Passage - A Short Story Written 5/23/00
I get e-mail about this one! Guess why!
Fabio and Eric call this the "Gun Story"

New Regency Short Story 3/11/02
(almost 10,000 words) - Over 18 for this one please!
And Jack's Are Wild!

John's Story 9/1/02

Fabio Press Release - January 15, 2003

Fabio Flyer - January 2003 (Fan Club Meeting)

Through a Mother's Eyes - A Story Log About my Son's Battle with Acute ALL Leukemia

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Fabio and I, in LA, July 7, 2002 (8 PM)

We had a late night (talking)
Fabio, Johnathan and I, in LA,
July 9, 2002 (3AM)

 

1999

Naked in the Kitchen - a page from the "Naked Housewife" - We've had offers.......

Naked in the Kitchen Revisited - more adventures

Naked Housekeeping II - the Bathroom How mothers fare when trying to bathe with children in the house 12/26/01

Favorites

• Where in the World is Fabio????
• The hilarious short Essay - The Calendar You Gotta Read This One!
• The Mousepad: What happens when a woman gets a FABIO mousepad? You would not believe me
• It's picture Day - And they can't find their shoes!
• How to Make Your Son Want to Leave Home 6/6/99
• Another take on Parenting - Working Mother's Morning
  Published in AMCC's internal newsletter       1984
• Bad Boys in the Bathroom - Or, Why I'm Glad I'm Single!
• Butterpats on the Ceiling This one is something to read - what boys can do with food....
  
• Bad Boy with a Gun, Or, Stalking the Livingroom TV
  
• Top 10 Uses for MacAddict Magazine
  Published in MacAddict, issue 3
• Top 10 Ways to Know You're a MacAddict!
  Submitted to MacAddict
• Top 10 Ways to Know Your Son is a MacAddict!
  Submitted to MacAddict
• When the Sap Rises.....
  Published in AMCC's internal newspaper
• Diet-Busting Tips Or, how I scold myself when dieting 5/7/99
• Women of a Certain Age Indeed! 5/5/00
• The Red Jacket My youngest is on a kick - better than Fabio - his goal 6/3/2000
• Who said that Mornings Get Better as the Kids Get Older? Not me! 1/26/00

My two technical ebooks are up at dacafe.com:
http://www10.dacafe.com/book/parse_book.php?article=0127466606/index.html
http://www10.dacafe.com/book/parse_book.php?article=BITSLICE/index.html

INDICES:

Short Stories - 2002

Short Stories - 2001

Short Stories - June - December 2000

Stories - Sept - Dec 1999; Jan - June 2000

MASTER STORY LIST - EVERYTHING!

Leukemia - Through a Mother's Eyes - 7/00 - 4/02 (To Be Continued)

Scattered Topics - Early Stories

Working Mother Stories - Early Ones

Adventures in Stalking Fabio

Cooking Adventures and Recipies

Copyright 2008-1984 Donnamaie E.White.
Material may not be reproduced without written permission of the author. donnamaie@ - no spam - sbcglobal.net

 

Donnamaie's Diary - 2002

Last Entry: October 11, 2003

Journal Entries: 2002:

