Kids in Safe Seats Stuff

Got back pretty late last night from a Kids in Safe Seats (KISS) meeting. I *think* I managed not to volunteer to do anything extra this month, other than send a few emails and check on a couple of things (I already do a bunch of stuff with regards to coordinating volunteers and setting up…

Random collection of oddities

I have a whole passel of things which, individually, aren’t blog entries but are probably worthy of jotting down: This is our first real blast of winter in a month or so. High winds, -10 Celsius (before windchill). Not liking it. Please go away, weather…. At least it’s sunny today. Cold, but sunny. It’s election…

Warm, wet weekend

I wrote this once and my geriatric computer couldn’t handle working just one more second while it saved and so I’m now writing it again. Hopefully as well as before. The weekend was unseasonably warm and, not being fools, we decided to drop the normal housework and take full advantage of being able to wear…

Doghouses and their occupants

Moss and I are the sole residents of the main house today, figuratively speaking. Everyone else has been consigned to The Doghouse of My Mind: Ferg – Stealing food once, I’m used to (and even expect, with you), but three times in one day? The crowning touch was how you scarfed it right from Katherine’s…

Living from behind

Conventional wisdom indicates that it’s generally better to stay either right on top of things or to be a step or two ahead. I’m not sure who made up that theory, but I get the sense that they had no children, a quiet, mundane, 9-5 job and no real extracurricular activities. So basically, it only…