October 31, 2007 – 3:42 PM
I know it’s Halloween because two of the tellers at the bank were wearing witches’ hats. Better yet, they had big buckets of GOOD (i.e., chocolate) Halloween candy out and were urging me to take more, more.
I know it’s Halloween because the convenience store where I get my cheap Diet Cokes had signs up all [...]
October 30, 2007 – 4:39 PM
BD’s Halloween plans have been in a constant flux for weeks. Now it looks like she won’t be trick or treating at all, for the first time ever, due to a combination of factors (only one of which is my selfish, uncaring attitude that prevents her from going in another neighborhood with a girl I’ve [...]
October 28, 2007 – 9:57 PM
11 days
10 nights
7 beds
1900 miles
2 extended families
2 anniversaries
4 birthday celebrations
1 museum
3 people very glad to be home again
1 of whom has to leave town again tomorrow
October 27, 2007 – 12:15 PM
We don’t get “Stone Soup” in our local paper’s funnies, but I discovered it while visiting family this week. I may have to add it to my regular online reads.
October 22, 2007 – 4:15 PM
If you use the self-checkout line at the grocery store, you might want to make sure you get ALL of your bags off the little round rack that holds them.
And if you’re going to forget one, try not to leave the one with all the refrigerated and frozen foods in it.
October 18, 2007 – 4:15 PM
Oil changed.
Tires rotated.
Gas tank filled.
Hair cut and colored.
Audiobooks checked out from library.
Snacks ready.
Triptik picked up.
I guess we’re ready to go.
Oh wait. Maybe I should pack first.
October 17, 2007 – 8:21 PM
Why is it when I see a woman talking on a cell phone while grocery shopping, I assume she’s chatting with a friend or taking care of business, but if I see a man in the same situation, I assume he’s consulting with his wife about what to buy?
October 15, 2007 – 7:46 PM
Go figure. Post a “semi-retirement” post, and a blog inspiration hits you in the face half an hour later.
Turns out that today is “Blog Action Day,” where bloggers are encouraged to post about the environment.
I’ve mentioned before that as a family we are a bit compulsive about recycling. I am constantly amazed [...]
October 15, 2007 – 5:18 PM
As in, “Why blog?”
Yeah, I’m going through one of those rough blogging patches. I started blogging as a way to keep friends and family up to date. A few of them read it, some more regularly than others. Other readers (and I only have a handful of regular ones) are people I’ve “met” through their [...]
October 12, 2007 – 4:43 PM
I’ve been AWOL this week while working on our semi-annual church consignment sale. It’s a huge job, and this was our biggest sale ever. 148 sellers, nearly 13,000 items, and $59,000 in inventory. So it should not come as a shock that the sale committee members tend to get a little punchy [...]
