Garbage Day…

Hauling myself out of bed at 6:45, and knowing our street gets real early pickup—I pull on work clothes and head for the kitchen to get the gar-bahjge and recyclables. No sweat. I stagger about, pre coffee, and haul out the sacks…down the front steps, down...

The car

The car the roof cute side window and one of 2 glove compartments a cute little storage platform that is just too convenient for kittehs wanting to interfere with driver: water pistol likely back seat with seats in up position cargo area, one seat up: we flipped the...

We got the car!

We got there at the appointed time, and were told—there’s a glitch. They want to reapply the protective film on the nose to get it right. Sigh. An hour (and much bad coffee) later [Jane sensibly sticks to water]—it finally appears. And...

New car today…maybe!

We have rethought the roof rack and called and asked them to skip that one, but go ahead with the moon roof. They have installed the heating for the seats, and that is good. We are told they MAY get the roof work done today. We had a little worry about a post-factory...

Day dawns…and I'm much better now…

It took me into the evening to shake the Benedryl effects. At least now I’m clear-headed, and the sting is just a red spot on my palm. The house is a wreck. We had not yet recovered from unpacking from the trip when we realized we had lost the car title to the...

Day dawns…and I’m much better now…

It took me into the evening to shake the Benedryl effects. At least now I’m clear-headed, and the sting is just a red spot on my palm. The house is a wreck. We had not yet recovered from unpacking from the trip when we realized we had lost the car title to the...

And in a 'hold my beer' moment…

We had a small species of yellowjacket wasps build their paper nest inside my garden seat on the edge of the pond. We’d turned it over yesterday, to try to remove them. Today, seeing no wasps, I handed my coffee cup to Jane, reached in, grabbed the small nest...

And in a ‘hold my beer’ moment…

We had a small species of yellowjacket wasps build their paper nest inside my garden seat on the edge of the pond. We’d turned it over yesterday, to try to remove them. Today, seeing no wasps, I handed my coffee cup to Jane, reached in, grabbed the small nest...

Ways to start the day, eh? I fell in the fish pond.

Nightclothes and all. Tripped on a hose. These sandals I run around in are loose, and I’m also getting to that age when my feet fail to lift to the height my brain tells me they’re lifting. It’s quite curious…My brain says I stepped over it,...