Today is my youngest nephew’s sixth birthday. A week before, I took a box to the dollar store and filled it up with toys I thought he might like. Then I stopped at the post office on my way home from work, proud of myself for planning so far ahead. I wanted to use the…
That’s what happened at our house last night, no joke. We hosted a quartet of couchsurfers yesterday. In their request they said they understood if we could only host a couple of them, but we assured them we had plenty of room for all four. When they arrived, we all introduced ourselves: Max (male) from…
I was driving home from work today through the Broadmoor area, which is the nicest part of town. Construction on my exit on the Interstate was finally completed, but then construction started on Highway 24 through the city. So it’s still much more pleasant (and possibly faster) to drive through the Broadmoor. I took a…
The boss let us go home early today. She likes to do that on Fridays before holiday weekends. Berck was still busy at work, so I stopped by the grocery on the way home to pick up mushrooms and peppers. Berck complains that he can’t cook ANYTHING if he doesn’t have mushrooms or peppers handy,…
I spent much of Sunday cutting down dead aspens. I wore shorts and boat shoes while operating a chainsaw which I know to be a bad idea. Fortunately, my chainsaw is small and underpowered, but I have to wonder if I’m actually a rational person. I wear a full suit, gloves and helmet while riding…