I came here today, in the wee hours of the morning, actually, because I noticed a charge from Xanga that had been paid through Paypal, the money coming out of my bank account, no authorization needed from me.  It's one thing to automatically charge my credit card, but that someone is automatically debiting my checking account is disturbing.  I'm not sure what to think about that.

I started my account here to talk about my children and their experiences in early life.  Now Bug is 14 and going to be starting high school, and Bean is 9 and going into 4th grade.  Allie is a distant memory, and even Kay isn't around as much, although we've had a resurgence in her company the last few months.  Bug has new friends, I have new friends, even Bean has new friends.  Life passes by so quickly, as cliched as that sounds. For the first time in 10 years, I returned to Orange county to go to the So Cal LLL conference over Memorial Day weekend. It was strange, seeing places that were somewhat familiar, but not quite.  I drove over the 241 toll road.  I really wanted to go to Rancho Santa Margarita, but it was not to be.  Bean didn't want to go, and we had been driving for awhile, so I acquiesced. She wanted to spend all her time swimming in the hotel pool or visiting the ocean, but I had conference sessions to attend!  We did make it to Knott's Berry farm on Sunday.