Mom had Rive Gauche cologne, and I really like it. I was looking for more of it. Kind of expensive though. eBay to the rescue; it has a bunch of it at decent prices.

Hmm. I was looking at a frugal living article, which made me think of the expense of Mom's house. Her electric and heating bills are high. And she has a lot of lawn to mow. Living in ( Read more... )

I was looking at Road Scholar's Independent Trip to Florence for next year, but you can also add an Independent Trip to Venice as well with a train trip. I want to go to Florence in Mom's honor, but I would really, really like to see Venice. So hmm. I emailed my boss and asked her if there would be better or worse times to travel next year because ( Read more... )

I think that I found Pottery Barn slipcovers that I like, in oat (kind of a light golden brown). Now I'm thinking that I should put the table with writing in the living room as a writing desk.

Mimi is following me around. It took me two trips to bring my clothes downstairs to be washed, so she went up and down the stairs with me. I told her that ( Read more... )

I fed the girls, and they're off for their naps. Well, Zara is. Mimi keeps asking to go down in the basement, and I keep telling her "No." She doesn't approve of closed doors, or in this case, a closed gate.

I downed my breakfast and my morning meds.

I forgot to mention that I arranged a meeting with my mom's finance people on Monday. Oh, and I ( Read more... )