On Friday I announced it was time to rake. Hubby said fine. We decided to do the raking this morning. We had our breakfast and then donned outerwear and tromped out to the side yard, rake, broom and yard waste bags in hand. We begin to rake. And to bag. Rake and bag. Rake andContinueContinue reading “Fall in Michigan”
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“Go pink”
Last weekend I hosted the Quarterly Librarian’s Quartet Dinner – a group of four librarian friends who meet approximately quarterly for dinner and chatting. I was reminded too late that I served the same dessert as last time I hosted. Oops. Mental note: Make them something different next time! As one of the librarians headedContinueContinue reading ““Go pink””
Bethesda Rules!!
Hah! surely squirrel! You have been bested by the Queen of the N. Family! My Alpha Numero Uno Cat, Bethesda, has learned that the sanctity of our backyard depends on her willingness to chase undesirable invaders out. Last night she shagged his ratty-looking squirrel tail right back up his sorry telephone pole and down theContinueContinue reading “Bethesda Rules!!”
Garden Guesswork
Last weekend I took a pair of hedge trimmers and cut everything tall in my garden down to the ground. Good idea? Spring will tell. I asked around before I did this and couldn’t get a straight answer on whether it was something I should or shouldn’t do. But the idea of those browned, wiltedContinueContinue reading “Garden Guesswork”
Transparent Pity Party
In the first seven weeks in the New House we spent one thousand non-negotiable dollars on Roto-Rooter. One thousand. Dollars.
Home-Owning Librarian Extraordinaire
A few weeks back unLibrarian invited me over for a trade: she made sushi and I took a look at the irksome HTML messing with her blog. In between the two, she gave me a tour of her garden. For starters, she put in her backyard fence herself. Let me repeat that. She put inContinueContinue reading “Home-Owning Librarian Extraordinaire”
Of Patience and Refrigeration
When we bought the New House, all of the appliances except the furnace were at least ten years old. We prepared ourselves to buy on or about one appliance a year for the next five to eight years. “But we’ll ride the gravy train for now,” we decided. We would coast on the gravy ofContinueContinue reading “Of Patience and Refrigeration”
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