Just three today. Slow week with lots of upheavals and disruptions too boring to write about. The best laid plans of mice and men! – What should have been a regular week turned irregular. We had our first “bad weather” … Continue reading
Category Archives: Life at Home
Random 5 for November 23, 2025 – Birthdays, medical coverage, decorations, new stuff, friends
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Happy birthdays! – To the beloved husband and my sister-in-law Betty! He’s a rip roaring 83 and she is 96 and I don’t know how it happened! Just yesterday they were much younger. It’s a lot like July. Every year … Continue reading
Random 5 for November 9, 2025 – Fall, social gatherings, sales, cats, time
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Fall has finally sprung – We are just past prime fall color here but it’s still beautiful. We planted a maple tree at the corner of our deck a few years back and it’s just lovely. We can see our … Continue reading
Random 5 for October 19, 2025 – Restaurants, bloggers, guests, gash, thinking
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Not all change is good change – Our local seafood place changed things around for our visit this week. They eliminated the lunch menu. You must order from the dinner menu. You can get soup and a salad but the … Continue reading
Random 5 for October 5, 2025 – Time flies, downsizing, fall cleanup, naps, Maxine
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Dang! How did we get here? – We are now in the last quarter of 2025. Seems like just yesterday we were welcoming the new year. I usually complain about missing July because it goes so fast but not this … Continue reading
Random 5 for September 14, 2025 – Nasal washes, health, co-workers, birds, aging
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Who thought of that? – I have some vague symptoms and am working through causes. After three doc appointments, the first thing to check out was sinus issues. I don’t have runny nose symptoms, just pressure and headaches (and grumpiness … Continue reading
A new gift from aging
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Aging has brought a new phenomenon. I can’t realistically predict how long it will take to do something. I forget I’m old. Everything takes longer. Getting the dang ladder out of the garage takes longer. Half hour projects are around … Continue reading
Sassy cats – The scoop on the poop!
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Sasha today! Big news (at least in this boring house)! The peep cleaned the potty room in the basement a few weeks ago. She was “appalled” (not sure what that means) at the amount of dust the litter was kicking … Continue reading
Random 5 for July 20, 2025 – AI, Gracie, carpets, concerts, weather
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That was weird AI – An update for Word resulted in AI intruding on my writing. Before I just started typing when I opened the program. This time it asked what I wanted to write about. By mistake I put … Continue reading
Random 5 for July 13, 2025 – Super foods, personality styles, aging energy, concerts, summer
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Can this be true? – I read an article on summer super foods. I was devastated. Potato chips didn’t make the list. Neither did pizza. It had stuff like blueberries and spinach. Seriously! I was surprised to see fresh corn … Continue reading