This morning I was outside watering the garden when an older couple in a white minivan drove down my driveway. They got towards the end and the man got out. He kissed his wife, said Good Morning to me, collected his lunch pail, and started off down the driveway. He turned out to be the [...]
The SO and I went to a new restaurant today. We’ve been avoiding it because several restaurants have been in this location and they were all uniformly terrible. This is a pasta place and I only agreed to try it after extracting a promise that he wasn’t going to cause a scene in the restaurant [...]
I went to a parade this weekend. After the parade the SO, Z, and I went to a neighbor of their’s house on the parade route for brunch. I met this lady once before. I didn’t like her. I mean that she gave me seriously bad vibes while she was all smiley and happy on [...]
I did item number 75 on my 101 Things in 1001 Days list. Fly a kite in my incredibly windy backyard It wasn’t even my idea. The SO brought a kite over because he said that my house was the ideal place to fly one. I’m in the open with no power lines over most [...]
I had a sneaking suspicion that this would happen. I dropped a bunch of weight when I was stressed out. I was worried that it would come back whenever I wasn’t stressed. Yep, for me, happy = fat. I’ve gained 10 lbs back but all my clothes still fit. Here’s the problem. I’m eating more [...]
Kati posted an interesting meme. 1. What was I doing 10 years ago? In May 1998 I was living in PA, working at my first job out of vet school which almost burnt me out completely on being a vet, and planning my wedding. 2. What are 5 things on my to-do list today- not [...]
The ex and I didn’t have any mutual friends. (Gee, and what was the problem with this relationship?) So I’ve been spared the whole ritual of dividing the friends. In fact we moved in such different circles that I haven’t seen anyone that I’d count as one of his friends in the seven months since [...]
I went vacationing this weekend. The SO and I headed off to the French Lick Resort and Casino. It is a huge place in Indiana that started as a place to take the waters at a mineral spring. It still has a place where you can smell the water but people don’t tend to linger. [...]
I think the past few days stressed me out and I’m only just noticing. My mother was here to help out again with making the house more sellable and to take me to the surgery appointment. Since she was just here a few weeks ago, I think we may have passed the magical maximum amount [...]
My mom started cleaning out spare bedrooms in my grandfather’s house. That house is stuffed full of stuff from floor to ceiling in every room. I had heard that my grandmother was a quilter so I always wondered if there were any quilts around. She quilted when it was out of fashion. My mom stayed [...]
I got up at 4:30 in the AM today to go to the surgery center by 6:15. I had the Essure procedure. It is a sterilization procedure that is different than a tubal ligation. The doctor goes in with an endoscope through the vagina and places a small spring in each fallopian tube. Over the [...]
Before I fill in at one local vet’s clinic I give both of my sewing friends a speech. They both go there and I don’t want to get any horrible emergency calls about any of their animals. It has always worked until this week. On Monday I got a call from C saying that her [...]
I was labeled a “responsible person” yesterday. As in “People under 42 inches tall may ride this ride only with a responsible person.” There was a small carnival set up at a local mall. The SO and I took Z there. She and I got unlimited ride passes. This freed her father to keep us [...]
I’m having a surgical procedure on Monday. I was supposed to be at the surgery center at 8:30 AM. It is an hour away from home. I was whining about having to leave my house at 7:30. I got a call today and a cheery lady left me a message that my arrival time has [...]
I have to declutter my house tonight. Guess what the special occasion is? I have a house cleaner coming tomorrow. (You know that hiring a cleaner requires you to do as much cleaning as you would have done anyway.) Even worse it is a house cleaner that I work with at a vet clinic on [...]
Kati asked what kind of stuff the SO reads. He is a lot like me in that he reads just about anything – fiction, biography, history, business, etc. What has been interesting is that I’ve been giving him things to read and movies to see that I like but that he hasn’t read yet. So [...]
I was kidnapped last night and taken here. It was a very nice state park resort. Here was the actual plan I was told. Remember I was told this by a male person. He wanted to go to this park because there was a big fireplace with rocking chairs in the lodge and it was [...]