Time for a festival ( Read more... )

We're back to warm weather, and somehow I figured mom wouldn't want us to put the oven on today. It's Friday, frozen pizza day, so it's the one day during the week the oven's guaranteed to go on. I also forgot that mom took half a sick day because she's been having some dental issues and was going to see someone, so she was even home when I got ( Read more... )

Despite everything that was going on last week, mom and I still made time for Windmill Fest. I needed the break, she needed the break, and the weather while we were there was overall pleasant, if overcast ( Read more... )

Some days never turn out the way you anticipate them to ( Read more... )

It's only quarter after twelve and I'm already back. Well, we have plans for the afternoon, and I really only like going for the pet parade, which starts at 10, so I suppose it makes sense. Mom originally had plans for about 12:30/1 PM, so we initially thought we'd go separately anyway, and then something else popped up. She dithered up until ( Read more... )

You wouldn't think the two would be related, but keep reading ( Read more... )

It's Windmill Fest time again, and ever since we picked up the little cage it's been in the back of my mind to take Kirby to the pet parade. (I got it two days too late last year--plus, well, it's probably not a good idea to take a sick bird to something like that ( Read more... )

Mom had an early-morning appointment yesterday and figured she might run to Weight Watchers for a meeting afterward, so for the first time in a few years she and I went to Windmill Fest separately. We planned to meet at 10 for the pet parade. I'd had a horrible night's sleep and didn't get out of the house as quickly as I'd wanted, but I made it ( Read more... )

I'd thought about posting at least some of this last night, but my lord, the internet connection was horrible. What normally took seconds took minutes ( Read more... )

Ah, Part One of my busy Saturday. I am actually getting out and being social! Shock! The second part won't come until tonight, though ( Read more... )