I had an email today registering a complaint about my blog! Imagine a friend who would send a personal email and bitch about the blog! But dear friend Vickie insisted she was going into withdrawal after 5 days of darkness from my nimble fingers on the keyboard. So this posting is dedicated to Vickie – [...]
Archive for September 2009
Complaint Department 2 comments
Stashin’ Leave a comment
Knitters are known to profess that “she who dies with the biggest stash, wins” and if that’s the case, I’d better start knitting more or buying less or my demise may be imminent! I’ve been on a yarn buying kick lately since my favorite LYS is closing – right now I think I have yarn [...]
My Own 9-11 Leave a comment
Yes, I thought about 9-11-01 today and relived those events as they happened for me. And I said a prayer for all those who perished that day and for the families that were left behind. I don’t subscribe to our need for another national holiday today but I do feel it’s important for each of [...]
Truths Leave a comment
I’m taking the easy route on blogging today with a Facebook quiz that’s making the rounds. The idea is to answer all the questions w/o lying? Feel free to copy and paste to your own blog or FB if you so desire – I just did! 1. What was the last thing you put in [...]
Day On The Links Leave a comment
Today was the annual Couple 18-hole Scramble at our golf club so we joined our friends Ron and Barb in playing this morning. Our tee time was 9:30 and the weather forecast was iffy as to whether or not we’d even finish and at 9 a.m. I was secretly praying for some rain to wash [...]
Landlordin’ Leave a comment
About 6+ years ago we acquired a piece of rental property – it’s a 3 bedroom, 2 bath standard ranch house in southwest Springfield – not too different from others in that neighborhood but a decent house in good school districts. For the last four years we’ve had the same renters so until a few [...]
Between A Rock And A Hard Place Leave a comment
I just finished “Between A Rock And A Hard Place” by Aron Ralston which succinctly describes his predicament when his right arm was trapped under a boulder for almost 5 days. Just looking at the photo on the cover, I knew that he lived through the adventure and that his right arm was amputated because [...]
