September 30, 2008 – 3:17 PM
Once upon a time, I helped mow the grass. That was when we had a push mower and a much smaller yard. For our first few years here, we hired a lawn service. Back around the turn of the century, Mr. B bought himself a lawn tractor. He claims he enjoys mowing the grass, so [...]
September 29, 2008 – 5:23 PM
I balanced my checkbook yesterday.
But with the record fall on Wall Street, I think I’ll wait awhile to check the balance in our retirement account.
September 27, 2008 – 11:14 AM
I logged onto the Internet just to update my bank balance, but was faced with the headline “Paul Newman dies at 83.”
I’m in shock. For one thing, how did he get to be 83? One year at a time, I imagine, like the rest of us.
Like the rest of us. That’s what I admired most [...]
September 25, 2008 – 6:26 PM
I had one of those wrong-number voicemails at home today. To be honest, I usually just ignore them. However, this call was from a major discount store (we’ll call it Brand X) wanting to set up an orientation for someone I’ll call Joe.
No one named Joe resides in this house.
However, I didn’t want Joe to [...]
September 23, 2008 – 5:51 PM
I really don’t like shopping for clothes. It may have probably has almost certainly has something to do with the extra 20 pounds I’m carrying around.
However, tomorrow night Mr. B and I are attending a dinner. It’s for a non-profit of which he is a former board member. In fact, while he was on the [...]
September 17, 2008 – 12:52 PM
I’m realizing just how fortunate we were to not lose power in the wind storm. Over 6,000 lines came down, and there are still 150,000-plus homes in the area without power. The friend who borrowed two shelves in my freezer is back on, so she stopped by to pick up her groceries. [...]
September 16, 2008 – 12:27 PM
Fun times at the hummingbird feeder this morning!
September 15, 2008 – 12:14 PM
We just caught the edge of Ike yesterday, but it was enough. We had winds gusting to 70 MPH for much of the afternoon. Two people were killed by falling tree limbs, 60-75% of the area is without power, roads are blocked and schools are closed throughout the area. They say it’s the worst destruction [...]
September 12, 2008 – 7:08 AM
As a budget-conscious person (never mind the fact that we still eat out too often), I was delighted when a discount card outlet opened up last year.
I’ll be the first to admit that the selection isn’t as good as you’d find in your typical greeting card aisle. But, when I can spend 49 cents instead [...]
September 11, 2008 – 10:06 AM
Not the Pen, but rather the web server configuration options are mightier than the sword.
In particular, using non-default (coherent) naming for posts requires some options not set on the current web site. Your friendly neighborhood system administrator (’tis I) has corrected this, which should both fix most broken links and reenable comments.
Enjoy.
