Two days ago, I learned from the father of my son’s college roommate that they had a concert planned for tonight! (They’re both violinists in the university’s Chamber Orchestra.) My son never mentioned it because he couldn’t imagine we would want to drive 2.5 hours just to attend an hour-long concert. Oh, he of littleContinue reading “A Musical Interlude”
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Another Troll
Most people I speak with on Facebook are nice, reasonable people. Then there are the rest. I posted about some sexist jerks yesterday. As I was writing that blog entry, I was floored by a response I received at the same time to some comments I made on a Facebook page for owners of oldContinue reading “Another Troll”
Pepino’s Penthouse
I’ve mentioned in earlier posts that we have occasionally spotted a mouse in our house. It’s not a lot of mice; we’ve caught four or five since we moved into the house two-and-a-half years ago. And it’s just one mouse in here at a time. After we catch it, it’s months before we see signsContinue reading “Pepino’s Penthouse”
Purging Progress
I recently posted about the difficulties of trying to clear the stuff out of one of our storage units so we can stop paying stupid amounts of money for it each month. Then I posted again about the progress, however slow, we were finally making on getting more possessions out of there. Today we wentContinue reading “Purging Progress”
Stuff and Nonsense, Part 2
Today we were back at the self-storage place, clearing out another load from the storage unit we want to have emptied by the end of the month. We couldn’t clear out as large a load as we would have liked, since we had stopped at the home-improvement store on the way for some boring butContinue reading “Stuff and Nonsense, Part 2”
Stuff and Nonsense
Our goal is to clear out one of our storage units by the end of the month. We rented two 10-by-10-foot units a couple years ago, when we moved to our new house. We were supposed to have had several months for getting our old home ready to put on the market. During that time,Continue reading “Stuff and Nonsense”
Ida’s Last Stand
The remnants of Hurricane Ida reached us today. We’ve had bouts of heavy rain and wind, alternating with periods of moderate rain and even some of no rain at all. We’ve been under a tornado watch for much of the day, but the only actual tornado warnings are fairly far from here. The creek acrossContinue reading “Ida’s Last Stand”
Grateful for Minor Annoyances
If it’s not one thing, it’s another. I went down to the basement this afternoon and discovered that the air conditioner was leaking onto the floor. Nothing was damaged. Part of the concrete floor and a doormat-sized rug were wet; that’s all. I photographed it and sent a picture to my husband, who said heContinue reading “Grateful for Minor Annoyances”
Cuts Like a Knife
For the first time in my life, I bought a high-quality set of knives. I had decided to give the old ones to my son, who was preparing to leave for his sophomore year of college. He’s in a dorm that’s set up like an apartment building and needed kitchen stuff. So I sharpened upContinue reading “Cuts Like a Knife”
The Life and Times of an Ugly Refrigerator
I saw the meme at right online today, and it reminded me of our ugly old refrigerator. It was 1991 when we moved into my former house. It had a 1960 model refrigerator, older than me and way older than the refrigerator in this image. Ours was chocolate brown, faded in some spots, and exceptionallyContinue reading “The Life and Times of an Ugly Refrigerator”
