Sometimes I Love Surprises! Yesterday afternoon my other half showed up in town out of the blue and we got to spend several hours together before he had to go back home! Apparently it's not going to be as hard as I'd thought getting to s... Continued
Happy Birthday, Jessie! No, that name shouldn't actually mean anything to you. My second-oldest niece turned 15 today, which is something of a wake-up call for most of our family. Her sister is my niece I talk about all the time (th... Continued
What A Day When I woke up this morning, all I needed to accomplish was to wrap my niece's birthday present and make my world-famous olive salad for the party tomorrow. Then I realized we are also celebrating my dad's bir... Continued
National Rabbit Week At the risk of offending some people...whether you know and love a pet rabbit or like myself thoroughly enjoy a good rabbit stew...thank the little furry critters in your life for giving you whatever you need f... Continued
Holy Humidity, Batman! OK, so normally I am the LAST person on Earth to complain about it being too hot. If I could live somewhere like Hawaii where the temperature rarely fluctuates beyond a narrow tropical range year-round, I woul... Continued
Surgery Scheduled I cannot believe I forgot to tell you this, especially after I mentioned having gone to the doctor! Monday morning I had my appointment with the orthopedic surgeon, and my knee surgery is scheduled for August ... Continued
Time For a Nap Today I was reminded exactly why it was I quit my last office job just shy of 15 years ago. Paperwork and dealing with people who are ignorant through no fault of their own is decidedly not my strong suit. Bu... Continued
Boy, This Is Early! Left to my own devices, my natural sleep pattern is from something like 4am until around noon. When I was working all the time, I got sort of used to getting up when normal people do, but since I've had all th... Continued
Playing Catchup Well, who knew that I'd be getting two days of work this week for the first time in months?! It turns out our office manager's sister came into town unexpectedly so someone needed to cover the phones, and then... Continued
Lost A Day Between my plane landing at midnight and having to get up early for a doctor's appointment, I appear to have completely lost Monday somehow. I knew it felt weird that I hadn't done a post, but I figured it was... Continued
Home Again I'm not sure what was more pathetic...the five-year-old girl crying because I was leaving, or me crying because I was leaving. Gah...I'm getting emotional in my old age. But, I'm home again. Back to the high... Continued
That Went Way Too Fast So here I am on my last night in Tahoe, and wondering where the heck the week went exactly. I'm torn between being glad to sleep in my own bed again and wishing I could stay here forever. But, all good things... Continued
