Archive for May, 2007
There’s a Lightning Bug in My Wine Glass!!!
I spent some time outside last night coming up with a plan of attack for rebuilding the front hill/wall. I don’t seem to have pictures of it, but to the left of the front steps there was a curved red brick wall with a planter in the middle. It was sinking very badly, [...]
Wild and Crazy Kindof Guys
Having a pilot (hobby!) for a husband is pretty cool.� We like to fly out to small local airports for breakfast or lunch on the weekends.� If you haven’t enjoyed a meal at your local GA (General Aviation) airport, you really should — airport restaurants typically have great food and even greater prices.� Altoon, Lancaster [...]
What a Beautiful Evening
I’ve got the house to myself tonight — John is at a friend’s house for the evening. As I type this, I’m sitting on the front porch with a glass of wine, watching the sun slowly sink behind the mountains. It’s a beautiful evening — there’s a nice breeze and the clouds are [...]
Signs of Life
I was outside this morning and noticed that the radish seeds I planted in the garden have sprouted, so I took a closer look at everything. The cucumber plants have experienced a lot of growth since I planted them last weekend; I was worried because their roots were shallow, but they’ve done very well! [...]
Do You Know What’s on Your Dinner Plate?
If you do, then you’re well ahead of me.
The “pet food scare” started with certain wet pet foods; foods that I happen to feed to my cats. By luck or divine intervention my cats didn’t get sick despite eating some of the recalled foods. When the culprit was named as contaminated wheat gluten, [...]
Dirty Hands Make a Wonderful Bounty
When I was young, my parents always had a garden; a pretty large one, actually. I remember that they grew tomatoes, corn, green beans, squash and some other things. I’ve been wanting to start my own garden for a while, but finally got “around to it” this year.
Because the soil is so rocky [...]
In Real Time — The First Repub. Debate
7:55pm - Just for fun, I’m going to be posting my thoughts on tonight’s Republican Presidential Debate, in real time. Yay. Just 5 minutes until show time; guess I’d better get the popcorn ready.
8:09pm - McCain is jumping on the Duncan Hunter bandwagon now with his comments about Harry Reid. LOL
8:14pm - [...]
