Playing catch-up right now on all the (in no particular order): emails sent to me over the last month friends’ photos on Flickr that I haven’t commented on bills that need attention (mostly good on these) laundry. Oh lord, the laundry. Dog fur. We have three dogs and a vacuum that hasn’t been turned on…
Category: apropos of nothing
Oxymoronic juxtaposition
Found CBC.ca, a link describing how profoundly illiterate adult Canadians are according to a recent Stats Can survey. A scary 42% of adults in this country do not have the skill to discern the meanings in magazine articles, novels, their tax returns and even to work through basic problem solving. More alarming are the 12%…
If I make any money at all…
…. this fair/Christmas, I’m buying enough heavy-duty laminate flooring (or some other easily cleaned flooring) to redo our bedroom. Soon. Very soon. Sooner than that even. What idiot thought that white carpeting in a room that lets out directly into the backyard was a good idea?? I mean, really, I don’t care if you have…
Sink or Swim
Just a brief note to say that, yes, I am still alive and no, I don’t have time to write much. In point form, then: – good weekend – got a full night’s sleep Friday for the first night in weeks – got six hours to myself with no kids, dogs or husband on Saturday…
Falling back
What a strange weekend. Friday was a typical Friday and a good day, as I mentioned in my last entry. Friday night I got next to no sleep, for a wide variety of reasons, some of which have inspired me to keep my toilet cleaner for occasions on which I might view it at close…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 