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Bar regular. Window-shopping raccoon. Family politics. Overdue apologies.
Not gonna lie. I'm about to be really lazy here, and just post an email I sent my family today.
Hola, mi familia ( Read more... ) -
The Awful, Terrible, No-Good Day
Yesterday was rough ( Read more... ) -
What a JERK...
Last night, Mick & I were snuggling together, just on the edge of sleep. He had a bad cough and had to sit up a couple of times. I’d hand him a bottle of water from my side of the bed, wait for the coughing to subside and then get settled again. This was happening about every 20 - 30 minutes, and eventually the cough lessened a little. He would ( Read more... ) -
house & money & the day to day
I’ve joined the Louisville TimeBank but it is slow getting started for me. For one thing, I have very little free time recently. Since Will & Stella moved in with us, I am hustling to spend enough time with Mick, enough time with the kids, enough time by myself. Unfortunately, the time by myself is the first to be sacrificed. I’m trying to do ( Read more... ) -
Farm party. Trip to Austin.
I'm looking forward to this weekend! Tomorrow, we drive to Trimble County to a little family farm - we're celebrating my friend Michelle's 40th birthday. There are a rash of us this year, the class of 1992, all turning 40. It certainly beats the alternative!
The farm belongs to Michelle's husband's family. Some years ago, his grandmother ( Read more... ) -
Upcoming projects. Changes coming.
If you own a house, you know that there is an eternal to do list of projects. If you own an older house, you understand how you have to prioritize items because of the daunting quantity of items on that list! My modest little house was built in 1946 so there is constantly something that needs fixing. Right now, the clothes dryer as at the top of ( Read more... ) -
Heading east to Virginia. Wedding. Home again.
We took the Greyhound bus from Louisville, Kentucky to Virginia Beach, Virginia last week. What was supposed to take 23 hours took 28 hours - those last five were pretty miserable. However, Mick & I helped buoy each other's spirits. We'd tell stories and make jokes, talking about other passengers and travelers. There were the kids that left ( Read more... ) -
After the pig roast, weekend wrap-up
Saturday night, we went to Tatyana’s birthday party. Steve has never been able to sell the house he had when they got married, and since his last renters moved out it has sat empty. They decided to have her party there instead of renting a space elsewhere. They rented a giant grill - the kind you need a truck to tow - and he roasted a whole pig ( Read more... )
