We were brought up Methodist, so we've always called today Maundy Thursday, as opposed to the more common reference, Holy Thursday ( Read more... )

This morning was all about the funeral mass of Thom's wife. Marilyn and I didn't know her well, but we greatly admired her, even so. And we have tremendous admiration for our friend Thom. He's truly a great man. And his wife was a great woman, by the way ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I are watching Christmas Eve mass at the Vatican right now on NBC. (We actually tried watching it earlier on the Catholic channel, but their programming was messed up so we couldn't, which is okay. Thankfully we get it now -- with lots of wonderful explanations ( Read more... )

Kind of funny last night. Marilyn was sound asleep on the sofa in the family room. Henry (our yellow cat) was sound asleep in the chair in the corner of the room (used to be my chair, but the cats took it over ages ago). We have our old rocker in another corner of the room, and I used a thick towel to make it into another happy little 'cat bed.' ( Read more... )

I was over at my sister Sue's house, setting up a computer for her granddaughter Nicole this morning. Buddy (Candy's boyfriend) was a big help -- we used a folding table Sue gave me, plus a piece of board we had cut down to size, to create a computer station for Nicole. Frankly, it went so smoothly that I hardly know what to say. (It took more time ( Read more... )

I'm still under the weather, but feel MUCH better today. I had a (tiny) bowl of tapioca early in the day, then about half a cup of beef bouillon in the afternoon. Plus water, which is all I've been drinking ( Read more... )