29th wedding anniversary today and it was this hot that day, too. One of our groomsmen almost fainted. But it was great, all the same and seems like it took.

Dog beach early this morning, sushi and movie theater tonight, washing dogs and fixing washing machines in the middle. A balanced life.

Yes, I love my husband. My computer mysteriously ate two days work yesterday afternoon, while Doug was on his way back from a convention. I felt absolutely sick, baffled, helpless, angry, stupid. The elves that operate my laptop had gone rogue again ( Read more... )

Well, the heat has finally found us, after a very pleasant spring and early summer. It's 112.8F on my back patio, but only 108F in the shade.

Good day not to work on the back patio. This is sort of SoCal's version of a hard winter in Maine. You just don't want to go outside. Given the choice, I think I might take the blizzard, at least today.

Doug and I are still in post-cruise/workshop shock. He wanders the house, whimpering "Where's Jacob?" (our cabin steward). If I could have magically blipped home direct from the ship, I think I'd be ok but the long and stressful journey home has gutted me.

Already planning for the next one, though!

Last year at about this time some kid in the cul-de-sac neighborhood beyond our back fence started a band. A very, very, very loud band, and when they weren't blasting the greater Redlands area, he was practicing his drumming. This went on from about the time school got out, to about the time parents were probably getting home from work. It got so ( Read more... )

Went to a blustery, windy Market Night. Came home with (all local ( Read more... )

It's been a busy week here in Lake Woebegone ( Read more... )

In an effort to cast off my slugatude and tone up for the cruise, I've started taking a brisk daily walk. I hate going the gym and classes, but a good long walk leaves me energized. I alternate dogs. My goal, as recommended by my doctor is 30-45 min five times a week. So I started mapping out a route that would take the right amount of time. ( Read more... )

Apparently telling myself that I am over a cold does not make it so. Told myself it was a 24 hr. bug last weekend but it's still got its hooks in me. Came home from a party early last night, then slept until 10:30! Unheard of! Still coughing ( Read more... )

A dear friend called today. I don't hear from her often, but that's ok. It's one of those friendships that endures like an underground river, surfacing now and then, but always in stream, always in each other's thoughts. We lived in the same area for a dozen years, and our kids grew up together. We shared a lot of important passages. She was one ( Read more... )