So here it is August, already. My, how fast the summer has gone ( Read more... )

Wishing many, many more of them to you!

Haven't seen any posts from you in a long while, and I hope you're doing well... Happy Birthday.

It seems there are lots more big kidney stones In There, and the surgeon will be having another go at them on the 29th.

Silly me: I thought I was done with that. It's only just beginning...

...And I didn't have the heart to re-write it: Our dear old doggy, Rover, came to the end of his life on Monday, March 23 when we finally admitted all our tender loving care was not going to restore him to health. He was old, and sick, and we were keeping him longer than he wanted to stay. He deserved better than that, so we took him to see one of ( Read more... )

One minute I felt very well, indeed. The Mister and I were going to our monthly luncheon meeting with a group of friends at Haab's Restaurant in Ypsilanti, I was deciding what to order for lunch and feeling happy about seeing our friends.

The next minute I felt very, very ill, but figured it would pass because I'd had similar spells in the past ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to ajat!

And many happy returns of the day.

My combined Christmas and Birthday gift from my husband was all of the so far available DVDs of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

One thing I noticed is that a few of the scenes have been edited out of LotR, but they were edits I'm just as glad were done: Like Lady Éowyn singing at her cousin Théodred's funeral, and trying unsuccessfully to cook ( Read more... )

Many Happy Returns!

My son found a source online to get a replacement heat control for my old Farberware electric frying pan. The old control shorted out after many, many years of service. The gentleman who took my call was courteous and patient, and advised me the original model of heat control is no longer available, but he said the newer version works just fine. So ( Read more... )