• Christmas Muddle 2002 we stumble thru an unusual holiday 12/25/02
• 'Twas the day before Christmas--- a poem ---- women can relate --- 12/24/02
• The Big, Red, Cuddly, Christmas Bear A Christmas Must-Read 12/22/02
• AT&T Digital Cable - They Made a Slight Mistake---- Like turning off my cable without cheking that I really had cancelled - a typing error? A mis-laid work order? 12/19/02
• The Christmas Tree 2002 It's up - sort of 12/18/2002
• HRT Hysteria, High Cholesterol, FAT! **** war is declared! **** 12/12/02
• The Meeting I describe a meeting - How Silicon Valley works. 12/11/02
• Fabio Newsletter - December 2002 (PDF) 12/11/02
• My Day Monday and the Fat-Free (ha ha ) Brownies I get my Christmas Tree and a whoops on the Fabio Newsletter 12/11/02
• I Am Not Senile! 12/9/02
• Thanksgiving Etc. Computer crashes and my son throws yet another fever - and my printer has gone South! (or its driver has---)12/5/02
• Apple Care - I Think I Love You! My G4 and its monitor need service - as their warrenty rapidly expires! 12/4/02
• Little Smokies Weiners Recipes ---- somehow they became tradition 11/25/02
• Some Days---- A tiral to get through -- I need a rest! 11/25/02
• Wild in the Grocery Store 11/24/02
• The Lab Made a Mistake - A very big one. We are now an "incident" 11/8/02
• Crash Day Tired, I tend to sleep at night - in spurts and early - but my son wants food 11/6/02
• Grooming the Cat Little Bit is still missing but the rest are clean and fresh 10/26/02
• The New Store Never mess with my chocolate 10/20/02
• Another Chemo Day My kid sorts my change pourse and we catch up on sleep 10/02/02
• Regency Sources 10/26/02
• My Cuddly Son Somethimes he's too cute for words 10/19/20
• Hilarity in the Waiting Room The day after the scare---- 10/17/02
• Momma's Relaxing Night -Ha! it started out well---- Wednesday Night hospital run 10/16/02
• One Transmission, Two Transmissions, Thre Transmissions, Four as we paste the 87 Toyota van back together - took six of them actually 10/10/02
• The PRIUS Got Me Good! A cautionary note on changing radio channels on a recessed touch-screen while in acrylic nails 10/10/02
• My E-Mail Went Down Our dependance on all thing internet 10/10/02
• Decadent Duckies! My rubber ducky population is growing 10/6/02
• Testing Day - Again - So, how are your nerves? Mine are shattered! 10/6/02
• The '87 Toyota Van Gets a Transmission - and Momma Drives a Prius (Hybrid) 10/3/02
• Jane Austen Stuff - Regency Treasure! 10/3/02
• Tech Notes for Writers: The Ubiquitous Promo CD Sometimes bigger IS better--- 10/3/02
• The Tacoma Truck 8600 Mile Service Day - Long, Long Day - 10/1/02
• Best Laid Plans He gets his birthday party! 9/22/02
• Short Chemo Day??? 9/19/02
• Evening Off He's home again 9/18/02
• You Won't Believe This! 9/7/02
• Incarceration 9/7/02
• Fluid On Board Fighting the fight again - he'd better start eating! 9/1/02
• I am Not Writing a BLOG! what an ugly name 9/1/02
• Food Fight 9/1/02
• Contract Worker I contemplate a different lifestyle 9/1/02
• In His Wildest Dreams - an older story I forgot to load? 9/1/02
• I Deserve a Mother-Medal Sunday was a trying day 8/28/02
• Wonder Poker Something's been given a new chance at life 8/15/02
• The Auction, Or, My Son Buys Me a Man Again 8/15/02
• Pokes Another chemo day and then Godford's Park arrives 8/11/02
• Naked Housewife Addictions a growing list 8/8/02
• I Was Attacked by the Dishes This Morning 8/5/02
• On HRT Do not tell me what drugs to stop taking! 8/2/2002
• Now They Tell Us! About dieting and its affects 8/2/2002
• Working Out - Superwoman 8/2/2002
• Ben & Jerry and the Ice Cream Licker I need calcium! 7/28/02
• Scrub, Scrub, Scrub Team in Training Kick-Off and I scrub the rug at last 7/27/02
• Sausage Thing After a Very Long Day Another Chemo Day down and I make an interestiung dinner 7/25/02
• Harried Hilarious Hijinks at Lunchtime 7/22/02
• Ode to Chocolate How bad can I be? 7/20/02
• Saving Dirty Underwear How we do manage to pile things up --- 7/14/02
• Old Cars in the Driveway What's life without a dead car in your driveway? 7/14/02

The DATE With Fabio!

• The Dream Date with Fabio - July 8, 2002 Photos!!!!!!
• Dinner with Fabio The date finally happens - and my son went with us, with his big camera 7/10/02
• Fabio's Day What HE went through before he came to pick me up 7/8/02
• My Son Has His Own Room 7/8/02
• The Drive Down Breaking in the Tacoma 7/7/02
• Leaving for LA - and the "Date" And Ranger, the pesky orange furball, makes me late 7/7/02
• Estrogen Patch What men do to us - they deserve any hell we give them! 7/5/02
• I Have Nails....       Pepper Insisted Long nails and a shopping spree at Stoneridge 7/5/02
• I Don't Like My Hair With Gold Roots Because---- So now it is burgundy 7/5/02
• Happy July 4th 7/4/02
• The Black Dress - Or, I Change My Mind Again I prefer slinky black clinging velvet 7/4/02
• Finding a Hotel; Buying Make-Up Yes! I need MORE! The rooms is secured and the dentist gets me in the chair July 1, 2002
• The Final Dress: Dusky Green-Blue Crepe At last I have decided and the dress is done June 31, 2002
• The Green Velvet Dress I fuss over a creation that I will discard 6/30/02
• Mad Shopping on QVC and Hide Everything! I give my self a new hair color and thin the licks, shop QVC for makeup (which may or may not arrive) and begin reassembly of Momma. 6/30/02
• Setting Up My Fabio Date Getting things rescheduled 6/28/02

