Well, the house is rather empty.  The last of our friends headed out this a.m. after I went to work, so I came home to a rather empty house ( Read more... )

So it is a beautiful June day.  Low humidity, sunny, blue skies, upper 70's.  And right now I kinda want to go back inside because I am being swarmed, SWARMED by mosquitoes.  I mean, I am in the sun, there is a light breeze, and I can't even type a word without having to kill a little devil....  I have a little mosquito repeller by me and its' ( Read more... )

So one of my friends on facebook is someone I used to work with years ago.  I won't go into how many years, we'll just settle on quite a few.  Anyway, she still works there on occasional weekends and special events, and occasionally posts pictures.  And it really makes me nostalgic and miss the fun.  I know that if I were to work there now things ( Read more... )

We just lost our "AA" at work (what a vague label) and so her tasks still have to be done on a daily basis, and that falls to me.  So now we are on the hunt for the right person. * ( know someone who is willing to work half the day as an AA, answering phones, being in charge of safe deposit box, pulling, reviewing and managing the daily reports ( Read more... )

So I am wanting to get our screened porch more usable now that we fixed the broken screen that was the perfect size for a cat to squeeze out  (hmmmm how did that happen?).  Problem is that I want the breezes and outside air w/o mosquitoes that the screens provide, however there is no overhang from the roof, the screens are floor to ceiling, and the ( Read more... )

I know that I am more hyper aware of financial crimes than many, and it feels like I have seen almost every play in the book.  But really, customer, do you live under a rock?  Do you not read the monthly front page article of the newspaper (that I can see from your autopay on your account that you get) about somebody taken in by some scam or other ( Read more... )

So A and I actually had Sunday and Monday off together ( Read more... )

So yesterday while getting the girls in a bath Charlotte looks at her chest and says ( Read more... )

Well, after 2 days of regular checking I believe that Platelet is an ex-tick.  Had a few false alarms previously, but then we'd see him crawling around.  I think I can now inform Charlotte of his unfortunate demise and dispose of him.  I think I will suggest the toilet since she might object to the squishing with heavy object that I would like if ( Read more... )

Some of you will have already read this on A's FB ( Read more... )