So Fairfax and 2 or 3 other places right here made Amazon's top five list of the top reservers for the book. Borders in Fairfax had a line started at 4:00 this morning just to get the bracelet thing. I went by there this afternoon and people were lined up getting tickets to go inside to get a bracelet for the books they reserved at midnight ( Read more... )

License to Wed OK movie but not your typical Robin Williams is a freakin nut movie. Went to neighbors to visit with a kid raised here that we haven't seen in years. Complete with his now family of 3 little ones under 5. Was fun.

Mangos! I must have had a bad one years ago and never tried again. Yesterday, had a mango smoothie I made and now all I want is another mango.

Nice hot day today. Funny living around here we can already feel the humidity starting. But still a nice day. 3 days off I could go for this more often. Seeds we planted are coming up and all the other pots and plants I planted are thriving. Vegetables coming and we even have little tomatoes and peppers. Of course, the first nicest still ( Read more... )

Taking a break from this insanity of painting and replacing baseboards. Two of the upstairs bedrooms painted, the hall, down the stairs and baseboards partially replaced. Kitchen dining, living finished. Now working on family room. Two more bedrooms and then finally done. Window frames partially done. OMG this is insane. But, it is shaping ( Read more... )

Peace beautiful peace. Cleaning like a mad woman today. Washing like a fool. Since Mamma was cold and used 5 quilts. That was 5 loads right there. Cleaned two bathrooms so far. Cleaned the family room. Removed carpet stains since Mama lets the kids run around while eating. Well, until I told son you know that isn't safe for your kids they ( Read more... )

I think I just drank too much Pinot Grigio. Good Lord I'm getting the spins. Woot! What a day. Good Lord how did so many catty hateful people end up in one place. Beats me! Move day and what a mess. People getting mad, people sniping at each other. One of our analysts mad as hell giving someone the finger in explaining her feelings about ( Read more... )

Making spaghetti sauce again. Lordy, I can't see wasting all these tomatoes. Last year was a flop, tomatoes got some disease. Well, they are making up for it this year. This will pint number 42 I have made. Good grief, but we will be set for all winter and so will DD. DH helped this time chopping. Yeah the peppers are also plentiful so they ( Read more... )

Forgot to update about my really neat Mother's Day celebration. DD had son and family and us over. It was really nice. Now, she is doing it again for Father's Day. Fun time ( Read more... )

Lovely, lovely day. Not too hot, not too cold. Just right. Bought 6 azaleas and some flowers for my pots today. Wax plants for the front. Now to the planting.