My parents came for a visit this weekend and it was so wonderful to see them. I’ve written before about how hard it is to be so very far away from home, but what has surprised me even more is that this hasn’t gotten easier despite the fact that we’ve been in Florida for seven [...]
So I’m trying to sell a drafting table and chair on Craigslist (gently used! like new! erm… cheap!) and so far it’s been an interesting experience. I didn’t post my phone number, only my email address, because I didn’t want to leave the door open for crazy phone calls. As it is, I’ve opened myself [...]
Recently, my beloved handheld mixer went kaput. (Actually, it went “wrrrrr! …wrrr …. …..rr r r …. …..”.) I bought that thing in college, to make my famous 15-pound cheesecakes and when it died, a little piece of me died, too. No, of course not. When it died, I had to get a new one. [...]