My ex-mother-in-law died last week.  She was 95.  She'd been in a nursing home for about five years and had Ahlzheimer's.  I'm taking the day off Monday to go to the funeral.  Her mother was about that age when she died, too ( Read more... )

I woke up early thinking "Why didn't my alarm clock go off?  Oh, it's Sunday.  No, you just want it to be Sunday."  So I got in the shower, and when the water hit me, I realized that it really is Sunday ( Read more... )

I went to my school's football game last night.  I just got up now, and it's 9:30 ( Read more... )

Remember Peter Tork?  The Monkees?  He's going to appear at a little teeny tiny coffee shop in town.  Daughter has been wild about the Monkees since she was three years old.  We're going to go see him!  She's especially excited because last year she appeared on the same stage playing piano ( Read more... )

Yesterday we - Daughter, Fiance, and I -  took food and a giant birthday cookie down to see Son, DIL,  PB, and the Cookie ( Read more... )

I don't have much food in the house, but for some reason that made me eat more yesterday.  I think it was some kind of atavistic response from cave woman days, staving off starvation.  Today I'd better go to the store to get some bread and stuff I really like so I'm not forced to overeat on food I don't like.  That does make some kind of sense, but ( Read more... )

I didn't post this week because the new baby was quite ill and it just made me too nervous.  She's getting better and might be home from the hospital by today or yesterday.  Her parents are exhausted, I think.  Her mommy had to stay at the hospital the whole time and didn't get a lot of rest.  Her daddy went from hospital to home and back taking ( Read more... )

The house feels quite damp today.  I sure don't want to fire up the heat.  I slept late, so I'm sure once I start moving around, I will warm up ( Read more... )

I've been to see my new granddaughter!  Daughter and I zipped down to Indianapolis to see Madeline, who was born at 11:30 this morning!  She weighs 8 + pounds, has a head of slightly fuzzy dark hair, eye color yet to be determined.  She is a nice little bundle!  Mom, Dad, and PB are doing fine ( Read more... )

After a peaceful, yet uneasy co-existence with a cicada-killer*  living right outside my back door, I finally had to kill him ( Read more... )