I slept in today. I have my to-do list in my new notebook. This one opens all the way and is much easier to work with. I am crossing things off as quick as I am adding. That is a lie, I am actually adding so many things to it that I might have to take a Xanax if I don't stop. The big chickens are bullying the little ones, the cats are hissing at each other, and I am missing my lazy dog. We had to put her down yesterday. She was in pain between her heart and her eye and it was the right thing to do. It will take me a while to get used to not walking her, tending to her, and snuggling her. She was our little hot mess when we adopted her but even hot messes grow on you over the span of 10 years. As she drifted off over the rainbow bridge, I thanked her for being so awesome and showing us what true unconditional love is like one a daily basis. She also taught us about boundaries and anxiety and trauma but those stories are for another day. I wasn't going to write about Au
Book reviews, (mostly YA) combined with the life musings of an empty nester.