Author Archive

The Wonder of Bugs

We’ve been doing a lot of yard work since we’re having a big 4th bash this year. Lots of weed pulling, grass seeding, flower planting, and general landscaping. Along the way, I’ve come across a lot of bugs. Some, sadly, I’m not too thrilled with, like say this big old wasp nest under the pool: [...]

June 2nd—what the frak?!

Oy. How did we get to June 2nd already? I remember it was just the other day that I was planning my invites for the 4th of July party. What started as a small event has 88 people now invited. Just so you can get an idea, my house is just shy of 1200sq ft. [...]

Where did the warm weather go?

A few mere weeks ago, the weather was beautiful; warm, sunny. Total flip flop & capri weather. Now, here I sit, freezing my butt off. It finally stopped raining, although now it’s a cold & windy 52. Thick socks and long sleeve t-shirt weather. (Maybe even sweatshirt, but some may disagree.) How I long for [...]

The rain, rain, rain came down, down, down

In rushing, rising riv’lets. And puddles. And lakes. And pools. Flooding everywhere. Closing the roadways. Which, of course is not good when you need the babysitter {aka Grammy} to get to your house. And since she couldn’t, the kiddo went to the doctors with me. And after an hour wait, I was told that the [...]

Ugh. Sick again.

Figures. I’ve been sick since January 3rd. Medical issues that I’ve been seeing doctor after doctor for. No answers. Just more testing. But now on top of that, I’ve come down with the cold that both the husband and the kiddo had. Le Sigh. I can feel that tell-tale drip at the back top of [...]