Monthly Archives: June 2011

Ever have one of those days when you drag yourself out of bed and just know it’s going to be one of those days? A day when you have a list as long as your arm of things you’d like … Continue reading →

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism a couple of months ago and, while it’s a pain in the neck…in so many ways…it’s also been an opportunity to learn some interesting facts. Unfortunately many of those facts have been more than a … Continue reading →

I started a project on Friday. It seemed like a pretty straightforward task, though not a particularly easy one. Rearrange and organize my office. Then tear out the icky beige carpet, exposing tile that should never have been covered in … Continue reading →

She was a big help there. Somewhere in the yard was a septic tank. And on the top of the tank was a lid. A lid that we’d have to find, expose and remove. Yeah right. Like that information was in the reams of … Continue reading →

I quickly called the second cleaning service back to let them know they could come anytime. Uh-huh. Given it was now late afternoon, we’d have to wait until the next morning, sometime before noon. And it would only cost another … Continue reading →

Back in the day, when my kids were little, I belonged to a writer’s group.  In fact, I was voted president the second year, amazingly enough. One fun assignment was to take a classic story and rewrite it.  This is … Continue reading →

This has been quite a month!  Between trying to figure out the whole website design world, life in the ‘real’ world, and editing manuscripts for digital readers, my head is spinning. Tomorrow I’m meeting with a graphic designer to help … Continue reading →

First I’d like to make it crystal clear that when it comes to septic tanks, I am cursed.  It’s the only aspect of country living that I truly despise.  And my initiation into the nightmares of how waste is disposed … Continue reading →