Happy Friday, which also happens to be National Hoagie Day, National Astronaut AND National Space Day (jumping on the Star Wars May 4th frenzy, I see) and of course, Cinco De Mayo. This week Mom, J&K, and Nephews A&B went to Walt Disney World and I got to live vicariously through them. It wasn't a good week for House Russell to go on vacation so we stayed home. Or maybe it would have been a good week because the weather here has been in the 40s and 50s and dreary as heck. Work has ...
Friday 5: Big Game
It's Super Bowl weekend! I will never stop laughing at how the NFL made a big stink about who can use the term Super Bowl to describe this weekend's game, and as a result most brands can say The Big Game and we all know what they mean and the NFL gets no money from it. This week's Friday 5 theme, fittingly, is Big Game. What item in your house recently ceased (or is likely soon to cease) Operation?Something I've learned from stumbling through homeownership is that I can NEVER predict ...
Written after kissing the cable to my house
Back online again! It turns out the problem I thought was solved here wasn't solved, and our Comcast (I will never get used to "Xfinity") service plonked yesterday morning, just as I was hooking up my laptop for my weekly work from home day. I ended up tossing on clothes (black top and navy sweater, because I didn't do laundry) and dashing into work. I made it by 10 am. Today the Comcast tech came and replaced the cable line. We are up and running and hopefully will be without problems forever ...
Floridian Friday 5 on Saturday: Games People Play
Hello from RetiredLand, Florida! I'm here visiting with Dad for a bit, pretending that I'm retired, too. So far the weather's been amazing by my standards, but chilly by Floridian standards. It snowed at home yesterday. I am SO SICK OF WINTER. Bitey McBiteface update: The vet signed Murphy's release verifying he's not rabid, and then diagnosed him with a double ear infection. Spaniels, people. Fluffy and adorable with giant stink-ears. My scar is healing. I think my lips are always going to ...
My brother, the genius
Two weeks ago, Thor and I and my mother and brother went to dinner at Cracker Barrel. I really dig that restaurant namely because the food tastes homemade and geniune. Plus, the store is cute. At each table, they have a brain teaser game for you to play with. It's a piece of plywood cut into the shape of a triangle and with holes drilled into it. You put a golf tee in each hole, leaving one hole empty. Then, you try to take away the tees by jumping them over each other (checkers style) until ...
Open letter, day 2
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