not my cup of tea, but there are advantages

We’re still deciding whether to fix or replace our problematic washing machine (flood starter). I think we’re leaning towards replacing. Y’all know I like new and pretty. Today, I rushed home from work, gathered the week’s laundry, and headed to our neighborhood laundromat. If there’s one thing that I learned during my apartment living days,…

the great flood of 2009

Last night, I put a final load of laundry in the washing machine. Ironically, a load of towels. I headed off to bed while Greg, thankfully, stayed downstairs and watched tv. Around 11 pm, Greg woke me up and told me that we had a little problem. Evidently, the washing machine got stuck on the…

what the duck

Yesterday marked the annual return of our neighborhood ducks.  Each spring they visit our development and waddle around from bird feeder to bird feeder.

april – it's finally here

It’s that time of year again. The time when I post my obligatory photo of the first blooming daffodils in the front bed of the house. I have three types of daffodils planted. Early blooming to late blooming. Bright yellow to a very pale yellow. I took these photos this morning after a quick spring…

the cookies are everywhere

It’s that time of year again…the cookies have arrived from the girl scouts. You remember, those cookies you ordered a month or two ago. Those cookies that you planned to freeze, yes, that’s why you bought four boxes of thin mints…to freeze them so you could enjoy them for many more months to come. But…

my cure for winter blahs

I couldn’t resist this bouquet of orange tulips at the store this morning. There’s nothing like a fresh bunch of tulips to brighten the winter.

why my father retired to florida

10 inches of snow today on top of what we have already received. Haven’t seen our lawn since before the new year. Thank goodness for condos and snowplows. I can’t imagine having to shovel all of this from our driveway.

a blanket of white

So we got our first real blast of winter last night. It was slow going to work this morning.

so much stuff, so little time

We are joining our amigos Dave and Marc for a garage sale at their house this weekend. It begins early Saturday morning. So you might ask, “how’s the gathering of stuff going?” Well, Greg and I haven’t gotten anything together yet. Hopefully we’ll get into the attic over the garage tonight. Greg’s got an emergency…