I’d slap him if I could
Chiropractor yesterday, for the first time in too long. (I had to cancel an appointment, and you know how it is. I’d turn over in bed and think, “My neck is bothering me. Oh, yeah. I need to make an appointment.” Or I’d stand up from my desk and thing, “My back hurts. Oh, yeah. […]
What I know about Canada
Well, not everything I know. I mean, when I was a teenager, my family took a day trip from Glacier National Park, where my sister had a summer job, to…somewhere in Alberta. Rich & I spent our honeymoon on Galiano Island.* And my sister and I vacationed in Vancouver for a week a few years […]
Wednesday is really Monday, right?
My alarm didn’t go off this morning. Just didn’t go off. I managed to get dressed & out the door reasonably on time, but I didn’t have time for breakfast. (Peanut butter cheese crackers, the breakfast of champions!) We didn’t have sandwich meat or leftovers, so I have cheese & crackers for lunch. I DID […]
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Continuing saga of the [whispered] bed bugs
Now, mind you, I still don’t think we actually have any, but I’m still not ready to take chances. If you’re just joining us, I spent an hour or so in a motel room in Salina, KS, that—as it turned out—had a bedbug problem. It must have been a new infestation, not established, because I examined […]
When does an interest become a problem?
When it becomes more of an addiction. I was first exposed to napkin folding by GentleWhispering. (Yes, I experience ASMR. I have all my life, as far back as I remember, and I honestly thought everyone else did, too, until not long ago.) I became a little obsessed with remembering all the different folds she […]
Eww eww eww eww EWWW!
I stayed in a motel in Salina, KS, last night, on my way to visit the in-laws in Denver. I checked in, looked for bedbugs as wise travelers are supposed to do, and didn’t find any evidence of them. I stored *almost* everything safely away from the bed, then maybe an hour later, I glanced […]
How great is this?
Note added four months later: I have no clue what this video was, and YouTube doesn’t offer any help. It was obviously something about rescue animals, or the people who save them, so just watch some videos about animal rescues instead. Those of us who live with and love rescued animals can confirm: you […]
Can’t resist!
There are a few things I can’t resist. Ser. i. ous. ly. Running water, as in a stream or river. The beach? Fine. A lake. That’s nice. But a flowing stream? Nuh-uh, can’t help myself. Unless some responsible person stations themselves between it and me, I’m going in, pretty much no matter what I’m wearing or how […]
It was another No Makeup kind of day
Having a home office and working from home (for my business & my part-time job, respectively) are great, but I ought to make a little bit of an effort! Really, I usually finish getting dressed in the morning, hair & makeup and everything, but today I kind of petered out halfway through, or maybe just […]
Sigh of relief!
Oktoberfest is over! For others: over for a month or so, ’til they get started with planning & organizing again. For me: over FOREVER! It’s a fun event—go to it, have fun, spend money—but I’m DONE. Work is good, actually. I’m editing a really interesting book, an autobiography by an older woman (the mother-in-law of […]
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