By the time you get to my age, you've pretty much eliminated all your vices. Drinking is no longer worth the hangover, and doesn't do your liver any good at this point. Smoking already made your lungs crap out. Sex...well....let's say there are some fantastic memories. My only "vice" left is coffee ( Read more... )

 I've been knitting a series of mittens and have posted them on FaceBook.  I've just finished another set, but their photo add isn't working today.  So instead, I'll post them all here.


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 As Nat found out when she last visited, our toilet wouldn't flush properly...at all, really. The handle wasn't loose, but didn't do much good - like it was stuck ( Read more... )

We ran to the polls and voted this month. And voted for Jerry Brown for governor. Last time he was in office (which was before the term limit law passed, so he could run again), he turned the CA deficit into a surplus for the first time in years. He has a very practical way of handling money. If you don't have it, don't spend it. We're looking ( Read more... )

Late September and October were filled with blood tests and doctor's visits. I have one more to go, but all is well. We'll both get a reprieve for a couple of months.

Rick visited in October. He had a conference in LA and they paid for his travel. We taught him to play Ticket to Ride, and he was hooked. Nat came over one night to play, and ( Read more... )

 
In September I turned 62. For my official senior citizen birthday, I went to AT&T and got my first smart phone. Asked the clerk if there's a birthday discount. No. Ah, well, I tried. I had the sales clerk use it to take my birthday picture:


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Month of August was fun. Toria's job sent her to Brida (Holland) again, but this time her husband Brian got to go with her. Little Ted was to stay with Brian's mother, and the two girls came out here. Mary to stay for a few days, and Rebekah to catch a train in Bakersfield to visit her friend in Sacramento.

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We've had a quiet couple of weeks.   No appointments.  Just stayed home doing chores and playing.   Friday Hal went to the lab for a blood test. It was the first time that, without a wheelchair, I was able to walk the length of the building to the lab and back.   I was winded, but no distress.  Quite an accomplishment.   I've been riding a ( Read more... )

On Friday, I decided we'd gone long enough without the guest toilet.   Since it's near the computer room, it gets used a lot, and the other one is way at the other end of the house.  So I managed to lift and slide out the tank cover, then went to the mailbag where we placed the new one after we bought it.  The mailbag was empty.  Uh-oh.   I looked ( Read more... )

My brother Mike found some letters our Dad wrote to him in the early 60's.  He has scanned them and sent them to each of us sibs.  What a wonderful thing, to be able to see yourself and your siblings through your father's eyes.  And to listen to how his mind worked, and what he was thinking about at the time. Technology produces some wonderful ( Read more... )