May was not as good as April, believe it or not. And it was awkwardly kinda creepy as well. I’m feeling a bit thumped on, to be honest, and I feel I’ve probably been taking it out on folks, either by being silent, or by snarking. Either way, I’m sorry – this weekend is meant to relax, and then back at it with a smile on Monday. So look at this beautiful girl and tell me she’s not the cutest grad you’ve seen this year:

It’s hard for me to believe that the first week of May has already gone by. The past several weeks have been nothing short of mentally excruciating, at times feeling very much like things would never work out, would never complete, would never… just anything.
But let me just say we made it through our no-red-meat effort. We celebrated with homemade hamburgers done in Care’s convection oven, and this week we had the eye of round that had been waiting patiently for us to do it up. Almost four full days …

We just got back from the vet’s, and Milo has a urinary tract blockage, which is requiring catheterization, and surgery. The bill is going to run pretty high. This wouldn’t be a problem except for a few other unexpected bills that have had to be paid in the last six weeks, including covering for multiple shipments for Belfire.
In other words, the Lady can stop kicking me in the ass now, please….
It breaks my heart to have to part with a few of these things, definitely the drum and the Apex …

UPDATED!
After some re-arranging, I’ve moved the specially priced edit/book packaging spot to June. Thanks, M.!

While I wait for my face to stop hurting, I’m going to quickly run through about a dozen things I’d do if I were to win LottoMax. I’ve won free plays and once actually won some cash. As a family, we decide whether or not we’ll grab a ‘quick play’ ticket maybe once every six weeks or so.
If I were to win the full amount, I dunno what I’d do exactly. I know I’d do the things on the list below, and then I’d probably put the rest into …