I finally got an uninterrupted night's sleep last night, for which I am ridiculously grateful. If I spiked a temperature I managed to sleep through it. I think getting in the pool and exercising before bed last night was a really wise choice. I hadn't been in the pool since Monday and was overdue. The water was bathwater warm, but it was relaxing ( Read more... )

We were watching Countdown tonight and Keith and Rachel Maddow were discussing McCain's abysmal track record not just on his votes that have anything to do with womens rights, but also the many horrifically misogynistic comments he has been caught making when there were people listening, sometimes even with cameras rolling. The latest to be ( Read more... )

I have been fighting some kind of a viral thing since Monday and yesterday I had to call the YMCA and tell them I couldn't teach Deep Water last night. I was just exhausted and in a lot of pain to boot cause my arthritis is always exacerbated by an elevated temperature, and my temperature has been elevated plenty. I have been feeling like a limp, ( Read more... )

So John McCain can't give a coherent response to the totally reasonable query about the insurance industry practice which won't cover birth control medications for women but will gladly pay for Viagra so old guys like McCain can have four hour erections? Google McCain Viagra and you can find the clip on You Tube. Being a techno gerbil I can't do ( Read more... )

I got up early today and cleaned out the pool, which was a total mess. I also hosed down the patio which was filthy. The temp roof of ripple plastic that Jeff managed to put up was worse than useless at protecting the wooden table. To be fair, it was a torrential downpour, but the failure was catastrophic enough that it has confirmed my decision to ( Read more... )

Boy, we are getting pounded here. Thunder, lightning, and a lot of rain. It is just pouring and has been for the better part of an hour. We had a couple of lightning strikes very close by, and it has poor Desi spooked. Trouble is asking Daddy to turn off the water at the top of his operatic tenor voice. Even our little happy wanderer, Hermione sees ( Read more... )

Wednesday was spent doing the final push on the sorting and clearing Patrick's office. It took the better part of the day to get it done, and there are four boxes of sorted items awaiting Patrick's final judgment call, but the office floor is finally clear. There are a couple of drawers to clear out and re-purpose, and Patrick has yet to assemble ( Read more... )

So our pool was overflowing this morning. It turns out that there is a little device that is like the thing on the back of a toilet that keeps the water at a constant level in the pool and ours was broke. Patrick took it apart and discovered that not only is the device like the thing from the toilet, it is actually the same thing. He made a trip ( Read more... )

We went to Chompies for brunch yesterday and then walked it off at Ikea. When I say walked it off, I mean walked it off. I was sweating like a horse by the time we finally got to the check-out and needed several refills of diet Pepsi to get a jump on replacing my fluids and electrolytes. I took calcium, magnesium, zinc and potassium in big doeses ( Read more... )

The second stage of the great office caper is complete. Since it looks like we won't be going to Sedona this weekend after all, it may be possible to get the office completely functional by Monday. Patrick was very pleased with what I accomplished today, and is happy that all the books in the office are finally sorted and shelved. We still have a ( Read more... )