Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
A Meandering Sunday Post
Here we are, settled down into what has become a Sunday routine. I’m at the dining room table knocking items off the “to do” list to make the coming week a little less difficult and R. is alternating between reading the paper and watching a travel show about Disney cruises.
Outside we are experiencing wind gusts [...]
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Virtual Game Attendance
My participation in last night’s historic win by the Little Town Eagles didn’t take place from the comfort of home theater seating, but rather on the screen of my BlackBerry getting text updates from Squirt, who was listening with her family in the Little Town, and M.H., who was actually at the game. It was [...]
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Friday, November 28th, 2008
Post Turkey Day
We survived the holiday with only minor incidents — some early morning uber-crankiness from R. and me managing to record and then accidentally delete the Macy’s parade from the DVR. Let’s just say Her Ladyship was not happy and I was only saved by cobbling together an overview of the event from uploads to YouTube. [...]
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
A Moment for Posterity
While the people at the grocery store must think I’m crashingly inefficient because I seem to be there every day, the truth is that I stretch out the necessary errands so I get out of the house at least once a day. I generally take the long way home through the park and have noticed [...]
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Shaving the Truth on my “To Do” List
For the time being, at least, I am done with my writing for filthy lucre on scintillating topics like acne cures and alternative fuels until next week. But am I telling R. this? Oh. Hell. No. As far as she is concerned, I am facing a working holiday.
Today we have to get through her mani/pedi [...]
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
The Odd Couple
Of all the things I ever expected to be on my “Irritate the Hell Out of Me” list, bathroom faucets did not make the grade. That was before I lived with the OCD Queen of the Universe.
R. has become fixated on water spots on her gold bathroom faucet. Now bear in mind, this is a [...]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Cat Proof?
New Christmas Tree
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
Well, let’s hope so anyway. This is our new Thomas Kinkade village tree. It’s all one piece and the little figures are well anchored. So far the cats haven’t paid any attention to it. (Knock on wood.) I love the [...]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Housekeeping Note
Had a snafu with the Zannel feed that has been appearing at the top of the blog. Had to kill it off and I think I’ll let it live on RedBlackberry from now on. (See link at top of sidebar on right.) It sort of makes sense to keep the mobile stuff clustered together and [...]
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Contemplating a Different Kind of Muscle
Over the past few months I’ve read a lot of articles with taglines like “build muscle fast.” All of them have pertained to my quest to become more fit and trim. Yesterday, however, I felt that the muscles I really need to be working on are the ones pertaining to patience and forbearance. While I [...]
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Never Underestimate . . .
Day 136 of 365
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
. . . the power of illusion. M.L. gave me this holiday fireplace miniature for my birthday a couple of years ago. It’s equipped with a candle holder, but I downloaded the $.99 CampFire app for the iPod Touch [...]
