I slept a lot last night: 11 p.m. to 8 a.m., then breakfast and back to bed until 9:45.  I think Ray thought it was odd; we were too busy going our separate ways this morning to really talk, but I gather that from something he asked me.  I wasn't surprised that I needed all that sleep.  I've been so wound up about Em's dress I've done dumb things ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a pretty amazing day.  Despite the fact that I woke up feeling like I was coming down with something, I managed to do a lot.  Made a batch of bread, got Emily to dust a bit around here.  Took on a difficult task of patching a hole in the seat of one of Ray's pairs of dress slacks.  The fabric was tissue thin to begin with, then got ( Read more... )

Listening to Tuck and Patti today.  I love their music.  I simply forget to forage for their discs.  We are so blessed with great music on the radio here.  Not only Buffalo stations, but Toronto.  Sometimes we pretend we're just a very southerly Toronto suburb.  Beats some of the Buffalo vibe, that's for sure ( Read more... )

One bobblehead is well enough to have left the hospital.  The other I'm still having trouble with.  Tim Wakefield's glove broke off and it's surprisingly tricky to get reattached, but I think I got it now and he's drying ( Read more... )

I just finished reading about and watching trailers for The Last Station, with Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren.  It looks wonderful, and now I can't wait for it to come out here.  Likewise Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland - utterly fantastic ( Read more... )

We watched Uncle Buck tonight, in honor of John Hughes, and by association, in honor of John Candy.   There are so many sweet/funny moments it's a joy to watch several times ( Read more... )

Hello world ( Read more... )

My daughter and I had been looking forward to the release on dvd of The Secret Life of Bees.  Both of us read the book and loved it, and heard or read good things about the movie.  So Wednesday night my hubby and I sat down with our dinner plates on our laps and the disc in the player (Em was busy with homework).  Within minutes my husband was ( Read more... )