I was so frustrated with losing my "Still Waters" entry, and in no mood to retype --- I went online and ordered 3 new Kindle books from Amazon.  Even though I have all these old favorites to work through, including a Dianne Wynne Jones anthology I don't remember buying!

Still trying to figure out where three of my Tony Hillerman's went....

But welcome to Day Four (not counting the weekend ( Read more... )

Hello March ( Read more... )

... Probably because of the post- Thanksgiving snow.

Wow, last week was great! Three of my long-time friends from LJ turned up suddenly; I'm sorry that the recent Tumblr problems seem to be the catalyst, but I can't help being glad. 
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Currently the temperature is a comfortable 72 degrees, but it is so humid after several days of rain, we almost need the AC on just to breathe ( Read more... )

 Well, here we are -- tomorrow is officially the 1st day of Summer..... but it has already been both wretchedly hot, and rainy.... and the Hispanic Americans in our neighborhood have ALREADY started with the firecrackers and fireworks.... I have no problem with ethnic groups other than my own (cough* TRUMP* cough) in general, but for the love of ( Read more... )

 I am SO tired of being cold. I am also SO tired of living frugally.  Every damn month since JANUARY we've had multiple major expenses:  In January, Husband's back window, and MEGA electric bill;  February - Daughter was stranded in Texas  most of the month due to BFZ going to the emergency room with what everyone feared to be heart problems; it ( Read more... )

 Just a week until Thanksgiving -- what am I thankful for?  Mom still with us; Daughter showing an on-going interest in adult independence (if only Texas wasn't so far away!); the Goodyear credit card I qualified for back in February during the car brakes crises, which I managed to pay down by half just in time to re-spend on four badly needed ( Read more... )

Due to the rain during July, we have practically floated into August.... the rivers are still uncomfortably high,  but going down (very slowly).  And once again, the mosquitoes are finding little ol' me to be a tasty treat, especially when I'm trying to sleep.  I have such ghastly bite welts and what  I suspect is scratch-irritated heat rash -- I' ( Read more... )

 Well, the Raccoon has apparently vacated our tree.  I'm a little sad -- it was mildly entertaining to peek through the knothole  and spy a ball of grey fur, or a pair of beady little eyes, or even on occasion, fur plus small foot sticking out of the knothole ....  At a guess, I'd say that the Raccoon decided that our neighborhood was a bit too ( Read more... )