I’ve added another new piece to my ever-expanding Full Moon series of tree of life pendants! Purple Moon is now in stock! This is in addition to the Blue Moon, White Moon and, of course, very popular Halloween Moon already available in the shop. Several more variations will debut later this week; supplies are on…
Category: Finances
Why You Can’t Afford To Get Sick Without Healthcare In America
Susan Cassidy at Progressive Libertarianism is an idiot. From my feature on CNN, there is this quote from a naysayer on the issue: “Her hand written letter says nothing of her having the freedom to get the service and pay out of pocket, at possibly an outrageous cost, but get the life-saving service none-the-less,” writes…
PhoenixFire Designs
Just sharing some of the items available in my shop right now. You can find additional items as well as contact me for custom orders as well in the shop. Thank you for your support!
I am Obamacare and This Is CNN
Holy crap! I’m on CNN!. My story is up. And as of right now, it’s right on the main page too. Holy cow. How surreal is that?? To see yourself on the front page of CNN?? I’m kinda freaking the heck out right now. In a good way! You can still see my original I…
A/C Redemption?
Talked to Wayne. He checked first to make sure the radiator fan and compressor fan did in fact need to be replaced. (Didn’t want to just take someone’s word on it.) And they did, so he replaced those. Then he checked out the a/c. Drained and flushed the system. Inspected it. Recharged it with freon….
Today’s Car Update
Just got back from dropping it off. Here’s today’s update. Apparently, Wayne said the radiator fan is just bad timing, not part of the problem with the A/C. (Though I guess the reverse is possible? You can burn out a compressor fan from a bad radiator or something as the system tries to stay cooled…
A Very Bad Day
It’s just so much I can’t even explain it all. But the long, horrible story short is that the Element’s air conditioning is completely wrong. I’d say, “again” but it seems like it was never fixed right the first THREE times we’ve done it. This has been going on for TWO YEARS now and still,…
Post Hysterectomy – 8 Months Post Op
I haven’t updated in awhile so I thought I’d post another photo of the healing progress. June 5th was eight months post op from my Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH) and my incisions are looking really good. The main scar on my left (viewer right) is fading nicely and is much less red then it was….
PhoenixFire Designs Shop Updates
Sorry no entries since the weekend. I’ve been busy mainly with shop orders and updates the past few days. Since it’s what’s been occupying my time, I thought I’d take a moment and show off some of what’s been keeping me busy. 🙂 First off, I’ve completed my full moon “trilogy” as it were. Now,…
Dead Car Battery (With Help from Homer)
So my day started off like this: Because at 6:30am as Love is leaving for work, he calls me and says his car won’t start. He’s got to get to work (obviously) so he’s taking mine. Boo. I worry a little but go back to sleep. When I get up, I walk downstairs to the…
Dreaming of a New Vacuum
I spent Monday afternoon partially disassembling my vacuum cleaner and trying to unclog the completely stuffed hose. It was messy, disgusting and absurd. The vacuum cleaner is like 2 years old. And it pretty much rarely, if ever, works anymore. It just gets completely and irrevocably clogged up. I get that we have two cats…
Selfish Grief
I’ve discovered with Rand’s passing that grief has many faces, shows up in many different ways and comes and goes with varying impact – even long after you think it should still bother you. It was two years this March and many days it’s easier to deal with; the grief is well-worn in and doesn’t…
Boring Weekend
Nothing really to talk about, hence the lack of posts in a few days again. Just more of bullet-point comments than anything, so here goes: Love’s CT scan The neurologist wanted to get it done to see if they could track down the source of the throbbing/whooshing/pulsing problem he has in his right ear. Doc…
Wedding Joy?
So, my Wedding Woes entry prompted a TON of comments, suggestions and ideas. Today, my sister had a really great one and I think it might totally be a winner: renting a house for a weekend. You may be all like, wha…? but hear me out. I live in Florida. Florida is a tourist state…
Wedding Woes
Since Love surprised me with an engagement ring this past Christmas I’ve been getting into the excitement of planning the wedding. I’m really crafty and creative and I don’t want some overdone event nor the price tag that goes with it. I want to do a lot of the personal touches myself and am excited…