When I was young I didn't like talking to strangers, the ones kids are allowed to talk to like librarians and store clerks. My mom would encourage me to be less shy by trying to get me to ask them where was the bathroom, did the library have a book about X. I did my best to hide behind her pleading for her to ask for me. I'm sure I was close to a ( Read more... )

In Costco I saw a dad tossing his little (2 year old?) girl into the box of super soft body pillow and she was giggling gleefully. He looked a little guilty when he saw me walk by. I told him "That looks like fun!" I love seeing parents laughing with their kids ( Read more... )

I'm having another week/month of stupid tired. I've gotten very little of the things on my todo list done. And they are just my regular household chores. In my tired state my brain is burning cycles OCDing on one of my iPad games.  I'm trying to get into a regular schedule including exercise and sufficient sleep and failing spectacularly ( Read more... )

This past week has been another week of being sick, but I'm starting to feel better and have more energy. Chalain seems to be getting better too. Hopefully this coming week will be more normal for us ( Read more... )

This past week was a lazy week. I chose not to exercise. I did very little house cleaning. I watched some movies.

We had a couple of family birthdays. We went out to lunch at the Pizza Factory where Chalain and I had the creamy pesto sauce. I had it on squash "noodles" with chicken and sun-dried tomatoes and he had it on cheese tortellini. We both ( Read more... )

I recently finished reading the John Cleaver Series by Dan Wells which recently lead me to thoughts about funeral homes. The thought originated was while I was driving past a field that looked like it would make a great cemetery. I thought about all the rows of embalmed bodies in caskets in cement vaults that lay in a cemetery. I think I would like ( Read more... )

I'm an odd introvert. I'm not like most of the introverts that I know. I know two fellows who are great with people - charming, charismatic, funny. Put them in the right crowd and they become the center of attention. The wife of one of those fellows is quieter, more easily recognized as an introvert, but still great with people. She has commented ( Read more... )

I was reading an artical from the Daily Mail (UK) about a swift in an Israeli animal hospital being rehabilitated to fly. It was a heart warming story amidst all the unhappiness that's usually reported. As I had nothing better to do (typical for most of my days) I read through the comments. To be expected there were some negative comments regarding ( Read more... )