It is odd how people can despair of change ever happening and then be completely freaked out when it actually does come. I've lived through enough highs and lows in my life to the point where I shouldn't be surprised...and yet I am, just a little. A friend happened to post something on Facebook about contentment and the thought occured to me that ( Read more... )

Samantha's visit is over and I think I'm back to normal. It was a time of such great expectations....and while life has tempered them some, the expectations are still there. Samantha came, she saw, she liked what she saw, and she will be back. She confirmed in her own mind it is me she wants to spend the rest of her life with in the future. ( Read more... )

When you are home sick and don't feel much like getting out of bed, the tv gets a lot of work trying to keep your mind off the awfulness you feel. That's how it has been for me the past few days. Today, I've had A&E on much of the day watching episodes I haven't seen of "Intervention" and "Hoarders". "Intervention" is a show that takes a look ( Read more... )

I happen to be in the living room listening to the post-game football show on the radio when I happen to look across the room and see Tiffany and Sarah staring quite intently down the air duct next to the kitchen. As air ducts typically are very boring, I found this behavior interesting and decided to go over and see what it was that the two of ( Read more... )

December is here in Michigan and the cold grip of winter with it. Summer seems a long way in the future--which it is, of course--and a lot could happen in the period between then and now. As it stands at present, June 2010 is scheduled to see my family grow a bit larger. There will be me, my cats, my rabbit...and then Samantha. Sam has ( Read more... )

With the 2009 travel season finished, here are a few shots of the places I've been and the things I've seen this year...

The Jam Store, Jam MI

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Yours truly is the one whose job it is to notify members of our high school class when one of them has had something happen--good or bad. My friend Audrey's father passed away, and I was fortunate enough to have the day off so I could go to the funeral. Audrey and her family are Syrian Orthodox, so I was exposed to a completely different way of ( Read more... )

First of all, Happy Birthday Ruth ( Read more... )

Just because my finances are not supporting any big trips right now does not mean I haven't lost the travel bug. Quite the contrary. Wanderlust still beats in my heart, and if I can't go abroad to see new sights, I decided to find some closer to home to partake in. I'm actually not able to remember now why the great Michigan photo project was ( Read more... )

The telephone rang a short time ago and I found it was one of the young veterinary technicians calling to check up on Christopher the rabbit and how he was faring after his surgery. I passed on the news that he'd come through just fine, had no trouble with his stitches, and was behaving better. Then came one of those priceless West Michigan ( Read more... )