Smells
We have a small garbage can, like the galvanized kind you put out at the curb but half sized, that we store bird feed in. A while back I opened it and noticed that the contents had gotten kind of damp, so I stuck it out underneath the oak tree by the pool so it […]
More fun than detergent ought to be
I mixed up a new batch of laundry detergent today, since we were almost completely out and our post-Oktoberfest laundry is mountainous, as in there is a mountain of it. BTW, I’ll confess here that in the last (pre-Oktoberfest) month, I’ve discovered that going commando is actually surprisingly comfortable. Seriously, I might do it more […]
I’m FREEEEE!
Well, almost. I’m still putting together numbers for the Oktoberfest budget spreadsheet (we did pretty well), approving invoices, and planning a volunteer thank-you event. Oh! And I spent most of yesterday cleaning up Oktoberfest remnants (actual physical things left lying around) from Town Square, because they’re picky that way. (Okay, I’m loathe to mention that […]
I know, I know…
Yes, I know how long it’s been. Yes, I have things I’d like to write about. No, I won’t be doing that any time soon. And here’s why: Do you see that countdown timer on the upper left? I’ll be back in that long. Oh! And please come to Oktoberfest. (Bring money!)
Learned something
I learned two things this morning already. Well, three, really. First, composing a blog post on my iPad gives it some funky kind of default font that doesn’t seem to correlate to anything that happens on the desktop version of Blogger. Second, all my years as a typesetter have left me unable to ignore funky […]
Saturday night, or what passes for it
I spent a rollicking Saturday evening doing an inventory of my knitting needles. (Because I find, over and over, that I need an actual, correct and complete tally of them, that’s why. Sometimes I spend time searching for needles that meet particular criteria when I’m not absolutely positive that I even own them. Or I […]
Yes, I’m still here
I should have been an attorney so that I could write legal documents! I love writing precise, careful wording to convey an exact meaning. I’m not real big on confrontation, though, and I understand it’s part of the job description. I guess that could be a problem…. (Can you tell from that that I’ve been […]
Not West Nile
I got bitten by a mosquito last week. If you don’t live in DFW/North Texas, it may seem silly to even mention it, but our area was West Nile Virus Central last summer. Texas had a third of all the cases in the U.S., and the majority of them were in the Metroplex.* So a […]
“Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits”
That’s a quote from, depending on who you believe, Satchel Paige*, A.A. Milne or Bloom County. It’s come to mind here recently, often, because of our cat Izzy. Izzy became something of a tank some years ago. At the time we had a very elderly cat, Hobbes, who had been a member of the family […]
Not that I’m planning or anything
My friend Sandy posted on Facebook this week: Oh my. Watching Best Funeral Ever on TLC. It is filmed here in Dallas at the Golden Gate Funeral home. Have decided I don’t want a funeral, I want a homecoming y’all. Myself, I want a party. I’ve told my family, for years and in some detail, […]
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