1. I was very busy from dinner time Friday until almost midnight Saturday. We went to a family reunion on Mr. A's side down near Joliet, Illinois. It's a 3-hour trip in the best circumstances (no stops, no road work to slow you down) and we were supposed to be there by 2 p.m. so I figured I should do my grocery shopping Friday night. So making ( Read more... )

1. The times, they are a changin', and none too soon: Soap fans want to see gay characters kiss. As the World Turns viewers mount protest. They're protesting ATWT starting a gay storyline and then wimping out. I'm protesting the fact that I stopped watching soaps about 11 years ago, when DD was a baby and I was still home with her and not wanting ( Read more... )

1. Mr. Annearchy talked to his step-mom (my MIL) yesterday afternoon. She's doing reasonably well and supposedly sounded fairly cheerful, so he was relieved ( Read more... )

1. Mission Impossible? For ihlanya, here is some squirrelly goodness. Squirrel learns to complete obstacle course. Squirrels are pretty dang smart ( Read more... )

1. Okay, had to get that out of the way - Happy New Year to everyone, on my flist and everywhere! And I hope 2008 starts better than 2007 is ending ( Read more... )

1. I just heard that my sister Jane's husband, Jim, who is 49, is hospitalized in New Orleans with pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in his lungs). He had surgery maybe 10 days ago for an inguinal hernia and seemed to be recovering well, then suddenly took a turn for the worse a couple days ago and went to the E.R. So now he's hospitalized and being ( Read more... )