Pap’s Stroke

I went to the grocery store this evening because Amanda was exhausted and didn’t feel like doing it.  We were almost our of cereal, so she wanted some of that for the morning, and she was thinking about having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but since we were almost out of jelly (jam actually- […]

Happy 53rd Birthday, Rhonda Dotsey!

So I’ll admit, I haven’t been paying a whole lot of attention to the news lately.  Apparently this swine flu is a pretty big deal.  It’s killed 149 people in Mexico and there are another 20 confirmed cases.  In the US there are 40 confirmed cases, but it hasn’t killed anybody and people here seem […]

Surfing with Swine Flu

Amanda got some pretty bad sunburn yesterday on her legs, belly and a little of her chest.  It’s odd that that happened because she and I used the same lotion, except I was out longer and my skin was damp when I put it on.  I guess she was in one position the whole time, […]

Shoe Molding at Last!

Last night was a rough one.  First off, since Karen and Phil Mercer were staying the night, Bruce and Harvey kept getting out of bed and going downstairs then coming back up.  Then, at about 2:30 it started raining really, really hard.  Amanda suddenly remembered that all of the shoe molding that we had stained […]

Canceled Plans

The answer to the question I posed myself last night is that is doesn’t matter- I can pull the toenail and a new one will grow back or I can leave it on and a new one will grow under it, pushing the old one off when it’s ready. The story of the day is […]