I wonder if we are born knowing to wonder or wanting to wonder,If wonder is a gift or a curse. I wonder why I am different or if I am different,Why I care or why you do. I wonder if we all see the same colors,Is my blue also your blue, my red your red? I wonder if we see the same good and the same evil,Know the same despair and the same hope. I wonder why some of us…
I must begin by confessing that Thanksgiving is one of my least favorite holidays – not because of its intention, but because of the way we go about “celebrating.” Most of us run ourselves ragged preparing a meal that amounts to enough food for a week or two but is consumed in one afternoon in a time span that is probably equal to one tenth of the time it takes to make it all. We tried to keep it simple…
It has been awhile since I posted a picture of the newest member of our family. Here is the latest picture of Frankie. She moves quickly, as kittens do, so I never hae time to get my “real” camera out. Usually the best I can do is to snatch my phone from my pocket, which is the case here. Don’t mind the fact that she has made herself comfortable in the middle of the coffee table. This is an improvement…
There are lots of things that I could have, and maybe even should have done today. Make a shopping list of all the necessary items for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. Go grocery shopping so that I can purchese all the necessary items and get a head start on the preparations for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. Dig out and then iron the table linens so that I have a worthy place to serve a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. Find a loving new…
I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t like to eat out at restaurants unless it is for a specific occasion or because my taste buds yearn for something whose preparatory process exceeds my culinary skills. I really hate the notion of “having” to eat out because there is not enough time to prepare a meal at home. Most food in restaurants these days seems to be primarily variations on a fried theme; little variety exists from one place to…
This first Saturday in November was a day, for me, that was marked by chills, all kinds of chills. The chills began at 7:30 am this morning when the alarm went off the first time. I was huddled under the covers, but I could feel the chill in the morning air. Harley and the kitten were strategically positioned under the covers as well. Harley was pushed up against me and the kitten found a warm spot between me and Weber….
I am getting to that age where I find myself saying, “Times sure have changed!” I am learning to live happily with some of these changes. Like .. . Grocery sacks that have moved from paper to plastic to reusable Paying all my bills without licking a single stamp or envelope The ability to carry every music recording I own with me at all times thanks to my iPod Pets can be micro chipped so that should they get lost,…
After our second night in the old/new house, the battle between its two male occupants is tied. Male Parental Unit:1 Adidas:1 See below for highlights from this week’s match up. “The Point Earning Move” For details of the first match between these two slumber seeking boys, please see this blog’s previous post. Stay tuned to see who wins the tie-breaking match. The winner will snooze away on his very own blow up air mattress. (Bed linens are not included in…
We spent our first night in our “new” house this week. Well, it’s not really new, but it feels new. You may remember that back in the spring we began renovations on Weber’s house in Dallas. We had hoped to move before school started in August; for many reasons this did not happen. These are not necessarily bad reasons, they are just reasons. And for these same reasons, despite the fact that we spent the night in the house, the…
We spent our first night in our “new” house this week. Well, it’s not really new, but it feels new. You may remember that back in the spring we began renovations on Weber’s house in Dallas. We had hoped to move before school started in August; for many reasons this did not happen. These are not necessarily bad reasons, they are just reasons. And for these same reasons, despite the fact that we spent the night in the house, the…