Wings above the waters
Rabbit Rabbit!
Thunder last night. Windy the last few days. Very windy today.
Car was to have rear brake shoes replaced today. While running errands, re-starting didn't work initially. Was able to restart, get Mom home with the groceries, then take it to the dealership. Starter went bad. Won't be able to get a replacement until monday. Mom picked me up with the truck. So that is the primary vehicle for the next few days. No loaner vehicles available at the dealership.
Dealing with financial matters. Mom's calling Dad's pension plans and social security in order to get things sorted. We finally got death certificates yesterday, that's why we were working on that. Mom's going to get half the amount of Dad's pensions. There's a little oops, since there was a pay out yesterday of the full amount of both pensions. Mom has to return one, and the other will be good for the next couple months, the next one for that one will be august. One good thing is that there was a charge on Dad's credit card that Mom didn't understand. Turns out it was an insurance that will pay that completely off.
There will be more paperwork, for sure.
Time for bed. *hugs*
The grass was dappled with lambent flecks of golden sunlight.
Word of the Day for Thursday June 2, 2011
lambent • \LAM-bunt\ • adjective
1 : playing lightly on or over a surface : flickering
2 : softly bright or radiant
3 : marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression
Did you know?
Fire is frequently associated with lapping or licking imagery: flames are often described as "tongues" that "lick." "Lambent," which first appeared in English in the 17th century, is a part of this tradition, coming from "lambens," the present participle of the Latin verb "lambere," meaning "to lick." In its earliest uses, "lambent" meant "playing lightly over a surface," "gliding over," or "flickering." These uses were usually applied to flames or light, and by way of that association, the term eventually came to describe things with a radiant or brilliant glow, as Alexander Pope used it in his 1717 poem "Eloisa to Abelard": "Those smiling eyes, attemp'ring ev'ry ray, Shone sweetly lambent with celestial day."
She didn't get an iota of money out of her lover's coffers.
Word of the Day for Wednesday June 1, 2011
iota • \eye-OH-tuh\ • noun 1 : the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
2 : an infinitesimal amount : jot
Did you know?
The words "iota" and "jot" share a lot more than just a common meaning -- both ultimately derive from the same word. When Latin scholars transcribed the Greek name of the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, they spelled it as either "iota" or "jota" (the letters "i" and "j" were simply variants of each other), and these spellings eventually passed into English as "iota" and "jot." Since the Greek letter iota is the smallest letter of its alphabet, both words eventually came to be used in reference to very small things.
Thunder last night. Windy the last few days. Very windy today.
Car was to have rear brake shoes replaced today. While running errands, re-starting didn't work initially. Was able to restart, get Mom home with the groceries, then take it to the dealership. Starter went bad. Won't be able to get a replacement until monday. Mom picked me up with the truck. So that is the primary vehicle for the next few days. No loaner vehicles available at the dealership.
Dealing with financial matters. Mom's calling Dad's pension plans and social security in order to get things sorted. We finally got death certificates yesterday, that's why we were working on that. Mom's going to get half the amount of Dad's pensions. There's a little oops, since there was a pay out yesterday of the full amount of both pensions. Mom has to return one, and the other will be good for the next couple months, the next one for that one will be august. One good thing is that there was a charge on Dad's credit card that Mom didn't understand. Turns out it was an insurance that will pay that completely off.
There will be more paperwork, for sure.
Time for bed. *hugs*
The grass was dappled with lambent flecks of golden sunlight.
Word of the Day for Thursday June 2, 2011
lambent • \LAM-bunt\ • adjective
1 : playing lightly on or over a surface : flickering
2 : softly bright or radiant
3 : marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression
Did you know?
Fire is frequently associated with lapping or licking imagery: flames are often described as "tongues" that "lick." "Lambent," which first appeared in English in the 17th century, is a part of this tradition, coming from "lambens," the present participle of the Latin verb "lambere," meaning "to lick." In its earliest uses, "lambent" meant "playing lightly over a surface," "gliding over," or "flickering." These uses were usually applied to flames or light, and by way of that association, the term eventually came to describe things with a radiant or brilliant glow, as Alexander Pope used it in his 1717 poem "Eloisa to Abelard": "Those smiling eyes, attemp'ring ev'ry ray, Shone sweetly lambent with celestial day."
She didn't get an iota of money out of her lover's coffers.
Word of the Day for Wednesday June 1, 2011
iota • \eye-OH-tuh\ • noun 1 : the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
2 : an infinitesimal amount : jot
Did you know?
The words "iota" and "jot" share a lot more than just a common meaning -- both ultimately derive from the same word. When Latin scholars transcribed the Greek name of the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, they spelled it as either "iota" or "jota" (the letters "i" and "j" were simply variants of each other), and these spellings eventually passed into English as "iota" and "jot." Since the Greek letter iota is the smallest letter of its alphabet, both words eventually came to be used in reference to very small things.