Life and Romance in 160 Characters or Less—of course brevity doesn’t always equal clarity.
Category: Journal
Somehow I failed to record that I got a Cow Footrest for Christmas. There’s probably other stuff out there that I’ve forgotten. You’ll just have to forgive me till I get it all back to Illinois and unpacked.
Another Tuesday, another episode of Senior Citizen Discount Grocery Shopping. The main theme of this trip was purchasing food for the New Year’s Day meal. Our family traditionally has sausage and sauerkraut with mashed potatoes. Pork is believed to bring…
I don’t think that I’ve mentioned that I have my traditional visit to Virginia cold sores. Why do I get cold sores every Christmas here? Why? As if I don’t have enough problems, I have to go around with lip…
I’m sure that there’s something wrong with just listing your presents as an entry, but too bad. Here is an incomplete list of my haul. ToastStation Toaster Oven Hearthstone Stoneware Fiestaware White Pasta Bowl Rolling Herb Mincer Moleskine 2006 Daily…
Today is the day of much wrapping. Even though most stuff goes into gift bags, there’s still wrapping of things that are too big for bags and wrapping of things so that they are not obvious when you look into…
Hauled off to Roanoke with mom, for the poodle clipping, around noon. Her appointment at PetSmart was at 1. Picked up my brother and went to lunch together. Whirlwind shopping fun: Sam’s, Books-a-Million, PetSmart (we needed some doggy and kitty…
I am so very afraid. From the e-mail ad I received: “The Doughboy® has a dance for you! It’s no surprise that a guy dressed in white can hustle… but did you know he can do the Robot and Running…
So the 22nd was also the day my father died. I have blacked out on all this. I couldn’t remember the date, and I have been thinking that I have to find a chance to turn over the thing that…
Found out today that one of our ReadWriteThink colleagues at IRA is having twins in April/May. We’re all excited (and glad it’s not us). I got the lights all strung on the tree this afternoon. My mom had a doctor’s…