Quick Update

Yesterday I went for my court appointment about the whole ticket thing.  Long story short, I was in and out of there so fast, it almost made my head spin!
There were probably 200 people in the courtroom and they were going alphabetically, so I’d settled in for being there all day (at times like that, [...]

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Icky stuff and not-so-icky stuff …

I’m up earlier than usual this morning.  Not by choice, however.
I think today was probably the most unpleasant “wake up” call I’ve had in years (maybe ever).  One of our cats likes to sleep under the blankets with me when it’s cold, which is normally fine with me (she keeps me warmer, too).  But this [...]

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Finally got to the bottom of the licensing problem …

After nearly an uncountable number of phone calls to various local courts, I FINALLY found out what happened with everything.
Yes, there was a minor ticket back in June that I’d forgotten to pay.  Yes, my Driver’s License had been suspended.  And yes, it’s true that I didn’t even know my license had been suspended for non-payment of [...]

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Prayer of Saint Francis

No particular reason I’m putting this here except that this prayer runs through my head on occasion. 

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
     where there is hatred, let me sow love;
     where there is injury, pardon;
     where there is doubt, faith;
     where there is despair, hope;
     where there is darkness, light;
     and [...]

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Uh oh

 
I’ve known for a long time that one of these days my husband would be no longer able to work.  (In case you don’t know what’s going on with his health, go here.)
The only reason he’s been able to keep working as long as he has is because he’s done the same job for years, so [...]

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Nothing urgent … just keeping in touch

Because I’ve made a promise to myself to keep up on this blog more regularly, I’m writing this short post right now mainly just to keep myself in the habit.
Yesterday afternoon I spoke at length with the court and with an attorney about my situation.  I finally found out exactly what the traffic ticket was that [...]

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Lessons …

Well, we’ve been without a car for an entire weekend now.  I’ve gotten over the shock of temporarily losing my driving privileges, and now I’m moving into “okay, let’s deal with it” mode.
On Saturday, my kids and I had a big “adventure” and took the bus to do a fairly large shopping trip (had to take everyone [...]

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If it’s not one thing, it’s something else …

I was on my way to a funeral yesterday when I got pulled over for expired license tabs on my van.  Ugh.
The tabs had only expired a couple of days before, so it shouldn’t have been that big of a deal.  Or so I thought.  But much to my surprise, the police officer suspended my driver’s [...]

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And now it’s October …

It was surprising to find that the last posting I made to this blog was way back near the beginning of September.  So much for my good intentions about posting more frequently.
It was a crazy month.  Here are some of the highlights (and low lights, too) with a few prayer requests sprinkled in for good measure:
1) [...]

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