Because of course there was more going on with this week ( Read more... )

And now, in this week's version of How I Randomly Hurt Myself ( Read more... )

I am a klutzy human being. Most days I overcome it; today, I did not ( Read more... )

Back in high school, like a lot of people, I had braces. I wore them for three years, getting them off shortly after graduation. I remember feeling my teeth for the first time around when we were rehearsing for a jazz performance for the Fourth of July. There was construction at school at the time, and the band room was undergoing a reno, so we ( Read more... )

My dad said “the girls” were busy today, wishing everyone a Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Those would be his sisters and nieces on their text chain. My dad basically said, doesn’t matter to me; I’m not Irish. Given that they all share non-Irish DNA, it was kind of amusing. But my one cousin (the one with all the kids) married an Irishman with a ( Read more... )

We are starting to break out of the very busiest part of the busy season at work. How do I know? I was able to leave work relatively on time today, which seems like the first time in several weeks. I should clarify that this is more *my* personal part of the busy season; others are still in the thick of it. We're getting closer, though, all of ( Read more... )

My dad and I are fond of perusing the weekly Aldi ad. He looks online; I wait until it comes in the mail. This means he sometimes forgets if what he's seen is current or a week ahead. A couple weeks ago, he wanted to stop at the North Aurora store, on our way home from Woodman's, to see if they had some sort of grill item; they did not, because ( Read more... )

For at least the past week and a half, I've noticed something odd about my left leg. It's not so much my thigh hurting, but my hip. It's sort of felt like when you feel you need to crack a knuckle, when you think all you need to do is pop that fluid bubble in your body and things will shift and all is well. I have no idea what caused it, either ( Read more... )

Despite not planting until much later than expected, and not planting nearly as many tomato plants as last year, we've still ended up with a bunch of the red fruit. When you have four bowls of them sitting on the counter, it's time to take action ( Read more... )

Today did not start off the best. I set my TV wake-up timer to 6:30 on the weekends, but neglected to change it back today, so I woke up to my regular alarm. My TV turned on shortly afterward. (My regular alarm goes off about 6:26, though it reads 6:31. My TV clock is set a little fast.) This meant I was slightly late getting up and getting in ( Read more... )