A Fun Little Respite

Whew! FINALLY finished moving all the stuff into Hilda's house and even have it organized. Yes, I managed to fit the elephant into the shoebox, at least that is what it is like here, though it is kind of interesting, it feels like a dorm room in a way. Tom still has to find a home for the Mustang and is working on that right now so I thought I would take a little breather and do something

My Cursed LIfe: The Series

Well, never a dull moment around here! Tom and I were in the middle of tearing apart the behemoth that is my entertainment center and packing up all the movies, etc., that were stored within, when the doorbell rang. I answered it (since Tommy has more of a "Who Can It Be Now" mentality than I do at times) and who should be standing there in all his glory but a woman's dream fella...the UPS man.

The Worker's Plight

In case you have been asleep or living on the moon, things ain’t so great here in the US right now, or anywhere in the world for that matter. We seem to be stuck in this mega-recession, which I think is a depression at this point, but we wouldn’t want to scare people now would we? The political aspects of all this are so complex and volatile that I am not interested in commenting on them,

Helping The Gulf

  The media has covered the BP oil “spill” since the first day. I am tempted to write about everything from the folly of former President Bush, who allowed BP to omit mandatory safety equipment that would have prevented this incident, to the possible catastrophic global implications of this event. But instead I have chosen to do something more constructive.   Once the photos and footage

The Loss of A Friend

I go the news yesterday that my lovely cousin Laurel lost one of her best friends this week. Mick, her floppy, beautiful Irish Setter, went to a better place, hopefully to find companionship with Holly Belle, who we lost a few months ago. When our animal friends pass away it can be so difficult, especially when others do not understand that these animals are our family. Mick and Laurel went