I’ve decided that having multiple pelvic fractures is a royal pain in the arse.
This isn’t going to be much of a post because I’m in a LOT of pain, but I did want to tell everybody just what happened.
I was cutting a dead limb from a very large maple tree, but OSHA probably would have […]

Hi all! This is Marisa, Tammie’s next door neighbor and blogging buddy. I just spoke to Tammie and she asked me to post this here.
Tammie had an accident on Sunday while trimming away a dead tree branch. I wasn’t there but from what I can gather, the branch fell the wrong way and the end […]

Well, it finally happened: our washer is now officially dead.
It isn’t like we didn’t see it coming. For a long time now, it’s been leaking oil out onto the floor, either from the motor or from the transmission. It was annoying because it made such a slippery mess, but it didn’t really […]

My, goodness, but it’s hot out there!
And since it is, I’ve decided to put the rolled shingle roof on the porch at camp.
I went to Lowes today and picked up the materials, and we’re headed up there this weekend once my Saturday morning class is ended.   BJ promises to keep me full of cold drinks, […]

I sure hope the weather breaks soon.
I just flat out don’t feel well when it’s this hot and humid. The TV weather dude says we’re going to be having dangerously high heat indexes over the next several days — well over a hundred, he says — so I’ll have to barricade myself inside with […]

One thing I’ve noticed at school is the fancy new modern desks they’ve provided in the front of many of the classrooms.
My Saturday class meets in a teleconference room, so I was expecting the cameras, microphones, and video screens. But the get-up waiting for me tonight was another story.
Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but […]

BJ finally has an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow.
We went around picking up x-rays and MRI results today to take along to the doctor’s office.  At this point, we’re both hoping that they’re not too old to still be relevant for the shoulder surgery.
The wreck happened last July.  So, after 13 months, we were […]

Can you imagine how people booked this week on one of those Caribbean cruises must be feeling?
Personally, I never taken a cruise.  I know — odd for a Pisces, but there are three main reasons why.
First, I’m a control freak, so unless the captain will let me drive the boat, I’m going to have pretty […]

We’ve had an unusually dry summer so far, and while drought has never been an issue (it was a really wet winter and spring), some area gardeners have been hoping for some rain to spring those veggies, flowers, and lawns back to green from brown.  Be careful what you wish for; you just might get […]

I don’t wear a lot of jewelry, but the pieces I do have are pretty special.
One in particular holds a lot of sentimental value for me.  My mother loved emeralds, and with one of my first jobs, I got her a ring with emeralds and diamonds.  She was so proud of it, even though she […]