14 10 07

Dono posted something on my Facebook timeline and we had a fun chat about that.

Blake came out and we had a nice visit.

Barry and I marked off twelve days on the November calendar for road trip. He did a little happy dance about that.

Mama Cat wants a lot of attention this morning. Reminds me of when my kids were little and I believed that my love and attention were important.

14 09 17

Tyler took a school shirt, just in case.

Got caught up on weekly work in the office ... finished Tuesday's work by the end of Tuesday. Maranda is doing well on the weekly tasks, and she and Heather are accessing the project list. So, yay!

I'm almost caught up on the laundry.

14 09 15

Tori said she must really have Josh attached to this family. He was really sorry he couldn't come.

My turkey turned out really good. I just hadn't roasted a turkey in years. I hadn't ever brined one. I followed Alton Brown's instructions, and really turned out the best roast turkey I think I've ever eaten. The crock pot stuffing was good, too. Not exactly the way I remember my mothers, and not quite as good stuffing in the turkey, but very good. Used a Jazz apple in the turkey, by the way. The Summer Pudding was the biggest surprise of the night. The Meyer-Lemon cake may be my new favorite dessert. 

Juicing night. Served left overs on paper plates to minimize after-supper cleanup, and then we started juicing. Beverly and I got a little system going on the carrots, and when JA came home from work he joined us in the kitchen, even before he ate supper. Barry showed us how to fold the stuff up into the bags, and showed JA how to work the press. Shawn came and hung around the kitchen, curious about the taste of things, and maybe about the laughter that was happening. 

14 08 22

14 08 22

We went to the boat!

14 08 08

Kittie snuggling up to me.

14 08 09

Waiting at the airport for Btittany

14 08 05

Well, this is a little confusing, but I suppose I will sort it out. ... adding text when I've uploaded a picture, I mean. 

I'm really tickled with this. 

I bought the print back when I was scouring antique shops for frames for the family photos we had made every year at Christmas time at Sears. So, maybe 20 years ago? I've never had a good place to hang it, and it has probably been stored in a dozen places, but mostly in the closet in my office in the house. It makes me think of me and Andrew. There were several times when I thought I should send it on its way, but I just never could.  I was already tickled about the prospect of putting it up in m writing shack, but putting it on my clever bulletin board just makes it that much more fun.

I wanted a bulletin board for organizing my thoughts about my projects, but I also wanted not to have to look at those things all the time --- wanted to preserve the sanctity of the single task. When I was at Office Depot, and spied this project board, like kids use for their science fair projects, I almost laughed out loud. It is perfect. I have it mounted on the wall, and keep the flaps, closed like shutters, over the main board, unless I want to see it. 

14 08 04

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I have absolutely no idea what this was about. Apparently voice to text wasn't working very well. 

14 07 28

I thought for sure this Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow had died of neglect. "Bless its heart. It's alive!"

24 07 28

Deep sigh of comfort at starting routine.  I had thought, Sunday, or rather felt, a kind of a burden at going to the gym and getting back in routine. But this morning, when it was time to start doing things, it was kind of a comfort. 

Sun high and hot pool good temp breeze. Took my exercise in the pool, and you could not have asked for a perfect combination of sunshine, breeze, and pool temperature. 

17 04 26

Ryan: you can just count on us every time. Ryan came in so that I could write out my check to A Sharper Image and I asked if he and Angela were going to be at Goodtimes. He said, "Yes." After a tiny pause, he added, "You can just count on us being here every time. My grandmother used to do the same thing."

Bridge over troubled water. Barry and I were on our way home from having had supper at the houseboat, and were listening to the radio. This song came on, and I remembered being 20, and in that little apartment off Springhill Avenue. Singing that song out loud, loving the song, thinking that I sang it well, which I probably didn't. A good moment though. 

Mike and Maria. Maria is from Argentina. I'm not sure if her husband's name is Mike, but I think so. Her daughter is due to have twins in just a few weeks. Her daughter and her son-in-law are both doctors. When she left Argentina, they didn't say anything to her about her being pregnant, but as soon as she got here, "Surprise!" I got the feeling she would have stayed in Argentina if she'd had any idea grandbabies would be coming so soon. 

14 07 24

Intuit payroll said I made her day.

December 24, 2013

For years, cranberry sauce has been the opening salvo in my Christmas cooking. This year, it is the only thing I am making. Weird.

January 14, 2014

Angela asked me to look at her sore.

The house is straight again, and that makes me happy.

14 07 11

The happiness I feel about the list growing for SSS.  I keep that list on the piano... as I begin to hear from people as to whether or not they will be able to make it for Second Sunday Supper. I have learned to be happy with whoever is here, and less fraught over those who don't come, but still, when the list grows, and most of them are coming, I get a distinct settling --- a physical sensation of comfort.

17 04 11

Big smile and hug. How Barry started my day. 

Enjoyed talking to you last night. Ryan's stepmother, Wendy, --- to me, Friday night, after our visit at the BBQ Thursday night. 

Hoped I'd get to see you. Sandy's siter-in-law, Linda, when I saw her Friday night. Hearkening back to our visit at Sandy's wedding.

Daddy wrote me back. So maybe we can get this going. 

Beverly called

14-07-10

Just enjoying my pretty fingernails. It was just so much easier than I ever imagined. I'm not even really sure what the turning... well, I know it was the manicure and the fingernail polish that I liked and wanting to wear my rings at Kelly's wedding, but I think those things have all existed before. 

So many requests for that book. Nick, when Valerie was talking about their wedding book, said, "We've had so many requests for that book! We have given all of ours away." 

14-07-09

Did a document in Excel. Actually, Virginia had created it, but I was able to figure out how to edit it. I had never done that before. 

Mark said he admired what we'd done with the business.

My pretty fingernails!

The boys did a good job on the kitchen last night.

Morgan said that she missed grocery shopping when she was in Rome.

We are going to have almost everybody here for Second Sunday Supper!

Virginia and I laughed together after work yesterday.

Tyler said his shoes fit him. 

14-07-09

Beth came to see me.  Christie re Goodtimes.

Beth said she needed a mama hug, and that she hoped when her kids were grown they would need her hugs as much as she needs mine. She was leaving with Lori to go to Florida on a trip, and so drove out here early in the morning ---- 7 --- for coffee, and we just had a nice visit. 

She said that she had seen Christie Bowen the morning they'd been headed out for Goodtimes, and told them about Goodtimes, and that Christie sent her a text later saying she was going to do that for her kids, and to appreciate family, because not everyone has that.