This morning, minutes after I woke up, Larry decided to have me email Claire and offer to tape the PITT-Louisville game and the UT-OU. That would enable Claire and me to run some morning errands before returning home at noon to watch the game on taped delay. Claire said great, so I raced to shower, dress and get my stuff damaged lamp shades and ( Read more... )

Claire arrived and we visited, then settled down to watch "A Touch of Frost" in the den, and at the agreed-upon time, Larry and I went to the kitchen to make the hamburgers and french fries for dinner. BUT....there were nowhere near enough frozen french fires--Larry, who does the shopping since he retired, thought he had a full bag. Then...the ( Read more... )

Matt, Jeff Jones and Brubaker left for Dallas this morning, to fully enjoy the tradition that is TEXAS-OU Weekend and the Red River Shoot-out, the game, which will be played tomorrow at the Cotton Bowl. Suzanne had to work today but will drive to Big D this afternoon to join Matt. The pageantry, revelry and celebrating are legendary! It is ( Read more... )

I drove to SMC-W this morning, along torn-up roads which are being repaved--quite a mess! How on earth the ambulances are getting through those narrow lanes, dodging traffic cones, I cannot imagine. Hopefully the road surface will be smoother when they are finished. That road (university Blvd.) has been so bumpy since it was cut through, that ( Read more... )

that, although I started cleaning the upper Jenn-Air oven this morning, I never completed the task until about one-half hour ago. After dinner, I wiped out the fine ash from inside the oven, then did the dinner dishes. Then I filled the sink with clean, hot soapy water and scoured all four of the oven racks with an SOS soap pad. Even though the ( Read more... )

Desdemona Pussycat has gone ICE CUBE CRAZY!!!! She has twice pounced upon my large plastic glass filled with ice cubes (but, mercifully, not as yet filled with water), bashed it to the floor and played ice-cube hockey with the cubes! What has gotten into her, anyway?! Not only that, but she has batted all my cute little pumpkins off the window ( Read more... )

Last night, at some point, the deer congregated under our huge Arizona Ash and ate every single one of our lavender and yellow pansies--a flat and a half! Oh, well, they are hungry. I am cleaning the upper oven today and scouring the racks. Larry left for the Credit Union and Lowes, and when he returns I will go to the PO to mail the bills and ( Read more... )

Claire called and asked if I wanted to go with her to Lone Star Bakery in Round Rock, so she picked me up and off we went, texting Matt to see what he wanted there. There was the usual long line out the door and even longer car line around the property, no parking anywhere, so we chose to get in the car line. It took FOREVER!! Plus--some lady in ( Read more... )

On a summer's day very much like today, except in Pittsburgh, many years ago, I was helping Mother in her garden. Among other things, Mother was a botanist, and her garden was always lovely and carefully tended. I was digging out weeds when Mother, looking over from where she was working, said "Careful, Georgia, don't disturb the Queen Anne's ( Read more... )

...and summer heat! We are expecting a cold front this weekend, however. I have a 13 point ACTION THIS DAY list, and I am working on it gradually. :) This far I have gotten half-way through the laundry; called and rescheduled an appointment; called CVS and ordered a refill on a prescription; polished and cleaned my antique, heirloom, sterling ( Read more... )