I have often wondered if one still has an anniversary after the death of a spouse. It seems that it is still the anniversary of the day we married but not one that is celebrated. I am going to celebrate today by taking myself out for a late lunch or an early dinner. [...]
This afternoon shortly after I had turned the water back off, Chris came over and asked if I had gotten the leak repaired. I told him no and then he asked if I had gotten a plumber out to look at it and again my answer was no. He then told me that he would [...]
Called the water guy this morning and yes he confirmed that I had a water leak. He then suggested a couple of plumbers and I called both and neither was home. Found out that one just lives about half a mile down the road from me. I stopped by there this [...]
It was another beautiful sunny day with a little nip in the air but it turned gray for me in the early afternoon. The guy came to mow my lawn and then he came to tell me that there was a puddle of water a few feet from my water meter. So I finally tracked [...]
When Scott was home for Easter and his birthday, we were talking about money and I made the comment, “that is hyacinths to feed the soul.” Of course his comment was, “what?” I could remember neither the proverb nor the story that I had read many years ago in Reader’s Digest about hyacinths [...]
I had hoped to get two quilts completed today but did not quite make it. I did get three cut and ready to sew, one completed, and the top of another quilted. So guess that was not too bad considering I did not get started until about three in the afternoon. I tried a new [...]
This evening when I came home from Ruston two LARGE boxes were under the carport. I was very excited to see them for the lady at Fairfield had told me the batting should be here this week. I was hoping but not really expecting it until next week. I knew that each [...]
Last night I kept playing with the MP3 player and got all the extra stuff deleted and then I started listening to the book I had downloaded. Everything went fine except when I would press pause. The pause button worked fine unless the player stayed paused for very long and then the [...]
Today when I got out of bed about forty minutes after ten, I remembered that it was my day for Curves so I quickly ate so that there would be at least an hour for the food to settle before I start exercising. Curves closes from one to three so I like to go at [...]
Normally on Tuesday morning I get up a few minutes before nine so that I am on time for Bible study. This morning I wanted to call Lynn at Advancing Native Missions with questions about the quilts I will be making for her organization. With eyes half closed I found my way to [...]