Some Changes
on Nov 20, 2009The last twenty four hours have been incredibly stressful not just on me but my family as well.  For those that do not know me, I apologize.  I have been forced to make some very hard decisions for me and my daughters.   I have de...

Shopping for Furniture
on Nov 20, 2009Here I am starting my life over again.  One of the many overwhelming tasks that I face is buying bedroom furniture along with all of the many other necessities in life.  My daughters will need bedroom furniture.  I will need bedroom fu...

Sponsored Tweets: A New Way to Make Money
on Nov 18, 2009This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Sponsored Tweets. All opinions are 100% mine. As many know, I have begun writing blog ad posts.  These ad posts vary from five dollars up to forty dollars.  The company is Izea.  As...

Gift Ideas for Christmas
on Nov 18, 2009This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Hoover and Dirt Devil. All opinions are 100% mine.Cleaning house is not my forte.  It is the one thing in this world that I hate.  I don’t mind straightening things up but actually clean...

A Privacy Conundrum
on Nov 18, 2009Because of a recent blog post on Boobs, Injuries, and Dr. Pepper, I have been getting a great of press and publicity for Texans for Adult Adoptees OBC Access.  I am thrilled with the prospect of helping others along with inviting more activism i...

What Have You Learned From Your Search
on Nov 16, 2009What have you learned in all this hassle of searching?  That is a question that has left me thinking and pondering what have I really learned?  Is it important to necessarily find?  I think that it does bring closure to an adoptee or b...

Doesn't Go Far Enough
on Nov 16, 2009This report has come out of Australia.  I was reading it.  It focuses on the children but it does not focus on the mothers from this era.  It does not focus on the harm caused to them.  Just like the United States, many of these w...

Need a Break?
on Nov 16, 2009I really need a break.  I would give anything to take a vacation anywhere.  I do not mean a working vacation.  I want to go someplace different.  I want all of us to have fun.  I want all of us to have pure joy at new experie...

Working for a Living
on Nov 13, 2009I applied for a job locally as a police dispatcher.  I am hoping to get the job.  I am looking forward to getting back into the rat race.  I am hoping to join the normal folks in the human race.  I realize that I will be dealing w...

A Perfect Idea for Christmas
on Nov 13, 2009I had a dear friend from junior high to high school that always had a large assortment of cheeses and other specialty foods in her home.  I grew up not being exposed to many of the other cultural foods of the world.  It was her family that...