40 years ago today a life long worship of the glowing box began for me.

you know what kinda sucks?  You're going along in the book club-the discussion is such that you think "oh, they liked my book!" and then at the end, you discover that they didn't really like it.  Which doesn't surprise me either, because I didn't like it that much.  But, I probably would have liked it more if the other members had liked it?  That ( Read more... )

Anyone watch the sesaon finale of Mad Men?  It was very good.  None of it surprised me.  I figured they'd go out on their own when it was learned that Sterling Cooper was being sold.  What did suprise me was Lane going with them.  I like Lane.  And, Peggy showing some teeth, very good!  And, good for Peter!  He's become on of my favorite characters ( Read more... )

We've been in our new home two weeks tomorrow.   The kitties get to go out to the backyard for the first time.  Luckily it's raining, so I doubt they'll want to be out there very long ( Read more... )

One year ago tonight-so much hope, so much amazment, joy even.  We elected Barak Obama to be the President of the United States ( Read more... )

What book are you reading?  If you're reading a book....   I'm currently reading this


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I mentioned yesterday that we have recently moved.  We're still in Olympia.  We're still in the same neighborhood, but in a different development ( Read more... )

We recently moved.  We bought a cute house in a neighborhood close to our old one.

With this move I decided to give something up.  I decided to stop collecting old Pyrex and other various bowls, etc.  I started collecting for a couple of reasons.  1-I wanted to find the iconic Primary set my Mom had when I was a kid, 2-I wanted to stop using so ( Read more... )

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1. Will or did you go on vacation this summer?
I didn't go on vacation this summer.  Because of family obligations our summer trips are always spent in Idaho.  Visiting family, even fantastic visits is not vacation.   For the past 2 Spring Break vacations we have gone on a "real" vacation.  This past year we went to Chicago, IL

2. Where will/did you ( Read more... )