NOTE: I hope to take pictures of some of my mom's vast doily output and the crocheted tablecloth I made one of these days, after which I'll post them ( Read more... )

Last weekend was the sixth anniversary of my dad's passing. As we're planning on bulldozing the old bungalow in the county, especially after six years of unfettered mouse invasion, I made a last pass through to see if there was anything left salvageable ( Read more... )

with G&d.

Right now, I'm angry.

( My mom had a stroke today )

Happy Mother's Day!!!

To all the mothers out there. :)
My mom's at the stage in her life, as I'm sure a lot of mothers are, of HAVING almost everything they NEED and most of what they WANT. So, rather than getting her a card, flowers etc. I made a nice meal and we enjoyed it together. My SIL is visiting my nephew who's out of the country at school ( Read more... )

Friday was a PA (Professional Activity) Day so there was no school. Instead, I had my income tax done at H&R Block. And I got money back!

Enough that I was able to get a new pair of glasses.

Actually, I kept the frames of my spare pair and had the lenses replaced with my new prescription. I made a noon appointment on Saturday for an eye examination ( Read more... )

The overnight for my mom turned into a release even before I picked her up at 4pm. In fact, I picked her up at 11:30am. I won't discuss the "comedy of errors" ... which wasn't funny by any means ... involved in picking her up, getting her meds and getting home. All I can say is that I have rarely dealt with a more incompetent nurse than I had the ( Read more... )

After bringing my (fixed) computer home on Saturday morning and spending the day restoring bookmarks, and re-upping some useful programs from the net, I ended up with the same Trojan popping up on Monday morning. So, I lugged my computer back to Staples where I got a bunch of garbled explanations (can a bookmark file contain hidden links that lead ( Read more... )