It Happened Here

I was working on a project yesterday, when D3 came running down and told me about this.  The shooting part had already occurred and police were trying to secure the building and find the shooter.  I assured her that anyone running from the law would not be driving into our sub, a couple of miles … Read more

The Real World

Welcome to the real world, is what I thought when we arrived at my Mother-in-law’s home, “up North”. They were at the end of one bang up winter storm. The snow wasn’t too deep, a couple of feet where it blew up drifts behind the house, but it’s April, for heaven’s sake. I saw her … Read more

The List

My to-do list ran over 25 items this morning.  Perhaps I’m making too many lists?  Or putting too much on them?  Updating this blog was not on it; that pretty much shows why the list is so long.  I’m down to 11 things, so it’s getting better.  Why do the cats know I’m leaving?  I … Read more

What a mess!

It’s way too complicated to expain, but I got myself in over my head yesterday.  I’m finally treading water this afternoon.  I returned our three little grandchildren to their parents in the morning, and returned home with a van full of items.  It’s enough to say that It probably could have been stored as is, … Read more

What a Week!

Last Monday: wash, clean, shop, more cleaning. Tuesday and Wednesday, granddaughters here:  zoo, swing, bikes, visit my mom with them, take them home. Thursday: wash, clean, pack, finish website, shop, running out of gas. Friday and Saturday: Off to Wilmington Ohio, enjoyed 2 days of wonderful music at Joe Mullins’s wonderful Southern Ohio Indoor Music … Read more

Cat boxes

Unpleasant subject–well in this case, funny. If you own cats, you will eventually have a litter box. In the good old days, we lived in a rural environment and it was safe to let our cats outside. Here in the suburbs, we won’t let any of our cats out. Traffic is only one reason. One … Read more