Happy Labor Day, part 2 (and more Downton Abbey)
We’ve discovered, Rich and I, that we really and truly can’t stop watching Downton Abbey. We zoomed through the seven episodes on Netflix in two nights, then happily connected a laptop to the TV in order to start streaming the next series/season through Amazon. We watch it free on Amazon because we’re Prime members. Just […]
Happy Labor Day!
I can’t believe it’s September already! I can’t believe it’s the 2nd and I haven’t changed all the calendars yet! (That might be easier to understand when you learn that I have four calendars just in my office, and one of the ones in the kitchen is a rack with little squares the I have […]
Sunday Afternoon in August
Okay, the sheets on our bed are changed, we have clean towels. The violet farm in the bathroom has been tended to and the extravagant window ledge they sit on cleaned. There’s a load of clean dishes drying in the dishwasher, and I’ll put them away once they’re finished. The last time I made broccoli […]
Learn how to knit
In the last few weeks, in addition to dealing with all things Oktoberfest, I’ve learned how to knit two-at-a-time top-down socks (or, actually, mitts) AND two-at-a-time toe-up socks. Seriously, what knitting frontiers are left for me, other than lace…which my attention span is much too short to allow.
Dinner
Dinner prep took three sessions today, though it was just because I didn’t want to spend too much time at one stretch. Boil the eggs, make the homemade Ranch dressing. Assemble the Butter Burger patties and get them ready to cook. Mix and fill the deviled eggs, chop the olives for Rich’s Wimpy Burgers*. And […]
It’s hot
It’s hot. Hot as in 106° in Southlake right now, and the predicted high for today is 109°. It’s 3:28pm, so we’re half an hour into the high demand period for electricity. Ercot, the people who control these things, are begging people in our area to cut back on electricity usage between 3 and 7pm […]
Now I’m sad
My sister Linda and her husband Al came to visit for a long weekend (lots of fun!), and just left this morning. I’m getting together with the whole Not-Net group this evening. Well, we are, actually, since our significant others are also invited. It’s a reunion of sorts, since Dorothy is back in town for […]
Delayed, or the story of my life
I thought I’d be able to make the transition from Blogger to WordPress by now, but it’s not going to happen that quickly. Or, really, not quickly…but even more slowly than I’d hoped. When it happens, this blog will be at a different URL, and the—ahem—two of you who follow it (Hello? Hello? Are you still […]
4th of July food, hockey & the Dead Sea Scrolls
First, the hockey, because it’s going to be unpleasant. That trade I talked about, the one I was so fearful about? It happened. And I’m so pissed you wouldn’t believe it. They traded away the one guy who’s been my favorite player as long as we’ve been going to Stars games, and acquired two forty-year-olds. […]
Three things
Two things household, one thing hockey. First, Rich has been in Germany for a few days, and will be home in another couple. He’s in Friedrichshafen at a “hamfest,” a gathering of amateur radio enthusiasts (yeah, nerds) where they buy and sell radio gear, go around looking at radio set ups, and hang out together, talking about […]
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