Australia itinerary

In the "every cloud has a silver lining" department, this past day of being sick in bed has given me the time to research and make reservations for the Australian leg of our November trip…   Toowong Villas – web First, a weekend in Brisbane, staying at the Toowong Villas, which isn't far from Alex's…

Startling!

I was taking a bucket of compost out to the bin, which is a wooden shed-like structure Al built a couple years ago to replace the ones built out of old pallets. I leaned over the front door of the bin to dump my scraps… and came face to face with the huge groundhog that…

Election Training

I got my Election Training notice in the mail today, so I signed up for the Oct 30 evening session. As an election official, we're required to attend training in the week prior to each election, so the county Bureau of Elections director can refresh us on the correct procedures, remind us how to set…

Parking spaces

When I was at the VA Hospital last night, I parked in the new garage, where I was quite impressed with this system they have of determining empty spaces:   Space taken When you pull in to a space the little light above that space turns red instead of green…          …

Urgent secret business relationship

I expect you've all probably already seen this, but I just ran across it… This chain letter is doing the rounds. It is a hoot. Dear Friend, I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude, caused by unfortunate circumstance of me. I am…

Remnants of Ike

I guess the raccoon family will have to find another home (I hope they weren't in it when it fell into the creek!) Amazingly, we didn't hear this tree fall – must've happened during the Steelers game. We had closed the windows so we could hear the game – the 50 mph winds were really…