I've been a clean freak lately. Now I see something that needs doing (and there's a lot of that around here, with our menagerie) and I hop over to do it, which is a nice change. For the last couple of years I'd see something and think "yeah, but who cares?" followed by a long mental "Marvin"-style rant about the pointlessness of housework and life ( Read more... )

Our youngest grandchild (so far) is one year old today. Amazing.

Not that anyone has much money these days, but if you can spare some of your Bush's Folly "Rebate", you might want to drop a little of it here: Heifer International To Aid Earthquake-Devastated AreaMomma got her hearing aids today. She had been fearing that she was going to be in ( Read more... )

I've discovered that I can't take antihistamines or decongestants because they mess up my brain and make me twitch like a dead spider. On the other hand, I've discovered that most of my sinus problems seem to be due to the generic baby shampoo we use to bathe the dogs, which is easy enough to fix. I'm pretty sensitive to the stinky-brain-hurt. If ( Read more... )