A couple of weekends ago, Randy and I undertook a construction project to build a barn. Well, more of a shed. It was bloody humid, but we got the wood cut, got a frame up, and then do you know what happened? It fell down? Rabid monkeys ate the nails? No, though these are all good guesses. Instead, someone stole my cell phone.

It happened like this: ( Read more... )

For our 4 month anniversary, we picked Randy's mother up from the airport and spent the weekend with her. She's been posted in Italy, doing her medical thing, but she had training back in the US, and took her leave while here. This is the earliest I've been able to meet her, and she was a very pleasant woman.  We went out to eat a couple of times, ( Read more... )