Light blogging until Wednesday. My brother is here and has taken over my computer for the length of his stay. He claims he needs it for college work, something about papers. I know the truth. He’s surfing ebay in search of that elusive velvet Elvis painting and a new hot pink pair of trousers. I don’t know what he wants them for, and frankly I’m afraid to ask. The long and the short of it is, unless I wrestle him... Read more

Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s a laugh to start your weekend off right.http://www.jibjab.com/v/130841 What We Call the News | Funny Jokes at JibJab Read more

Imelda asked me“Where is your haiku today?”It’s really Friday? It went way to fastthis week that just flew by meWhere has it gone to? I swear it’s MondayIt’s Wednesday at the latestOr is it Thursday? It can’t be FridayI had way too much to doto have done nothing Read more

Made by an Okie soldier. I had to share it. Watch it and pass it on. Read more

Welcome, Djibouti, to the sidebar! Thanks for stopping by, please come again! Read more

Welcome, Egypt, to the sidebar! Thanks for stopping by, please come again! Read more

Barack Obama attempted to clarify his position on the beginning of human life. He freely admits that his “It’s above my pay-grade” remark was a bit too glib for such a serious question. It may be that he also realized that if he became President of the United States it would be his pay-grade, so perhaps he needs an answer. With the Senator’s usual stunning ability to take a long time to talk in circles and still say absolutely nothing,... Read more

We are now a one car family. At some point that second car becomes a convenience and a status symbol rather than a true necessity. That realization, plus the master cylinder going out, helped us to make the leap and reduce to one car. I have twinges of anxiety about losing my freedom of movement, moments of feeling caged in and a bit trapped. Then I calm down and force myself to get over it. I am trying to be... Read more

Sorry for abandoning the blog for the last few days. We got to close on Friday after all. We were told that there was no way it would happen since the mortgage company was flooded out thanks to the hurricane in Jacksonville. (It’s a small world after all.) Then, they sent a skeleton crew in through the floods to retrieve the paperwork of everyone who was trying to close on Friday. We went from wait-and-see to “Can you make it... Read more

Still closing today?Your guess is as good as minewe’ll know pretty soon All packed up and boxedready to be loaded upsitting by the door Please can it happen?Really tired of waitingwant to have those keys Read more