Today is December 1st. My father, were he still alive, would have been 82 today. When my mother had to be placed into an assisted care facility five years ago, it fell to my sisters and myself to clean out the house she and my father had built with their own two hands in the…
I feel the need to justify some actions I took last night. Which leaves me in a quandary, because I have a reader who is directly involved in the actions I took. By putting this in my Diary, others who know this person might be able to identify him. Is that a breech of confidence?…
I’ve got tickets for Fellowship of the Rings!!!!!!!!! Opening day, December 19th, 8:00 p.m. show. YES! Dances off to bed.
Let’s start with the fun stuff first, shall we? The Clueless Wonder doesn’t get nearly enough press. His feline acne isn’t showing any particular improvement, and he now runs when he sees me coming because he thinks I’m getting ready to Oxi-pad his poor cratered chin. Twice a day he’s right to run. I feel…
The little hellion made it through the night just fine. In fact, the goddamnedkitten didn’t even vomit once. Not only that, but just before I went to bed I found her up on the kitchen counters again, scouting about where the cookies had been cooling, looking for another tidbit. Sympathy and guilt gave way to…
This was supposed to be a story about how KfH broke the carrot nose off of my brand new Dr. Snowman Christmas tree ornament. The ornament that I’d bought less than an hour before, that I was going to tweak into a VMD snowman. The one that I’d left in the bag on the table…
I got home this evening and had a short conversation with The Professor concerning 3:00 wake up calls. I’m often confused as to how to read him – he jokes a lot which covers up what he’s really feeling. He made jokes after I mentioned my displeasure at being awakened at 3:00 o’bloody a.m. that…
Yesterday morning the sun was out full and was streaming in the bedroom window. The cats like to bask on top of the dresser at the window, and it’s become prime territory to have spats over during peak sunning periods. The Warrior Princess usually wins this prized location, but yesterday she temporarily abdicated it to…
I have heretofore liked to think that I’m a big proponent of “I may not like what you have to say, but I’ll defend to my death your right to say it”. Recently I’ve been given cause to think more deeply about that sentiment. Do I defend to the death your right to make religious,…
“Coolhand Luke”, said by the Man with No Eyes. I love that movie. I think I know what I’m going to look for next time it’s MY turn to choose at the video rental place.