This has been quite a weekend. Suspenseful in not quite the way I had hoped for, for sure. There’s been something in the air the last few days since Thursday that have caused my “PANIC!” neural pathways to light up and every little thing that happens that is minor cause of concern just keeps […]
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M1 & I spent two hours reading the Cat Who Talked to Ghosts to each other tonight. I made her read me a chapter while I put the bread together, then I read her… two? three? chapters. We’re getting to the good part where all the clues start coming together & the […]
M1 has come home the last couple nights really worried. Tonight when we got home she says to me, “Mom, I’m scared.” Scared? Whatever for? “The WASLs are next week.” Why does that scare her? “They’re the biggest test I’ve ever <i>taken!</i>” I don’t know what they’re telling the kids, but they’re terrifying them. I […]
I made sourdough today. It’s the very best fresh out of the oven, crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside. OM NOM NOM NOM!
It’s been interesting watching the remaining kitties adjust to the lack of Siobhan. She was definitely our alpha female who ran the place. ‘Spew is […]
About a half hour until we leave to go look at some houses. M2 is running a fever (or was before I bribed her with an otter pop to take some tylenol). She ate some saltines & drank some juice & is coming around a little.
Thank you all for your kind […]
The congestion in my chest has moved entirely to my head. The snuffly head overflowing made me get up earlier than the rest of my body wanted to & from then until just now, I’ve been cleaning, trying to get this house into ‘on sale’ order. Oof with the cleaning & scrubbing & vacuuming & […]
Every night for the last five or six days, I’ve been reading A Wrinkle in Time to M1. On Friday night we ended up reading until about 9:40 — we kept getting sidetracked talking about Euclidean & non-Euclidean math/geometry. She’d had a frustrating day at school with math & yet there we were […]
M1 has a horrid sore throat, but at least it’s not strep & I think she’s almost over it. Of course, M2 is getting it now, poor baby.
Speaking of poor baby, M2 bit the next door neighbor girl. Negotiating play is a hard thing to learn at 5. Apparently the little girl […]
I’ve had the worst cravings ever for the worst junk foods ever lately. Hmmm, what should I have for dinner? Well, what sounds good? Potato chips & french onion dip/sour cream stuff… popcorn… french fries (with mayo, preferably)… chips & salsa… Girl Scout cookies… ice cream… bread (home made, of course) with […]
There. 2007 taxes done & filed.
I started looking at house financing things, USAA vs a friend who is a broker (but only for family/friends now). Brain go melty. I need to talk to broker friend, but iirc, she flat out said last time USAA would match/beat what she could provide… but with these complicated big […]