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Pure Terror

I know this is a bit more then I usually share with you, and I don’t even know if I will publish this post.

Pure. Terror.

That is what I feel right now. I feel it about Doug’s job. I feel it about our finances. I feel it about our house. I feel it about everything on my to do list. I feel it about my parenting skills. Most of all, I feel it about what may happen after the next election, and I have never felt this way about politics before.

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Story Time at School

The girls and I went on a little adventure yesterday afternoon.

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Doug was working on reading to children with his public speaking class. They wanted a practice audience before some of them got to go over to the elementary school to read to a whole class full of little ones.

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28 years, or yesterday

I’ve been spending too much time on Etsy. It has me thinking a lot about Vada ~ my grandmother, not my daughter. I saw a pair of earrings that she could have made tonight. Before I knew it, tears were falling. Sometimes it seems like just yesterday when she passed, not 28 years ago. I was so young, but so in love with her. There are just times in my life when her absence is so much more present. Times … Read more

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Oh No!!

I have used all my picture storage!! 1023MB (1024MB = 1GB) of pictures on this blog. Wow, that’s a lot. I just paid $5.00 (per year) to get an additional 20GB per year. So that should last for a few years ;^) Anyway, it may take up to 24 hours for the storage to show, so I guess I’ll try back later to post the snaps I wanted to share. ©Copyright 2012 Jessie Rayot / Jessie At Home All my … Read more

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You mean I have to start watching a soap?!?!

Many moons ago I was sitting in my first day of Make Up class at The Theater School at DePaul University, and met the boy sitting next to me, Mike. I was a first year costume designer and he was a second year actor. He didn’t seem to fit in so much with his classmates, I could relate. Of course, he was also gorgeous, so that helped, too!

As the year went on, we became friends. I was rather skilled at make up, so he tended to turn to me when he needed some help. I also worked in the costume storage rooms for my work study job. Occationally he would stop in when I was working and plop on down on a trunk to talk. He used to just open up about everything to me. He would tell me that he knew that he would always work after graduation, because of his looks, but that he didn’t know he had the talent to make him deserve that work. I knew he had the talent. I could look at Mike a see a good man with talent, but also

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Sunday

Ten years ago from Sunday (tomorrow). It was a Tuesday morning. I woke up in my Queens apartment early feeling a bit…off. I got ready for work – Costume Shop Manager for the theater department at Adelphi University in Long Island, just a couple miles east of Queens. I dressed in all black, and wore dark make-up that morning; it matched how I was feeling. As I was leaving I grabbed a stuffed monkey my father had given me a … Read more

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i broke my right hand getting up to pee this morning. no more water before bed for me. ©Copyright 2011 Jessie Rayot / Jessie At Home All my videos, patterns, charts, photos and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. If you want to share on your own blog / website, then you may use the first photo in this … Read more

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Look Mom; I’m cleaning!

Have I told you all how much I LOVE CafeMom?  It’s a great site for mommies of all ages, from those just thinking about becoming moms, to those with great~grandkids. There are some amazing groups with wonderful ladies who have helped me through all sorts of things, and many who have become my friends. If you ever have a single mommy~related question, just go there to get some great advise. There is even an amazing group full of crock~pot recipes. How cool is that?

Anyway, back to the topic. A few weeks ago I got a message from CafeMom. It turns out in my use of their lovely site, I was entered in a drawing to win a Roomba, and I won! It was actually the day before my birthday. Again, very cool.

So, today, this showed up.

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It’s hot

that’s all i have to say ©Copyright 2010 Jessie Rayot / Jessie At Home All my videos, patterns, charts, photos and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information with someone, share the link to this post. If you want to share on your own blog / website, then you may use the first photo in this post and link back to this post. You may not give away … Read more

Technical difficulties and a morning at the library

I had some technical difficulties with my laptop just after my last post. Everything is working fine now, but I sure have a lot of reading to catch up on with all the blogs I love to read!

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The girls and I have been taking lots of morning walks. We spend a long time walking through the park, and sometimes end with a while playing in the playground.

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