Category Archives: daily updates

I finished the Holiday Challenge yesterday – 2000,000 meters in only 21 days. Yay me! Also, this morning Ted was going in to work late so I took the truck (we have only a one-car garacge, so the truck sits … Continue reading →

We get to spend the holiday weeks with my husband’s parents, who are good company and considerate guests, in the beautiful and comfortable lakefront house that is one of our favorite places in the world, and we are privileged to … Continue reading →

A little background, for those who don’t watch NBC enough to have been subjected to its barrage of advertising for this: last night, they broadcast a live performance of The Sound of Music, based on the Broadway show rather than … Continue reading →

Wow. There is actually nothing I have to do today. I’ve erged for the last three days, so today is an off day. We got a cleaning service, so I don’t need to scrub bathrooms. My publisher (OK, I just … Continue reading →

Dear Person at Work: If you can’t see my file when I show it to you, and can’t hear it when I read it to you, than WHYINHELL WERE WE IN THAT MEETING??!?!?! Don’t mind my looking down at my … Continue reading →

It’s Veteran’s Day in countries that had reason to celebrate the Armistice of WWI, and my FB feed is awash with American flags. So was the highway as we drove home yesterday. There are “thank a veteran” messages everywhere. It … Continue reading →

I’m still coughing a bit on and off, but mostly over the cold. At least if I didn’t avoid it, I managed to get a much lighter version than Ted had. (I do not know if getting the flu shot … Continue reading →

I appear to have lost the battle to avoid Ted’s cold. Sigh. At the moment it’s manifesting mostly as sinus pressure, and I’m spending my day steadily drinking tea and soup (because sitting in a hot shower all day isn’t … Continue reading →