It’s always a nail-biting white-knuckled purgatory an adventure when I drive around certain areas of Central New York State. Take this morning, for example. I was only out and about for two hours or so, as the son had an appointment. Within that brief two-hour span, however, I gained 50 additional gray hairs and the […]
Archive | July, 2012
Monday: Quiz About Me #13
July 9, 2012
Today REALLY feels like a Monday. I’m tired, dragging my feet… not even my daughter’s super-high-powered-nuclear-explosion coffee is helping. Bleh. At least the Heat Wave #3 of the Summer has passed! There’s a pleasant breeze blowing in through OUR NEW WINDOWS!!!! It smells of pine. Ahhhhh. Livvy the Tabby-point Siamese Cat is snuggled up beside […]
Tattoo Removers and Other Strange Stuff
July 8, 2012
Well it made ME laugh. Hey, these consecutive heat waves have one benefit: Oh this is JUST what I want to do with my car, yeah! And this! This guy is all over the Internet. Is it the same Batman in a Lambo? He’s friendly! He even waves! And this just made me giggle like […]
Scents That Never Made It to the Grocery Aisle
July 5, 2012
Oh, the things we do on long road trips. Besides ranting at traffic and inventing new crayon colors, We also come up with goofy memes. Like this one: Scents That Never Made It to the Grocery Aisle. Here are some of our favorites! Morning Paper After the Rain (Can’t you just smell it now?) Dairy […]
Wordless Wednesday: We’re Still Independent
July 4, 2012
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Here We Go Again
July 3, 2012
It’s roasting again here in Upstate New York. Even the Siamese cat can’t endure it. Look at that pitiful face! I found this video circulating the ‘Net. have you seen it? I’m looking forward to Godzilla Wednesday. It’s a spoof by Aaron Justus at WTVR CBS 6 in Richmond, VA. I love it when weather […]
It Definitely Feels Like Monday Today…
July 2, 2012
After a very fun but exhausting weekend (church service was a blast!), Monday morning rolled in like a loud alarm clock. Deadlines await me. Thank God the heat and humidity have passed. It’s a little warm today, but I can now sit at the desk and not perspire all over my keyboard! I haven’t done […]


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