama
If he's home tomorrow he's cleaning up after I make his cake. I always put him to work when he stays home from school, as long as he can stand up he can do a chore :-)
- Starmama
Took Daisy to the home of a longtime friend, who already has a female Chihuahua. By the time I left, she'd warmed up to Andrea, and was not growling when Coco welcomed her with a let's-play bow. If all works out like it seems it will, Daisy will have a new home and a new sister :-)
Dec 9, 2014
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Our nickname when Daisy is jumping, spinning, & play-snarling is Crazy Daisy! Daisy go crazy! Turns out Coco does the same thing, and Andrea & her daughter say Loco Coco! So I think these dogs were made to hang out together lol.
- Starmama
LOL
- Starmama
Saw the family from next door at the grocery store. Little girl, surprised to see me, says "you're from my house!" which just tickled me :-)
Dec 7, 2014
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awww! :)
- AHnix (Anna Haro)
LET'S GO WARRIORS!!!!
12 in a row! WHOOOOOO!
- Starmama
They moved the Griz v Warriors to ESPN on the 16th. Can't wait. With our seeming inability to guard the 3 point line all of a sudden that could get ugly if we can't find a way to contain Steph and Klay. Should be a very good game.
- DB, Lil LB's Dad
Tonight we showed can take a team considered to be more strongly physical than the Warriors. Grizzlies game oughta be a good one!
- Starmama
Yesterday: Jayden got the wires taken off his braces. Today: x rays, cleaning. Monday: wires get put back on & adjusted. Good thing the kid actually enjoys going to the dentist!
Dec 6, 2014
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I don't care of its the middle of the night & you think nobody will know. Block my driveway, I'm calling the cops & getting your car towed. You better hope you come out to your car before they get here, whoever you are. Asshole.
Dec 3, 2014
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They were lucky indeed. It was a girlfriend of my neighbor's grandson. I went off on her, scared her I think and then Unique ran up apologizing profusely I went off on him too because he knows better and asked him to apologize to the girl for me, for cussing at her. Then I cancelled the call.
- Starmama
:)
- Starmama
Got in bed super early cos I couldn't take being up & about any longer. Then I realized the Warriors game was on. Dammit, I did not wanna get up. Then I remembered I HAVE A LAPTOP and I HAVE XFINITY so I'm in bed watching the game. WOOT!
Dec 3, 2014
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omg that game. that shot! whew. 10 game win streak feels pretty damn good :-D
- Starmama
Jayden's brain is fine, no changes, no anomalies. We're gonna wean him off the Keppra over the next month & if all goes well, no more neurology appointments! Here he is, attached to 22 wires. And here is the lamp with tape strips, ready for the next patient, which reminded me of a dinosaur skeleton.
Dec 3, 2014
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That all sounds good.Melinda is taking Keppra.
- Greg GuitarBuster
Haha you & Jayden speak the same joke language <3
- Starmama
I'm physically & mentally exhausted. Can't hold a conversation without bursting into tears. Overwhelmed by everyday housework and have barely scratched the surface of packing up. Jayden complicates everything and needs the same damn attention & supervision he did when he was 7. He can't do a goddamn thing on his own. I'm sick of it and of him.
Dec 2, 2014
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{{{Mandy}}}
- AHnix (Anna Haro)
Every comment, like, and virtual hug really does mean a lot to me. Thank you friends.
- Starmama
Well we made it thru the hair washing & combing without my shoulder falling off it hurt but not as much as I'd thought it would. Jayden has to stay up 2 hrs past bedtime so he's driving me nuts. Then I have to wake him at 5 & keep him up til the EEG at 1. Fun times.
Dec 2, 2014
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Good luck! *hugs*
- Anne Bouey
Jayden's having an EEG done Tuesday and tomorrow his hair has to be washed and we can't put any product in it, conditioner or grease or anything. Do you have any idea what it's gonna be like trying to comb through a giant, dry, crunchy afro with no product? *sigh*
Dec 1, 2014
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I guess it's the wrong time of year for a shaved-close haircut... I hope the EEG produces good news.
- Spidra Webster
The next time he gets this done, it will probably be at an adult facility. I will miss going to Children's. Like, seriously. They've saved his life several times and we're fortunate to have them in our community.
- Starmama
Okay so my "friend" who told me I'm a clinical pessimist who brings everyone down with my negativity is on my Facebook post about Tamir Rice, telling me to stop crying racism and defending bad behavior. I want to cuss her out so bad. She only got one or two more fucked up comments to go before I do it.
Nov 29, 2014
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UNFRIEND!
- VALZONE#SCREWED
She always has been. I don't block her because I love her children and she'd probably talk a gang of shit about me to our many mutual friends. I just tune her out normally, but ranting on my posts & telling me what my opinion should be I can't ignore.
- Starmama
I usually start buying lil things for J's birthday & Christmas in August. This year I told him he was getting one big present, smart phone or TV, he picked TV. With everything turned upside down & all extra cash needing to be held for move in, he isn't getting anything until maybe February.
Nov 29, 2014
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This is not an appeal for presents. I just wanted to share how proud I am of Jayden for dealing with disappointment and remaining optimistic.
- Starmama
Yep I've read the best time to buy em is October and late January/early February.
- Starmama
Internal Backlash After Cleveland.com's Coverage of Tamir Rice's Father's Criminal Record
http://m.clevescene.com/scene-a...
Nov 29, 2014
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Some people who refuse to see a black 12 year old as an actual child, or even fully human, find it necessary go on at length about violent households, to dig for ANYthing to blame that child and their people for that child being killed.
Nowhere in that video did I see the cop stop and ask Tamir Rice about his family history. He didn't ask if his dad was violent or if his mom had been arrested or if they bought him guns instead of books for his birthday. So FOH with that but-he-came-from-a-violent-household BULLshit. That is irrelevant when the boy is shot ONE POINT FIVE SECONDS after the cop pulls up.
This tragedy also drives home another ugly truth: black children are constantly perceived, outside their families/communities, as not really children, as more sexual or dangerous than white kids their age. This allows racists to blame those children for whatever horrible things might happen to them, to punish those children as if they're adults, to see a 20 year old man instead of a 12 year old boy.
I want to see the officer who killed Tamir Rice charged and jailed for murder.
- Starmama
I'm thankful for this beef roast and these chicken wings because fuck turkey and we gon eat ALL these leftovers.
Nov 27, 2014
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Also thankful I bought that frozen Sara Lee sweet potato pie last month when it was two bucks! It is very good for not homemade.
- Starmama
:)
- Jenny H.
The volcanic stress pimples I get when things are bad make me long nostalgically for the puny lil period pimples I sometimes get.
Nov 25, 2014
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AHnix (Anna Haro)
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Oh man, can I relate to this. My chin and forehead look like a jr. high school.
- Anika