When we remodeled and moved into our last home we created a closet sized laundry room and purchased a new midline washer and dryer from Sears. Goodness knows they weren’t fancy appliances but they did wash and dry clothes, which, let’s face it, was their only responsibility. There were a few dials on the […]
Like the exciting fourth quarter of Super Bowl LVIII our personal quarter is turning out to be one of the best. We are enjoying a new active lifestyle and it is great being closer to the children and grandchildren. Like Super Bowl overtime, we don’t know just how long this game will last but Monty […]
The dog ate my homework. Everyone knows a kid who has used that excuse. I’m guessing teachers have heard it so often they just laugh it off. I have a dog story for you but it does not involve homework. The story unfolded when Monty came in to talk to me in my office. Making […]
Our granddaughter, Jordan, invited us to spend the morning at the Phoenix Zoo where she is a docent. What a great time, we think of zoos as a place for children and indeed there must have been hundreds of parents pushing every kind of high-tech stroller imaginable while their kids helped push or just ran […]
Pet Peeves, I have a few, I bet you do too. Let’s see if any of them match up to move from pet peeve to pain in the tush status. I love pump top lotion bottles, but the problem comes in when the pump no longer does its thing and there is still a quarter […]
Remember those brown paper grocery bags with the pull up handles? They worked great, just toss a bunch of stuff in the bag, pull up the sturdy handles and off you go. Then someone hugged a tree and the world decided we shouldn’t waste trees on paper bags. There’s a whole movement now about not […]
We have a house guest. We don’t usually have house guests it’s just Monty, me and Miss Daisy and we are comfortable with that. It turns out this guest is rather noisy, seems to have a mind of her own and apparently plans to run the place. We’re not sure how we got into this […]
When we retired in January of 2002 we decided it might be time to do some traveling instead of camping. In our mind traveling was totally different from camping. Although we still used the truck with the camper but instead of parking overlooking a canyon or meadow and hiking and riding the ATV we planned […]
I’m hooked on the Internet when it comes to viewing wild animals, moms and their little ones are the best. I love all the critters, the giant pandas who frolic in the snow or gently swing in panda hammocks. They tussle with the little ones and they all look like they are having so […]
We have a water feature on our back patio. I know you’ve seen the lovely rock waterfalls on the entry to many resorts. Beautiful rock formations, some with perfectly stacked stones and some with random rocks here and there, no doubt placed by a landscape designer with a degree in rocks. Well, ours isn’t […]