real life stories

So, today, I was watching these two guys paint my pool deck.  Every five steps, they had to pull their pants up.  With some strange physical empathy, I kept hiking mine up as well.  Now, I am quite uncomfortable.  

Advice: Do not buy your flyswatters at the Dollar Store. I pursued a fly in my kitchen, and, after cornering it, gave it a huge, hearty *thwack*. The head of the flyswatter exploded on impact, shattering bits of plastic all over the kitchen and down the garbage disposal. The fly remains at large.

I was down at the Pengilly’s Open Mic Night on Monday and Rebecca Scott was the host.   She announced from the stage that folks would be performing til midnight, but “please stick around because the barkeep will be pourin’ til 2 AM.”    Well, what my ears heard was that there would be “porn” til 2 AM, and I was truly frightened.  Most singer/songwriter…

I left my purse somewhere in Bodo last Thursday evening and didn’t notice until Wednesday morning. So I spent a good deal of time Friday  making phone calls to track it down.  I ended up hoofing my way around BoDo and thankfully found it  at the second place I inquired.  I then discovered I left my…

Thank you to all who expressed condolences this past week.  My sister is doing okay. She has a rather large house and it was filled with visiting relatives.  That resulted in the sleeping arrangement of me, my sister, and my mother sleeping together in a king size bed.  Luckily no one snored…but if one person…