We’re all set. Are you?

A lot of people have routines every morning that are full of mundane things, and I am one such person. What is normal to me is waking up to a howling cat, a dog licking my face, and another one filling so much of the bed that I’m left with a postage stamp of real [...]

I got a ticket on October 17, 2008, the night my mother died. I deserved the ticket. I was going around 70 in a 45, but was initially clocked in the 60 zone and the officer cut me some slack. I admit I was on the phone, talking with my husband about my mother, the [...]

I bought a new vacuum. This one to be exact.

It has ‘cyclonic’ technology, whatever that means. I’ve heard of it, and I’m sure it’s important. That’s why I bought a cleaner with it.

I was most impressed by this.

Now, you have to understand we live in the sticks. We have pasture for ‘yard’, and with the [...]

I advertised my vacuum cleaner on Freecycle with the headline: OFFER: One used, worn out vacuum.
And described it like so:
I have a Eureka Whirlwind that’s about 2 years old. We have 2 dogs, 5 cats, and no grass. There has been an enormous amount of sand, hair, dust, and Lord knows what else sucked up [...]

… you consider sleeping on the couch because you don’t want to wake the dogs on the bed.
Ba’-DA-dum. I’ll be here all week………….Thank yew, thank yew ver’ much…

…you keep the house frigidly cold for their sake, while you’re wrapped up in 3 layers of flannel.

I’m getting good at this. In my own opinion.
Twitter. It’s like talking to yourself…but with an audience.