Not that I’m taking any credit here, but I find it really interesting how things happen around here.  All the time. After posting yesterday about my longing for fall, I saw this morning on Weather Underground’s forecast that our first “cool front” for the season is arriving midweek.  OK, OK…so it’s only going to drop [...]

Just when I thought I couldn’t take summer anymore, we found out purely by accident that the NFL Network was just added to our “open” cable lineup.  (Randy is an endorser for Suddenlink.)  You would’ve thought we won the lottery or something.  We have been so desperate for some football, anything to remind us that [...]

It’s funny, human behavior. Since I quit drinking, I have discovered several other distractions.  I guess one habit has to be replaced with another, or in my case, multiple. I can’t believe I’m actually writing this, but one of them has turned out to be jogging.  Yeah, me…the one who is allergic to exercise.  Since [...]

Don’t misunderstand me. Because I tend to use blogging as an emotional outlet, one gets the impression that I’m unhappy.  Actually, that couldn’t be further from the truth these days.  Sure, the depression demon has taken its toll on me through the years, but I can tell you I’m happier than I ever have been [...]

This is the second time we’ve had this particular type of visitor.  Randy has had to do rescues twice now.  The first time, I had already gone on my morning jog when Randy took one of these bad boys down to the pond less than a block away.  I participated yesterday in the mission and [...]