Journal Entries:

• Naked in the Kitchen Revisited More hilarity while doing housework 6/26/02
• Busy Day, This Friday Was Finishing off the cats and doing chores builds an appetite 6/22/02
• Bathing the Cat Ranger smells and Little Bit is a handful, time for a bath Ha, Ha and Ha 6/21/02
• The Fabio Date is Coming And I Am Not Ready! No dress! 6/19/02
• Yes, I Have Carpal Tunnel A few stinging zaps and they can confirm it Workman's Comp! 6/19/02
• Shopping & Scrubbing Into Summer And sewing too 6/12/02
• FAT, FAT, FAT! FABIO DREAM DATE IS July 8th 2002 and I have not lost weight! 6/10/02
• Chemo and Movies and the Dishwasher Quits 6/8/02
• Monday Adventures And they are trying to get the Fabio date confirmed - so my kid gets sick 6/2/02
• We're Having a Heat Wave 5/31/02
• My Date is Being Scheduled Fabio looms on the horizon but I can't see over my belly 5/30/02
• I Can't Find My Car Keys! The exasperation of the ritual hunt 5/30/02
• EXPRESSIONS FOR WOMEN ON HIGH STRESS DAYS Love these! 5/28/02
• My Gray Chinchilla Momma Died Today After 14 years as part of the family - I will miss her very much .5/23/02
• Thursday Chemo Day and TNT It's Kickoff time after a long chemo day 5/23/02

Daily Dairy April 16 - May 19, 2002 - Snapshot of a Life:

• Diary Days 1-2 Tuesday April 16, 2002 - Wednesday April 17, 2002 4/19/02
• Diary Day 3 Thursday April 18, 2002 Chemo Day and Bridget Jones's Diary Has a Sequel 5/10/02
• Diary Day 4 Friday April 19, 2002 Spa, Gym, Figuring out COBRA 5/10/02
• Diary Days 5 Saturday April 20, 2002, Art Photography 5/10/02
• Diary Day 6 Sunday April 21, 2002 The Gym, Gathering Grocereies 4/21/02
• Diary Day 7 Monday April 22, 2002 Scorpian King ans a Straying Cat 4/22/02
• Diary Day 8 Tuesday April 23, 2002 Creative Cooking 4/23/02
• Diary Day 9 Wednesday April 24, 2002 The Gym, The Spa and the Blood Test 4/24/02
• Diary Day 10 Thursday April 25, 2002 Long Chemo day 4/25/02
• Diary Day 11 Friday April 26, 2002 Interview Day Disasters - No job is worth this! 4/26/02
• Diary Day 12 Saturday April 27,, 2002 Duoteam Wrap-Up Party and Reading 4/27/02
• Diary Day 13 Sunday April 28, 2002 Reading All Day 4/28/02
• Diary Day 14 Monday April 29, 2002 Back at Unemployment - They lost me! 4/29/02
• Diary Day 15 Tuesday April 30, 2002 Hunter-Gatherer 5/10/02
• Diary Day 16 Wednesday May 1, 2002 Adventures in Costco 5/10/02
• Diary Day 17 Thursday May 2, 2002 Chemo day - Should I Be a Producer? 5/10/02
• Diary Day 18 Friday May 3, 2002 The Cat is Winning 5/10/02
• Diary Day 19 Saturday May 4, 2002 Wildflower Race Day 5/10/02
• Diary Day 20 Sunday May 5, 2002 Recovery Day 5/10/02
• Diary Day 21 Monday May 6, 2002 5/10/02
• Diary Day 22 Tuesday May 7, 2002 5/10/02
• Diary Day 23 Wednesday May 8, 2002 Spiderman up in flames! 5/10/02
• Diary Day 24 Thursday May 9, 2002 Chemo day Working on the Website 5/10/02
• Diary Day 25 Day 25 Friday May 10, 2002 8:50 AM 5/19/02
• Diary Day 26 Day 26 Saturday May 11, 2002 8:45 AM 5/19/02
• Diary Day 27 Day 27 Sunday May 12, 2002 Mother's Day 5/19/02
• Diary Day 28 Day 28 Monday May 13, 2002 8:57 AM Giant's Game Day 5/19/02
• Diary Day 29 Day 29 Tuesday May 14, 2002 5/19/02
• Diary Day 30 Day 30 Wednesday May 15, 2002 8:40 AM 5/19/02
• Diary Day 31 Day 31 Thursday May 16, 2002 7:20 AM Chemo Day 5/19/02
• Diary Day 32 Day 32 Friday May 17, 2002 9:40 AM Giant's Game 5/19/02
• Diary Day 33 Day 33 Saturday May 18, 2002 SVC Meeting Day 5/19/02

