Guess where Rebecca was at 6:45 this morning? She was on her way to the 24-hour Walgreens for another asthma inhaler. Yes, I've been letting myself get caught without a fast-acting inhaler my entire adult life, and yes, I should know better by now. Nerak slept in bed with me last night (sometimes she can be a little stinker, but sometimes she can ( Read more... )

It was a busy weekend around here. On Saturday afternoon, Sara and I went over to our neighbor's house for her birthday party. Linda has been such a sweet neighbor to us ever since we moved to this address, and she just turned 80!!! Sara and I arrived a little later and wound up squished into a corner to sit (which was awkward), but her house was ( Read more... )

Winter is a bad season for my sleeping, but usually, it doesn't hit me until January. This year, it's come early. I'm already having some nights when I bolt wide-awake hours before it's time to get up. Ugh. Ironically, for my first two winters at this address, bad sleeping didn't really bother me. I did lose sleep, but after our neighbor's house ( Read more... )

Sara and I drove down to visit Athena and her kids today. They now live two hours away, so it is a long haul of a day to see them, but it is worth it. It was a really nice day. Aunt Connie was there visiting from SC, too. She treated us to pizza and watermelon, and I brought Green Glop (and pretty much ate it all myself), and we caught up with her ( Read more... )

I have really missed our calico stray cat since she died last month. She never fought with Mayim or Tovah, and she kept away other, meaner stray cats. Since she died, a gray-and-white male stray has been showing up in our backyard, and he’s a lot more feral and aggressive. Earlier this week, he got into a fight with Tovah and did a real number on ( Read more... )

Well, this Jewish girl made it all the way to Easter Sunday and kept up her "sacrifice" for Lent. My goal was to eat out only once a week. Obviously, the Corona virus outbreak became a thing during this time, so that made it easier. I don't think any restaurants are even allowing dine-ins anymore. Sara and I have both been trying to eat out less ( Read more... )

Sara and I cleaned the house on Saturday, and when I got home from the animal shelter on Sunday, Athena was here. All three of us had so much fun watching the Oscars together! For food this year, I made our favorite cheese-onion dip (we usually make this every year), and Athena made mini sausages in barbecue sauce. Sara bought a big spread of ( Read more... )

Man, staying with the M’s is as different as can be from staying at my mom’s house. I woke up this morning to find Aunt Connie in the kitchen with no pants on. She said, “This is called menopause!” Later Julie got up wearing my pajama pants, which she apparently mistook for her pajama pants while getting changed in the dark last night. Sara said ( Read more... )

Athena and Abram are here!!! Fortunately, their plane didn't get delayed again, and they landed around 11am on Friday. But, due to a miscommunication from Josh, I briefly thought their plane had gotten delayed again and if not for Sara, we wouldn't even have been at the airport to pick them up! Athena said Abram did really well on the flight and ( Read more... )

The M's joined us for Thanksgiving Dinner this year -- Bram's first Thanksgiving! My mom can put on quite a show. As much importance as Grandma placed on food is how much Mom places on decor and presentation. She had strategically-placed fake leaves on the table runner. I ran to the grocery store for some wine (Mom has zinfadel, and I like merlot) ( Read more... )