I haven’t’ written in awhile, just haven’t remembered to do it. I’m OK now. I’m going to see family tomorrow for a quick lunch, then come on home to get ready to see our son for supper at his place. Well, really where he works, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. Not a bad place for Mother’s Day supper ( Read more... )

My sister Kay died yesterday, surrounded by family, her four children, her husband, four sisters and both parents. She died at the home of her daughter meggan, peacefully with no pain. We celebrated her youngest child’s birthday this past Saturday because Kay said she could not wait for the 17th, Katie’s day. Katie had been called from her studies ( Read more... )

I want to let y’all know my CT scans today came out fine, after all my worrying. The official words were “Unremarkable” and “No tumor. No infection ( Read more... )

I’m sitting here drinking water, waking up after my shower, and thinking about coffee but not quite up to heading towards the kitchen. I’m in one of those mornings where I rush around throwing on whatever clothes are clean and don’t seem to clash (easy for me) and then heading off to a group of lady friends I see only once a month. Today it’s the ( Read more... )

I slept late, can't quite get rested it seems, and have weird dreams these days ( Read more... )

I’m putting on my socks and shoes, yes, right this very minute, and will quickly say Kitty is coming to visit today! Gary is vacuuming the LR and that’s the last of our feeble attempts to get organized. Kitty’s plane lands at 1:11pm so we hope the baggage folks get her luggage off and quick. I’ve just called a favorite place - Herbie’s www.herbies. ( Read more... )

My librarian girlfriend just called and will, this very afternoon, be taking me to see some new Disney movie set in New Orleans, animated. She is a single mom with an overly bright almost 4-yr old so I'll help the Sane Mom cause by being shotgun. Everyone knows I watch NIck Jr. on TV so I can't claim to dislike kid programming. Yeah, I've been ( Read more... )

Just a quick howdy to say I’m still around. I am listening to David’s 2008 Christmas album on the new stereo. Good jams, good beat. You can dance to it ( Read more... )

Have some of my day, sunny and Gary just brought home two red poinsettias from Aldi's with gold glitter on them. Just the gaudy bright decoration I need today, since there will be no tree for me this year. Limited space. Plus I gave/loaned the tree to someone who needed it and had space ( Read more... )

Today is thanksgiving in the USA. I'm remembering good friends who hosted us last year and also those kind friends who keep regular correspondence with us, in spite of my not-so-great response record ( Read more... )