The closest we’re coming to a house move in the immediate future is a planned second cross-country trip this fall. I’m still another 3-ish years from retirement, much as I’d like to turn in my equipment and go off to play tomorrow. However, my younger daughter and I are having fun looking at what you…
Ribbed For My Pleasure
Yes, I’ve been reading too much Dangerspouse lately. For the record, rib in the title refers to the BBQ pork variety. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Today my husband was at the peak of his element, as instead of going to yard sales, we held our own. More accurately, he held our…
The Squeaky One
My original entry title was going to be, Another One Bites the Dust, but I sort of recalled using that title before. So I searched – and yeah, I’d used it before, in 2010, 2008, and a variant in 2011. Oops. We hit the ground running this morning and kept at it for a long,…
Auld and Nouveau
Happy 2022! Given the worldwide trajectory of the past few years, we’ve been saying it under our breaths, as if wishing will somehow jinx the entire year. Instead, I choose hope: hope that intellect will win out over ignorance; that love will win out over hatred; that responsibility will win out over rampant disease, climate…
Boxing Day
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas. Ours was a bit hectic, but generally good. I spent most of the day in the kitchen, and had to have G’s help for part of it. I just can’t do some things any more. My body points and laughs when I try. I’m still hoping for retirement…




