It is not just laziness that has kept me from adding to this blog. I have to admit that I am having second thoughts about publishing details of my personal life on the web like this. I don't think I need to go into the reasons why exposing oneself's personal details on the web is a bad idea; everyone has read about this stuff by now.

Still, there is ( Read more... )

I'm seated by myself in the living room listening to lovely Christmas music on my old a.m. radios. The house is all done up as much is going to be this year - we were a little more restrained than we have been in the past. Mom and Pop Perchard are upstairs getting ready for the arrival of the rest of the family. Robbie is still off working! He was ( Read more... )

As usual, the world did not end today. Those silly Mayans! Not that any serious minded person expected it to. Still, it's always entertaining to see the crazies at work when these issues come up.

There has been some crazy weather out west of us. Minnesota and Wisconsin have gotten dumped with a lot of snow. It looks pretty, but I'm sure the ( Read more... )

Robbie has put in another full day. It is 11:23 PM and I have been waiting for him for an hour in the living room to come home so that we can go shopping -- or not, depending on how you interpret his messages. I wanted to copy our exchange From the Messages app, but Apple does not allow that, so you'll just have to imagine an exchange that was ( Read more... )

Friday was our 13th anniversary! It's hard to believe that we've been together this long, Robbie and I. I guess we've become very comfortable with each other because the anniversary has become no big deal. Robbie had to work and since his days are usually quite long he was not home until almost 10 PM. Then we sat together watching TV when he ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning angry with Apple! I thought myself half dreaming, half thinking about all that I had lost when MobileMe went away. I had made use of all that Apple had to offer its customers in the way web tools, ways of sharing information, and ways of storing important personal information

I realize that things change in the world and that ( Read more... )

Yes, it has been a while!

I know it's been too long since my last entry. I have no excuse other than laziness and the lack of inclination to write! There have been a lot of things on my mind of late, and the fact is the news says simply not me.

So I will try to catch up a little bit. One of the things that has weighed heavily on my mind of late is ( Read more... )

August 30, 2012

Robbie and I had a good time in Newfoundland. The weather was only mildly crappy. There was rain for a few days, but then we actually saw the sun for several days as well, so no complaints!

On top of the pleasure of hanging out with Robbie's parents, Anne and Bob, we actually did a couple of things that were aimed at pleasing me ( Read more... )

Robbie and I are flying to Newfoundland tonight. We'll spend the week with his parents and visit friends and family. I have to admit that I am less than sanguine about making this trip. I must be getting sedentary in my old age!

It will be good to see Bob and Anne, Robbie's parents, and there promises to be a good old-fashioned Newfoundland party at ( Read more... )

It's 1140 in the morning. Robbie just took off for work and I'm sitting on the veranda listening to Johann Sebastian Bach cantatas. This is one of my favorite things to do on a Sunday morning. I feel somehow that it takes care of my "Sunday obligation."

It feels like a good morning for Bach The birds are tweeting, a slight breeze is blowing, and it' ( Read more... )