Category: Ex Trailer Trash

The past couple of weeks have been… unique. I’ve gotten lackadaisical about posting here because my real life went from a spartan affair to mighty full. When I started writing a blog back in 2003, my kids were grown and gone and I was single, working ungodly hours in tiny-town radio. Social life was measured…

This has been a supremely weird week so far. When my body crashed late Saturday morning, it crashed hard. No warning, just BAM! As in, holy shit can I please die now. I have been in and out of consciousness for most of the past four days, trying to sleep in hopes it would allow me…

I know Poolie has less than stellar things to say about the extreme coupon element, and I agree that the television show devolves into what would be a joke if it didn’t come at the expense of the families. The fact is that for some people, extreme couponing may be the difference between surviving or…

When there are no reasons left why you cannot live the life that you want to live, that’s when your life will change. That’s kind of a circular statement, but it’s also true. I’ve wanted to do things for years, but there has always been something in my way. I had kids. I was ill….

Sometimes I’m reminded of the good things about my job. Just when I’d thrown up my hands and become comfy with the idea of being flat broke in a few weeks, the powers that be did a radical shift, one that (so far anyway) seems to be working in my favor. I’m still expecting (and hoping…