April Fools’ Day

Fact of the Day: April Fools’ Day There are several explanations for the origin of April Fools’ Day, but here is the most plausible one. April 1st was once New Year’s Day in France. In 1582, Pope Gregory declared the adoption of his Gregorian...

Eventually they do sleep….right?

So The Girl has gotten into this mode where she sneaks into our room about 3:00 every night. Sometimes earlier. Sometimes later. Sometimes she silent, other times she’s wailing from a nightmare she’s semi-awake from.But either way, in bed she climbs. How...

Who cheesed me off this week

Ok, it’s along list.1. Brighthouse Digital PhoneOk, I love that Brighthouse has digital cable phone service. This means I can call anywhere in the US, anytime, for free. A couple things my friends at Brighthouse won’t tell you is that you MAY or MAY NOT be...

If I may, first a BIG HUGE WHOPPER of a thanks to my Barry. He fixed the web page and I can now upload freely and happily again.I like computers. I really do. I’m one of the biggest gadget freak there is. But when it comes to the technical stuff…PFFFFT!...

It isn’t easy being green

The sickness came upon us suddenly. I got it first. Nasty tummy, chills, nausia, dehydration. It started last Wednesday (of course it WOULD happen in my day off!). Then Barry got it really, REALLY bad on Thursday. I had to work a gig that night for a couple hours, but...

Days like these

There are very few things I hate more then sorting thru the kids clothes that they have outgrown and boxing them up. It’s physically painful. I bawled like a baby the first time (ok, subsequent sortings haven’t gone much better either) I sorted...

It’s ALIVEEEEE!

Day 27 into the new year and most everything is going swimmingly. My change of diet habits are going really well (down 15lbs, so yea there), trying to write more (I’ll give a little so-so hand quiver there–still plugging away, could do better), doing more...

Artistic moose

Artistic MooseWhat a rack!So after much thought and many years, I bought it. I certainly didn’t think it would still be available, but my dear friends at www.godaddy.com said that www.artisticmoose.com was up for grabs. I always joked that I didn’t have an...

It’s a simple concept.

Ok, so our subdivison just got containers to start recycling. I’m really happy about that. It’s a simple concept folks. We can recycle paper, plastic products, and aluminum. The recycle truck comes on Thursday mornings…only. I don’t have a...