Hell’s Half Acre

Jamie and Jesse are flying back to the frozen midwest today to say goodbye to Jamie’s mother.  And I am just shallow enough to be happy to hold down the Mexican fort, kids and puppy in exchange for avoiding the freezing frozieness that is the midwest in late February.  I was actually thinking, “how . . . → Read More: quiet on the southern front

So, I have surprisingly become an early-mroning person.  Why, you ask yourself, would a perfectly sane person swap night-owl status for early-morning status?  A good question, I would answer because early-morning is quite simply an absolutely INSANE time to be awake!  All the sane people are still sleeping at o’dark-30 and only masochists get . . . → Read More: Kilo wilo papageorgio

I have been bouncing between 80 and 77 kilos since early December.  It has been driving me crazy because I *know* how much I eat and it should be low enough to continue losing weight.  So yesterday, fed up yet again, I started tracking my calories.  And um, well, I *thought* I knew what . . . → Read More: is a puzzlement

I got about a million things done today.  Anytime I get more than two things done in one day it feels like minor miracle.  We’ve been trying to get Jesse’s tooth looked at for quite a while.  It only took a full year to get my post put in (yes, a full year) but . . . → Read More: To do past due