I saw something this morning that I’d not seen before. A young (22 yrs. old) man was attending his own wake while sitting astride a motorcycle. I feel lucky that I haven’t had to attend many funerals thus far in my life. However, at the few I have attended the deceased has usually been either …(Read More)
Archive for April, 2010
I realize that just occasionally the views I express in my soapbox tirades may not be shared by everybody. However, after just getting off the phone I feel another one coming on and this time I suspect that every grown up feels the same way as I do- at least those of us who have …(Read More)
Monday I came down with a bug. I thought I was just really tired after working so hard on Saturday. However after Doug got home Monday night I checked with a thermometer just to be sure- 101.5. Evelyn says that my body had just had enough and said “You’re going to take the day off”. …(Read More)
Last week there was a garage sale on Evelyn’s street. As we approached the first thing we noticed that was for sale was a walker with 2 tennis balls on it. What’s with that? Can the walker manufacturers not design a walker that doesn’t need tennis balls? Evelyn said “I guess Mrs. Smith finally died.” …(Read More)
Doug and I just got back from a one day event in San Antonio. It was quite a day- the biggest day we’ve had in at least a year. Since everybody had to take coupons (which we loathe) no one knows exactly how they did til later this week. However, looking at what few supplies …(Read More)
I think I have a pretty good grasp of the English language. Well I did until yesterday afternoon anyway. I chose a couple of wrong words yesterday and a firestorm started because of it. Yesterday I asked- “Do you talk about sex in front of your kids?” What I meant to say was “Do you …(Read More)
If you’ve been following me for awhile you know that we’ve been in the process of moving for over a month now. Finally, yes finally, Doug got a truck late yesterday. The plan was to get a helper (a Mexican), to help with moving stuff from the storage to our new home. That was the …(Read More)
I think I felt the earth move. Doug finally relented and got a truck today; and tomorrow he is getting a Mexican at the Home Depot. I will finally have my appliances. Tonight’s gourmet meal of cold ravioli out of the can just wasn’t as good as I’d remembered. (I’m actually feeling a little hoboesque. …(Read More)
I always wanted to be a world traveler. It started out when I was just 9 years old and I took my first plane ride. I thought the stewardesses (that’s what they were called then) were soooo glamorous. The ones on Pan Am, the turbo-prop plane we took from Houston to Jamaica, wore powder blue …(Read More)
We got back from San Antonio last night. We didn’t plan to; but the weather sucked yesterday and so did the event. In the past it’s been one of our most successful event; not this year though. After we paid expenses, Doug and I calculated that we made minimum wage so staying in a motel …(Read More)
