A Cat By Any Other Name

Earlier this week the Roomba arrived. I dragged the huge box inside and tore it open immediately, to check it out. It�s a lot bigger than I�d imagined � for some reason I had it in my head it was going to be this cute dinner plate sized contraption. It�s still cute, but much larger [...]

A month or two ago I received an email from the sister of someone I used to know back in high school. The director for the high school band was finishing up his 25th year there as a band director, and so some of the old band members were throwing a little reunion party, and [...]

A while ago my older sister noted that my two little nephews would love a puppet theater. And since my dad likes puttering around in his workshop playing with wood and tools, and since my mom had been wanting to ‘steal’ the boys for a grandparents-and-grandsons-only day, they decided that my dad would build them [...]

These past few weeks I feel as if I have been walking around in a constant state of exhaustion. I cannot ever seem to get enough sleep, yet I can’t sleep in on days when the time is there to try. It’s hot outside – and it’s been hot for weeks and it’s only now [...]

After the weekend where my nephews came down to spend the day with their grandparents working on the puppet theater, and after how much they really seemed to like the little set of water creature puppets I got them from CostCo, I decided I had to go back and get them all the rest of [...]

We did more yesterday then just go crazy buying hand puppets. I feel as if it is important that I mention that. We also got haircuts so now I have my cute style back again and do not feel nearly as frumpy as I usually do. We tracked down a music store in Vacaville and [...]

I still have far too high a vacation balance from work, and Richard and I wanted to go to the State Fair, but also do our best to avoid most of the crowds and the craziness that usually ensues on the weekends. So to that end we took yesterday off from work, and instead of [...]

Allegra’s been sliding slowly downhill over the past year due to the kidney failure, but in the past few weeks it feels as if this thing has picked up its pace. She is so thin now, and her face looks old. She still falls over and trills a greeting when she sees me and she [...]