Monthly Archives: January 2008

When I crawled out of bed at 8 a.m., I was supposed to have plenty of time to eat breakfast and take a shower before the contractor showed up at 10 a.m. The phone rang at 8:10. It was the … Continue reading →

What’s worse is I stole from my own son. Yep, like father, like daughter. Of course he’ll never know because he doesn’t read my blog. I didn’t really mean to steal from him. I was driven by desperation. You see, … Continue reading →

We have a 12 year old lab named Nicodemus. Nicky seems to have this shedding problem. I mean here it is, the dead of winter, and there are tumbleweeds of black fur all over the house. I try to stay … Continue reading →

Remember those piles of papers I was talking about the other day? About half of them are medical bills (& let’s not even get into how many of those are duplicates). Among the other papers are all sorts of insurance … Continue reading →

That is the question. Just call me Shakemonkspeare. On second thought, don’t. It’s way too long of a name. Today we are finally getting a contractor in to fix a bunch of things that have needed to be done for … Continue reading →

That’s what I was doing all day today and that’s why today’s blog post is 12 hours late. When Frank & I went to Melanie & Richard’s apartment the afternoon Richard died, what we found was piles of papers. Everywhere. … Continue reading →

Heh, someone reading my blog and only seeing this entry will have no clue what the heck I’m talking about. Anyhow, the prayers are working because the forecast has changed. It looks like if we get any snow, it won’t … Continue reading →

Five years ago, Melanie’s husband hit a milestone birthday and she wanted to have a surprise party for him. Sixty people were planning to attend. 13 showed up because there was a blizzard out. Richard’s birthday was in December and … Continue reading →