Dumpster is fuller. House is emptier. Kitties think that the increased space and the new kitty cardboard scratcher/loungers are faboo. Anastasia, Dany, and Jack are napping in the family room, and Neville is in his kitty condo in the living room ( Read more... )

I'm doing a major purge this weekend and to that end have rented a dumpster. I'm going around bagging up stuff to discard and walking it out to the dumpster which is in my driveway ( Read more... )

Oh, how I love my new washer/dryer! It uses less detergent and water! It gets my clothes clean! The washer dries them so thoroughly I'm hang-drying (rack-drying, actually) more clothes! No need for dryer sheets! They chime a jaunty tune when they're done! They can steam, pre-wash, do an extra rinse, you name it! And they're a spifferiffic shade of ( Read more... )

I'm cleaning out the master suite so it can eventually become my room and I am finding dirty laundry stashed in odd places. I guess Dad forgot where the laundry hamper was (he didn't always, as I did laundry and he would put stuff in it); no wonder I kept buying socks and underwear! I also found what became of his good slacks. He stuffed them in a ( Read more... )

I had a lot more of an exasperating day yesterday than I wanted to - mainly standing in line at the pharmacy, picking up OTC medications and dealing with paperwork. But that is done ( Read more... )

I got dad all moved to assisted living yesterday and was settling in to cozy up and faff around as it was damp and rainy outside when the nursing home called, "Oops, we forgot to send his walker!" (This is a specially designed walker made to train him to use both his legs again.) "Can you come pick it up today? The answer was "No." As in "no, I am ( Read more... )

I love this little rainbowgraphics snowman I yoinked from yaaresse last year that I can't wait to start using it again ( Read more... )

yaaresse, this one is for you! You know how butt-ugly the wallpaper in MY bathroom is? Well, check out the wallpaper in the master suite (dad's room and bathroom)! I will have you know that it is FLOCKED. I don't mean "friends-locked," I mean FLOCKED as in raised velvety stuff ( Read more... )

Normally "First Things" isn't my type of reading, but they have an interesting article on Thomas Kinkade (you know, the "Painter of Light" or as some of us call him, the "Painter of Dreck ( Read more... )

I'm going to try not to be as spotty in posting and reading as I was. The Mercury Retrograde sucked this year and went on too long. :/ Also, this new business class I'm taking at JFKU is kicking my butt. They expect me to work HARD. I hope there's a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow ( Read more... )