A regular guest at the Motel wrote an email to D that sounds a lot like one he wrote two years ago about a different set of managers D found. He is not the sort to gossip or to make trouble. SO, we have to go up there and take it over AGAIN.

As the Motel's former bookkeeper said, "Around here, you have the nuts and the flakes."Second Resolution ( Read more... )

. . . to the UK for years. Lets Go! Britain's first piece of advice is, "Packing: Bring half as many clothes and twice as much money [as you've planned]." Uh-huh.

I know it's one of the more expensive European countries to tour. *sigh* I might have to accept one week in Dublin and two weeks in York and the Lake District. The last leg, to and ( Read more... )

The cat is gone! It took a visit to an "Ear, Nose & Throat" doctor, who is a no-nonsense Midwesterner (with a German last name -- I speak as one also blessed) to convince Mom that if she wants me to feel well enough to go on dates, the cat goes. It's amazing how quickly it finally happened ( Read more... )

... And more's the pity. Mom is fretting about the posturing going on in the Persian Gulf. Silly woman! Did she really think Bush wouldn't remind everyone that he still has 10 months as the CIC? Winston Churchill's term for the weakness of American Politics-As-Usual, "boneless" politicians, was spot on ( Read more... )

Dad has a set up a small trailer for me in Dolores (aka, The Outpost Motel & RV Park). We women have to rescue him from his short-sighted perfidity, *again.* He has also received complaints about his Verde Valley manager's temper from three different women of good character -- he believes them, not Mom! Mom is considering hiring a mediation ( Read more... )

And no mountains fell! Indeed, D enjoyed the portrayal of Blanche as a spoiled, selfish, but not poisonous, young woman. I fear this is his image of all . . . . Well, never mind that! lol

Oh, Toby! And Ruth! Now I understand the "I wish there were more episodes" comments from British viewers. The leads were well-matched. And, in striking ways, ( Read more... )

"Lord grant me the serenity
to accept what I cannot change;
The courage to change what I can;
And the wisdom to know the difference."I cannot change the fact that I am living in a different state than my bank account and my dear, dear allergist (he's a sweetheart and as sharp as a tack!). Nor can I change these things: Dad doesn't believe in ( Read more... )

Mom has been forced into a compromise. She wouldn't hear either refusal or arguement from me, so her chosen son-in-law's 13th-century-villager's attitudes concerning wealth (i.e., spendthrift, patriarchal) surprised her!

"When the gods want to punish you, they give you what you want." :-D ( Read more... )