1. Yay, NY! It wasn't a landslide by any means, but you pulled it together enough to do the right thing.

2. We have no internet at home and probably won't for several days yet. (We've ducked into a Starbucks for internetness, but my battery is dying!) The modem is fried; no tech service on the weekend, and they'll call on Monday. Which means we'll ( Read more... )

Well, according to a pair of starlings trying to build in a nest in our barbecue I am. I feel pretty bad about it, too. They had quite the stockpile going there when I cleared it out today. We'd been watching them for a few days now, flying in with beaksful of straw and hay and grass. The hood is down on the barbecue (which is on the deck right ( Read more... )

I didn't really choose to wake up, because I'd only been asleep for 2 1/2 hours, but apparently my brain (maybe my nervous system?) had its own agenda, and sleep was not on the list. I read. I went online and read some more. Finally around 5AM I started to fall back asleep. At 5:28AM Rocky woke me up by trying to scratch a hatchway through my ( Read more... )

1. After many days of rain, we had . . . more rain. And sleet and three bouts of hail. But the sun came out late afternoon, and the forecast doesn't call for rain for the rest of the week. Of course, they only manage to accurately forecast a few hours into the future, but I'm taking that forecast and clutching it to me ( Read more... )

( Goings on. Now with pics. And numbers! )

To top it off, we had a showing yesterday afternoon. It was lucky for us that we'd also had a showing on Friday night, so the house was mostly in order on Saturday morning anyway. We spent a lot of the day just sitting around in shock, but we managed to pull it together and get the place spiffed up in time for the prospective buyers. They were ( Read more... )

I tried one last time to recharge the battery in my Mazda. Nope. Nuh-uh. Nuthin'. Either the battery charger just doesn't have the juice to charge a completely dead battery or else the battery itself is FUBAR. It's going to have to be towed when we finally get it fixed ( Read more... )

It had been a horrid few days weather wise: driving rain, cold very strong winds. But today the sun came out and the winds, though strong, weren't as cold, and it was a lovely day.

We celebrated longshadowsfall's birthday today, too, although she officially turned 17 a few days ago. Rotisserie chicken, yummy sides, and for dessert Dar made her one-of-a-kind ( Read more... )

Another annoying day dealing with the health care system.

I had a 9:30 appointment with my PCP this morning. At 9:01, as I'm rushing about, I get a phone call from the doctor's office telling me that not only is he not in today, he's actually on vacation and won't be back for several weeks. Oh? And you're telling me that now? Idiots. One of ( Read more... )

Another one of those days. UP and down and up and down. It's ending on a mellow note, so that's good ( Read more... )