Fireplace! At last!

I finally get my fireplace!! So what if it’s cardboard — you got a problem with that?

Mrs. Bloom

Jackie’s mom died yesterday. Jackie was my bestest friend in high school and Jackie’s mom was, well, the bestest mom. Because Jackie’s parents were divorced, my mother would insist I invite Jackie over for some “mothering,” which Mom figured anyone with divorced parents would need. But I was the one who needed mothering, and I [...]

Kids

Aren’t children great? Ain’t it greater when other people have them?

Summer’s Over

1. No eggplant this year. Lousy year in general for all the hot-weather-lovers. Cabbage? Kale? Cauliflower? Happy as cruciforms!
2. Still at it with AT&T! Nine months, one Better Business Bureau report, 2 phone assurances from AT&T command that “You’ll never receive another bill from us,” and lo, a mysterious $14 with a monthly 20 cents [...]

AT&T…again

So I cancelled long distance service in January. Still billed in March. Cancelled again in March — had to clear up that no, I no longer was at the number that I previously had 7 years ago. So, what is it, June? Still getting billed for long distance service. So now want to close the [...]

The Thing about Spring

It’s always a complete surprise to me. Asparagus! Who thought? Daffodils and volunteer arugula! Raspberry canes budding out in leaves all over the place. Hosta and bleeding heart nubs turning into leaves and plants. So along with it goes raking up about 90 tons of catalpa beans from the lawn, but great god almighty, it is [...]

Fun with Art

I had to get some pictures of me taken for work. I hate getting my picture taken but, okay, it’s better than getting punctured with a big ol’ needle. So Husbando and I took to the studio and used some of his artwork for backdrop. Well, something on the picture had to look good.

TU Dinner 2007 — Interesting at Last!

 I know this will sound really weird, but this was a great TU fundraiser this year. No, not just because Linda and I played spa-at-home day with a walk around greater downtown Pepperell and a soak in her hot tub and about an hour just leafing through a year’s worth of magazines. No, it was [...]

They’re Baaaaack

Mr. Woodcock! (See last year’s post – they’re 2 weeks later this year!) Wow — I guess spring really is going to come….

Redux

I’d been chiding myself about not posting. But, honestly, just look at the post beneath this. Same thing!