So where was I?  Beginning of January, I think.

One of the things that I neglected to mention was that somewhere in there, Bob and I finally got all of the wood stacked.  It was entirely worth a summer of back-breaking work to get the… okay - what do I call that thing we hauled rocks for all summer?  Wall?  Terrace?  Base?  Patio?  None of those ( Read more... )

I've still got some beginning-of-the-year catching up to do, but if I keep waiting to talk, I'll be perpetually behind.  So.

It's been a moderately miserable week.  I've got a knot in my left shoulder the size of Boise - it hurts badly enough to keep me from sleeping and make me slightly nauseated most of the time.  I was hoping the massage ( Read more... )

It’s promising that as I continue this story the gaps represented in between the posts is growing - now I’m skipping from weekend to weekend!

( and it ends with a whimper... )

Sunday night was a night in the lap of luxury.  Charlotte was back in her own room, we were able to give her a bath and read her bedtime stories without a flashlight, we watched some mindless television, and went to bed in a house heated by the boiler.  Life was sweet.

( Debris - pictures )

I’ve gone mute lately.  I guess I’ve been concentrating on other things.

This past weekend was part play, part work.  Saturday we went to my parents’ house.  Mom was having a bad day for pain, but despite that it was very good to see how much better she’s doing since her surgery.  Even having a bad day, the improvement was noticeable - in her ( Read more... )

Well, it was another what-a-weekend weekend.

I am fat.  I am out of condition.  I am WEAK.  This is completely unacceptable.  Also another issue.  On to the weekend!

On Saturday I met vynehorn down at Union Station for a two-museum trip in NYC.  My day did not start auspiciously.  Firstly, I probably didn't pad my travel time enough to start with, and that ( Read more... )

I just took a walk around the property to check on the mountain laurels.  Many of them are hugely in bud, and the ones that aren't in bud are hugely in new leaves.  I've got pictures of that later.  First though, I want to show you the lawn.  Trolling through my photo files, I found this picture taken June 19 of last year - almost exactly a year ( Read more... )

Good grief, what a weekend.

This seems to be a trend with me lately, doesn’t it?

( The gory details )

I have biceps.  Who knew?  They're moderately unhappy with me ( Read more... )

I figure if I feel like I have to justify myself on Monday, it might provide some impetus.  This weeked I would like us to ( Read more... )