Journal Entries (pre-diary):

• It's Spinal Fluid Check Up Time In which we drill into my son's spine to see if he remains cancer-free 4/17/02
• Take Your Daughters to Work Day And telecommute and use Flex Hours and do it all! 4/10/02
• Today was Hair Day I cash in my auction prize and get my hair redone - short and sassy 4/10/02
• COBRA, HIPP and Health Insurance 4/8/02
• Happy Easter!! Oh Yeah!!!! 4/5/02
• The TNT Auction Team in Training guys and gals go for the highest bid 4/5/02
• A Radiator Light and the Toyota Trainee Male chauvinist jocks duck and cover! 4/5/02
• A Crazy Day! PHOTOS MOVED HERE My truck, my computer, a surprise party, two sons and a cat in the window! 2/11/02 photos added 4/3/02
• The Programming God Arrives to rescue his mother 4/2/02
• Mail Call Why can't they all just bill the credit card? 4/2/02
• Happy Easter - Chemo Update 3/31/02
• Chemo Day - Again 3/28/02
• Fetch and Carry A mother's work is never done 3/27/01
• A Visit to the Unemployment Office They have upgraded - but the system is still a joke for the down-sized professional 3/23/02
• Bye, Bye Methyldrexate! In which we have reached a milestone in the ALL Leukemia treatment schedule! 3/22/02
• Working Woman's Guide to Survival From one who knows 3/21/02
• Foot Focus In which I finally get treatment for my poor marathon-damaged feet 3/18/02
• The Estrogen Battle Goes On 3/17/02
• 25 things you should have learned by the time you have reached middle-age from the internet and then some 3/12/02
• And Jack's Are Wild! New Regency Short Story - FICTION 3/11/02 (almost 10,000 words) - Over 18 Please!
  
• Homework I am laid off and I am now so busy I could spit! But I sleep better! 3/12/02
• Apple OpSys 9.1 and I - EEEK! When an upgrade eats your files, it is being too aggressive! And the printer is still MIA - the modem is flaky - but the scanner works! 3/12/02
• Modem, Modem - Where Art Thou? Software Upgrades get down and dirty on the Mac 3/5/02
• The NT - Upgraded to Oblivion What happens when support blindly updates an operating system on a PC 3/5/02
• A Long Thursday A 2-hour chemo run becomes a nightmare 2/15/02
• My Son is in the Mood to Eat Shrimp and we go to Red Lobster after managing to dress him (January/02) Written down 2/15/02
• A Crazy Day! PHOTOS MOVED HERE My truck, my computer, a surprise party, two sons and a cat in the window! 2/11/02 photos added 4/3/02
• Crashes - Continued Musical Toyotas and a floundering NT 2/6/2002
• Super Bowl Sunday - 2002 2/6/2002
• Crashes, Crashes, Crashes! The van, the NT, the G3, the G4 minitower! Egad! 2/5/2002
• It Must Be Monday! The Van flicks on a Radiator light and the NT laptop takes a dive - again! 2/4/2002
• The Four Pound Elephant My son treats the nurses very well! Very well indeed! 2/4/2002
• A Wee Bit of Tension - It's Lumbar Time Again 1/24/02
• We Lost a Friend - January 22, 2002
• The Dress is Selected And next, the heavens parted! Wierd events at the fabric store! And my younger son has begun his campaign! 1/19/02
• My Son is in the Mood for Shrimp and we go to Red Lobster after managing to dress him 1/xx/02 Written down 2/15/02
• The Date Come-ith! My date for Fabio is about to be scheduled! Panic! 1/18/02
• I'm Having Way Too Much Fun With My Son! A natural character with a twisted sense of humor. It isn't only when in the hospital that he exhibits quirky behavior! But he'd better not mess up my upcoming date with Fabio!! 1/15/02
• Now we Are 60 Egad! Isn't it time to slow down yet? 1/13/02
• Devil Duckie - Fiendish version of the rubber duck! 1/10/02
• Devil Duckie in Engrish - Horrid Poem - lost something in translation - 1/10/02

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