It's so COLD here right now! If you go out into our garage (which is attached to our house), it's like a deep freeze out there! (And you can feel that cold air coming into the house, too...) Getting canned pop or bottled water from the garage is just like getting it out of the fridge, I kid you not ( Read more... )

Sister Sue's close friend, Patsy, passed away in the very early hours of the day (around 1:00 a.m. last night -- I think). Sue's daughter, Candy, phoned me early this morning to tell me. Actually, not to tell me, per se. But to ask that if I'd seen this news at Facebook I not phone Sue and tell her about it. Candy wanted to go to see Sue in person ( Read more... )

First, just a moment from late yesterday... I heard back from Chris with Rose Cup. Those of you who have read my blog for many years will have heard me talking about Rose Cup. It's been a festival event for decades (over 50 years, actually). It's now gone to a sanctioned event (announced in November 2015 ( Read more... )

Marilyn left the house VERY EARLY today! (She had a 7:00 meeting at the office: GFP Creative Team ( Read more... )

An early day, as Marilyn needed to go to her clinic BEFORE work to provide labs (blood and urine). We actually made good time heading out ( Read more... )

First off, my dear friend June has the virus that Marilyn and I had! I feel so bad for her. She's really sick! I phoned this morning about my dentist appointment, which she was going to take me to, but she was sick in bed. She still had her sense of humor, however! We were laughing with each other on the phone. Anyway, her husband, Jim, offered to ( Read more... )

I was planning to go to the festival office today, originally (as you'll recall from my last blog entry). But we were expecting HIGH WINDS today around noon -- as high as 45-50 miles per hour. And Marilyn and I were reluctant to leave the house empty. We haven't had much luck during the most recent high winds, after all ( Read more... )

I'm really STRUGGLING mentally right now. I don't know if this is a side effect of the new medication, or what. I found a couple of reports of confusion and memory loss by people on Meloxicam. But I guess I'll have to ask Leslie about it ( Read more... )