We never got used to the drunk next doorwho broke bottles on the stoop past midnight, cussed all night,staggered into us as we left the apartment. He was a feature of the landscape we were glad to leavewhen we moved away. Along with the upstairs landlordswhose children jumped off the couch above my head, all day,while I... Read more
The crowd is here! We had a very nice day with them all yesterday - today we have two noisy toddlers and their parents in addition to all who were here yesterday. Christmas gift giving is over and 17 members of my family are running around downstairs, making music, playing, preparing dinner for later, and I have taken myself away to the... Read more
Here I am embarking on a bi-annual adventure - the extended family post-Christmas Christmas. When Mom & Dad moved out of their big house and into the retirement community, Danny and I took on the gathering, since we had the second-biggest house. At our old house, there was lots of room, but sound carried like crazy and I was constantly... Read more
8:35 and the groceries came, and I managed to put them away on my own, without awakening the migraine beast. It has shrunk down to an occasional point of faint pain over my left eye, just enough to remind me of its existence. Adam came down for a little while and curled up in my lap – almost 13 and still so cuddly. He was... Read more