I am so disappointed that the man on the corner went back on his word and turned his property into a rental home. Doug and I disagree on how many of the homes in our neighborhood are rental but we both agree that the rental properties are not given the love and attention that the […]

The next three days should be horrible. Today is STAR, the phone store (again), the game board (can’t find blank dice) and Boy Scouts. I’ll stay up all night working on the “Invention Convention” stuff. I’ll watch the last episode of ‘Friends’. Tomorrow is the “Invention Convention” at school and the zoo set-up. Children need […]

My grandmother is still in the psych ward of the hospital. Instead of gradually going downhill she made a huge jump down in her cognitive abilities. Last year she forgot that she and I share a birthday. This year she doesn’t even remember birthdays. She is losing people, places, time and interests. She can no […]

I’m going to burn the CD for the zoo tomorrow. It will have one hour of instrumental music that Doug can use as juggling background when he’s too hoarse for the running commentary. So far I’ve got some music borrowed from ‘Rushmore’. It will also have one hour of songs just for fun. I have […]

Sarah and Noah’s Invention Convention projects are driving me crazy. I feel like I’m going through school again and again and again and again.

Wouldn’t it be cool to have Blog Maps for other places?

Made it through most of the luncheon. Doug intervened when Amy started to strip. Now we’ll see how many errands we can get done before school lets out.

Doug spent several hours on the phone trying to help his parents fix their computer. It was a fun conversation for eavesdropping. “No, don’t re-install Windows (they did anyway, of course). No, don’t do that please. Wait, wait, wait. You have to get it in safe mode.” They listened to some of what he said […]

Today’s goals include a business lunch (with Amy to make things interesting), making copies for Saturday’s zoo event and Sarah’s school project and a trip to the craft store for blank dice for Sarah’s school project and felt for Noah’s school project. the afternoon and evening will be spent doing, I mean helping the children […]

Eeek! I’ve spent the whole day playing on the computer. Must go be productive elsewhere.