I'm always game to try something with a coupon, so when dad and I were at the store recently, and I had a coupon for dishwasher cleaner, I decided to try it. Up until a year or so ago, we were able to leave the dishwasher door cracked a little, allowing air to circulate and water to evaporate. However, at some point the door decided to fall all the ( Read more... )

It's my 40th birthday ( Read more... )

Today is my mom's birthday. What a difference a year makes. Instead of going to grandma's to learn how to drug her, we went to Chili's. That is, once we finally made it home. It's the busy season at my job, so I stayed over two hours late. The weather was also super crappy this afternoon, with heavy rain at times, so that it took mom over an ( Read more... )

Today is my dad's 64th birthday. I've had the Beatles in my head all weekend. Last night, while getting his card ready, I printed out the lyrics to "When I'm 64" and referred to them in the card, then put them both on the kitchen table shortly before 10 PM. He was still awake but promised not to look at them until morning. When I got home today ( Read more... )

I got an email from my boss yesterday asking me and HRA if we wanted to go out for lunch today. I said sure, we started making plans...and at the last minute, HRM had to cancel. Bah. But HRA and I still went out. I drove and then promptly forgot where Chili's was, even though it's right by my house. I pass by it every so often. Yet I still ( Read more... )

Laura and I finally got together to do our birthday/Christmas bash today. With both of us working retail, and her being a manager, there's no possible way to do it for our actual birthdays (November 22 and December 7). We made our annual trek to Dave & Buster's and discovered that not all children went back to school today. For the most part it ( Read more... )

So Thursday wasn't all bad. Laura and I had made tentative plans before all the excitement, and we still got together that evening, which was a great diversion for me. We went to Chili's for dinner (where I had a burger with bleu cheese dressing...and still liked it) and then back to her house for a rousing game of Sesame Street Monopoly (with ( Read more... )

I mentioned that Laura and I went out cavorting last night ( Read more... )

Another one of those days that you think you know how they'll be, but you're wrong. In a good way.

So Laura briefly mentioned last week that she was interested in going to see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and since she is off on Tuesdays and I managed to get the day off, I suggested going today. Then I never heard back, so I said, that ( Read more... )