Pound Head Here

Nope, no new babies – yet.  Too soon for that. The pitter-patter I’m talking about is rain.  It’s been one of those all-too-rare hazy, slow, lazy rainy days here in the desert.  I love them.  It’s nice and cool, too, as bonus points.  Not cold, thank goodness; we don’t have to worry about snow!  Just…

In the sadly all-too-close example of why I opted not to have gastric bypass surgery… The daughter who lives with me also has a little girl who’s 7 years old, my only granddaughter.  Granddaughter’s daddy recently married his long-time girlfriend; just a few months ago, in fact.  Both the daddy and new wife had gastric…

I am still crossing my fingers for the contest, which ends next week.  So far we’re holding on in a respectable winning slot and should by rights stay there.  Added to that, I got approval for vacation days on both the day before Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Day. Why, you ask, would I not take off…