Categotry Archives: Day to Day Life
My Mother Discussing Cranberry Sauce
Mom: Have you ever noticed how canned cranberry sauce turns a darker red when it’s been exposed to the air for a while? Me: Uh… yes? Mom: I was surprised to learn that home canned cranberry does the same thing. Me: And this is surprising because…? Mom: I know, it shouldn’t surprise me. I had hoped it (the cranberry’s sauce we had just canned) wouldn’t (change color) because commercial cranberry is exposed to such high heat treatments. *deep sigh* But […]
Thursday Thirteen #8: things I should be doing right now.
13 things I should be doing right now.1. Writing a new Thursday Thirteen because I’m second guessing what I was originally going to put here. 2. Cook supper for everyone, and not just stick leftover in the microwave. Oh well. 3. Run my son’s laundry because apparently 13 is too young to do it for yourself. 4. Write my FanLit Forever Holiday story. 5. Write the episode of Suzie I’ll be posting tomorrow night. 6. Write something, anything, in my […]
Thursday Thirteen #7: 13 MORE things on my desk
1 – A book I’m currently reading. 2 – Speakers attached to the computer 3 – One of those “egg timers” that doubles as an office toy 4 – Various programs on CD 5 – A couple of data back up CD’s 6 – A sticky note pad 7 – A pair of erasers shaped like Santa 8 – A mouse pad 9 – The mouse to go with it 10 – Several coasters 11 – My kid’s report […]
Thursday Thirteen #6: More Things on my Desk
13 More things on my desk 1 – A recipe file with no recipes in it. 2 – A Q-tip stuck in a balloon. Don’t ask, I don’t know. 3 – A stack of envelopes 4 – A stack of scratch paper 5 – A dirty cup. Soup? Nah, looks more like yogurt. 6 – A glass of water 7 – A stack of accounting text books 8 – A special cloth used to clean eye glasses 9 – […]
Poetry
While helping my son find a poem for a class assignment I ran across this: Wishes for Sons i wish them cramps. i wish them a strange town and the last tampon. I wish them no 7-11. i wish them one week early and wearing a white skirt. i wish them one week late. later i wish them hot flashes and clots like you wouldn’t believe. let the flashes come when they meet someone special. let the clots come when […]
Fall Pictures
I said over on Suzanne’s blog that I would post some pictures of fall leaves. Sorry it took me so long to get around to it. Alice
San Jose Taiko
Check this out! If San Jose Taiko plays anywhere near you, get a ticket. They are well worth it. Mr. Al made an anual habit of going to see the Kodo drumers when they came thought Madison, back in the day. We are both big fans of drums, drumming, etc. There’s nothing remotely like that out here most of the time. The few drummers circles I have attended were soo full of people who had never before set hand […]
Weather Report.
Oh quit groaning. If I decide to talk about the weather, you can pretty well bet it will be interesting. For the last couple of months it’s been interesting. You see, we have entered Fire Season. This is when the National Forests out here go up in smoke and all that smoke pools in the valley making it hard to breathe. I’ve mentioned it a couple of times, but really, seeing is believing. This is what it looks like when […]
A Visit to the Doctor's Office
I had a minor complaint that sent me to the doctor’s office yesterday. I was told the doctor wasn’t there because she had injured her back. However, my condition was considered serious enough to be tested by the nurse. All they needed was a urine sample. Why they made me wait an extra day to come in for something the nurse could have done the day before is beyond me, but I won’t belabor the point. They had me pee […]
