Monthly Archives: May 2006

This quote, or portions of it, are sprinkled all over the veteran’s hospital where Dad was 2 weeks ago, and I have decided that I like it, and it is just right for today.  It is a funny thing, if … Continue reading →

Today was a darned good day.  It started and ended with me helping Phil install drip irrigation in the front yard.  It was good for me that my day only started and ended with that, because it was pretty much … Continue reading →

Last weekend, both my sisters were here staying with me.  It was just us 3 most of the weekend, and it has been many years since the 3 of us had dinner together with no kids, and no husbands, if … Continue reading →

Some happy thoughts from today and yesterday:Today was my birthday, and Andra and Grace remembered within minutes of waking up and I got some good lovin.  It took Phil until 2:17 PM, but he was real nice about it when … Continue reading →

I generally think of defining moments as big things.  A fork in the road.  A tree across the road, blocking the way.  Boulders, all over the road.  Big.  Loud.  Obvious.   But maybe I am thinking wrong.  Perhaps we are … Continue reading →

Well Hello.  For all of you who have been checking in and wondering what happened to me, thanks for checking in.  It has been a really long week (or so).In a way, I did fall from the face of the … Continue reading →

The cat is still here.  We are still conflicted about her name, but she answers to almost anything.  Last night the girls and I went through the boxes of little baby mementos I kept for them, and we were reading … Continue reading →

To all the mothers and mothers to be out there – Happy Mothers’ day.  I am moving the apostrophe from before the s to after the s, because I think it is not just about MY mother, but about every … Continue reading →

I don’t know how many of you can have full conversations with someone when no one in the conversation is actually speaking to each other or connecting.  Kind of an UNconversation?  Julie (my sister) and I can do it for … Continue reading →