When asked what I wanted to do for Mother's Day by my wonderful husband, I said that I wanted an outing, with hiking, a picnic, some photographs and happy people. He said he could do most of those, but the last one might be problematic, given that The Daughter has turned into The Fiend lately…
Category: holidays
Road test & photo forays
So we replaced the poor blue Tercel with an Echo, the car that replaced the Tercel in 2000. They've since stopped making the Echo and now make a vehicle called the Yaris. Cool car, stupid name. Anyway, here's the new car. We picked it up on Thursday and took it out for a highway test…
Mr. Romance
We are not one of the couples that go all-out for Valentine’s Day. There is no chocolate. We don’t go out to dinner. No presents, pink or and fluff of any sort. We’re just not that sort of people. Romance for us is a walk together or simply time spent talking. Those are the vitamins…
Das Puppenhaus
Right. I’m way behind in these posts. No way I can entirely ake it up without being tedious, so I’ll hit the high points in a few shorter blurbs. I finished the house for Katherine and had it wrapped and ready for Christmas. The details of its origin and significance are in an earlier post….
My theory on spouses at Christmas
Right. Before I start this, I should point out that I am very happily married to a wonderful person whom I like and love more with each passing day. This theory probably wouldn’t work to describe relationships in which partners are not happy or in which they are not fascinated with each other’s lives. I’ve…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 