Recorder
My DH has played recorder since he was a wee lad. He has played off and on since we’ve been together, both tenor and soprano recorder. On his trip back east, with his mom, his mom’s college friend gifted him with her bass recorder. My DH had been working on music, centuries old, on all […]
A Box for Mom!
I ventured to the Big City today to return two items to The Container Store that I had purchased for the new kitchen. Turns out I’d been chauffeuring $70 of merchandise around in my trunk for months! This was cheerfully received by the store’s staff, and I set about to look for something to help […]
Forensic Accounting
At the end of each year, since the BIG clean up of my parent’s financial documents, I gather everything from 10-years ago (mine and my DH’s too), do a quick check, and shred everything. Well, I pay someone to shred. I’ve been saving my parent’s banking records, however, and am starting to go through them. […]
Pool Table
The pool table was finally resurrected today!! Yes, it was supposed to happen a few weeks ago and our installer was stymied by snow and then got sick (all this after finally contacting us after being AWOL for a while). I’ve reached back out to our electrician for help with installing the new light over […]
And the Good…
Christmas evening had a lot of good points as well! We enjoyed our gift exchange. My MIL, who only 2-days before had told us she hadn’t been able to procure any gifts, came through! It’s not about the gifts themselves, but that she was able to reciprocate, which is important to her. Dinner was fabulous. […]
Christmas 2022
I hit a bit of a wall as things were winding down Christmas evening… This is my third Xmas w/out mom, and my 10th w/out my dad. Honesty, the holidays became SO confusing for my mother that while I miss her, and the feel of how our family holidays used to be, I don’t miss […]
Compromised Credit Card
It’s bad enough that there were almost $8000 of fraudulent charges on one of my credits cards, while it snoozed comfortably in my wallet, but it’s galling to have the bank’ rep flatly tell me she sees that I swiped the card, in person, for one of those charges. Keeping my cool, I told her […]
2022 December Island Trip – Day 6
We woke up to no water, meaning Stella’s water supply hose froze everywhere the heat tape didn’t make contact with the hose. Live and learn… Even the stand pipe was frozen (open). We captured water from emptying the hot water tank, poured it over the stand pipe, and were delighted to close it. On the […]
December 2022 Island Trip – Day 5
A whole lot happened today: It snowed for most of the day. At times the sun broke through, low in the sky, lighting up the surrounding trees and fields as it kept snowing. It was stunningly beautiful. Tomorrow morning’s 7am low is predicted at 21-degrees 😳. I’m sure we will be very efficient at buttoning […]
December 2022 Island Trip – Day 4
I have been SO blessed with lovely, intelligent, and delightful tenants. We spent pieces of today sketching mom’s perennial, and dad’s vegetable gardens. We logged where surviving plants are, that I know about, and how to take care of them. We talked deer fencing, for the veggies garden, (which we have lots of), which of […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 