That’s all they’re talking about out here. It’s still snowing. I drove to Vancouver, WA (near Portland) from Seattle on Saturday and had to drive about 40 mph the last half of the trip because the roads were snowy and slick. The normal almost 3 hr trip took 4.5 hrs. It reminded me of driving [...]
Last Saturday night, Larissa, Michelle and I went over to Larissa’s friends’ house for a holiday theme party. So much fun – a lot of people dressed in the 1950s-60s eras. It started snowing that evening, so it was very pretty outside. Although the house was on a steep hill so I had to pray [...]
Yikes – look at Chicago a couple of days ago (compliments of Stacy). She shot these photos from windows in our apartment. The red tree is in our backyard. It looks so pleasant and beautiful. I’m just glad to be looking at them through photos and not from the window – hehe!
Stacy sent me photos of Fig and Sy today. Sy is getting so big – see her photo compared to the first one (click on Pets and go to New baby girl!). She’s growing up without me watching her! I miss them . . .
I don’t need a designer puppy or a kick-ass iPhone or a phat SUV or my own reality TV show. I try not to fall into the consumerism trap that Christmas has become for some people. I do prefer gifts that bring family and friends together, such as a theater performance or a nice dinner [...]
It shouldn’t surprise me but I am shocked at how far he took it. I mean, really, his ego must be so big that he can’t even see straight. He’s blinded by power. To think that he could go on, la-de-da, without a thought to the people he’s supposed to be representing. It’s almost laughable, [...]
Yesterday was nice, about 55 degrees and cloudy – perfect day for a walk through the neighborhood with Woody. As we passed an alley, I couldn’t help but to stare. A lady who appeared to be well-dressed was standing by a dumpster smoking. She was an older lady with what I figured was probably white/gray [...]
On the trip from Chicago to Seattle, my dad and I stopped in Moorhead, MN (near Fargo, ND) to visit my grandma for a couple of days. She has recently been in declining health and moved from her apartment into a nursing home. It was difficult to visit her, not only to see her dependent [...]
This was at a rest stop at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. Clean up after your dogs AND horses! I left my horse at home. The valley is rugged like the Bad Lands – it’s pretty in a desolate sort of way. No where to hide if someone had a gun. Maybe [...]
I know it’s not right, but I love my car. From Chicago all the way to Seattle, the trip only cost about $120 – wow! It’s a Prius and gets about 45 miles per gallon, but I have to say that I got lucky because the price of gas went down right before my dad [...]
