Adjustments
Just a week after moving in, I am starting to make little adjustments and make note of key things — like the fact that I need to hoard loonies for Continue Reading →
Category Archives: lifeingeneral
Moving On
Got word today that the apartment I looked at last Thursday is mine at the middle of this month. In the photo, left, the lower window at the front will Continue Reading →
What’s on the Other Side?
The other day, Shawn asked me what I want to be on “the other side of all this.” I said I didn’t know yet. I mean, the first word that Continue Reading →
Progress
Well, thanks to circumstances, it seems like 2015 is going to be the “finally got around to doing…” year. Today, I finally took down all the Christmas lights outside. Most Continue Reading →
mea culpa
End of the line. 2015 will hold an immense amount of change, paperwork, liquidation, and all the other fallout that divorce brings. After a tense, teary, cathartic end to a Continue Reading →
Tsundoku
Originating from Japanese, the word tsundoku is one of those words imported to English because we don’t have an equivalent. It basically means “book hoarding” but more specifically it is Continue Reading →
It’s that time again.
Looking back, looking ahead, looking at lists from years past, and shaking my head at unmet goals. My list of goals from last January is particularly annoying: I managed to Continue Reading →
Goodbye Max.
Max aka Maximum 1999-2014 After three days of around the clock care and what seemed to be a steady improvement, Max crashed again today. We let him go because Continue Reading →
Thinking About Max
Max came into our life from the SPCA the same year Kiddo was born. As a rescue, they estimated his age as 1 year to 18 months. We picked him Continue Reading →
Winter Spa-at-Home
I tend to forget the whole pamper-yourself thing, but if I ever do indulge it’s usually in the summer. However, winter is when I find the cold makes my skin Continue Reading →