Years ago, right after I moved out on my own for the first time, I remember watching a fairly forgettable sitcom, The Torkelsons. The show was about a single mom raising a family of five kids on her own. In one episode, her aunt comes to visit and asks her….
Mom and I hit our favorite yard sale again today. The people just down the street put on a yard sale every few months to benefit Relay for Life. They put a ton of work into it. They get thousands of donations and they have to store everything that doesn’t…
Since I started blogging again, it has come to my attention that blogs are supposed to be about something. Rather than just rambling along about my (probably) boring life, I’m told I should pick something I’m interested in or have some expertise with and center my blog about that. With…
Mom and I went shopping tonight, just for something to do. We ended up at Old Navy and she found a couple of items she wanted to try. They had to let us into the dressing room, and since I had nothing to try on, but wanted to see how…
The informational meeting for prospective foster/adoptive parents was tonight and now I have to figure out how soon I want to start the process. I have some stuff I need to do around the house and a few other things I need to get ready before the home study. Here…
Listening to a podcast today (Popstuff from How Stuff Works) the podcaster referred to herself as “super-literate” because she owned 800 books. I thought it was funny and mentioned it to a coworker, who agreed with the podcaster. That surprised me. I have 200 books in this room alone, and…
I know it’s just the last couple of days of winter, but it’s too soon for the weather to be this beautiful, isn’t it? The day was so nice that I spent a couple of hours out on my hammock, finishing The Hunger Games. It’s not that I’m complaining, but…
Mom is having new floors put into her home, which is exciting and fun… and a whole lot of work! She’s been slaving away for a couple of weeks, boxing up knick-knacks and china, moving furniture, hauling stuff out to the deck or down to the basement. I’ve helped here…
In about 1974 I made friends with a girl in my older sister’s class. Her name was Lois Lew and we were nerds together until I moved to Munich at the end of 1975. She only had one sister while I had 3 sisters, 2 brothers and a cousin, so…
I hate conflict. I don’t like being at odds with anyone, not even other drivers in traffic. It’s not that I can’t stand up for myself, I just don’t want to have to. I expect people to be civilized and polite and relatively friendly. It always throws me when someone…
