• Rest in peace, David Spancer

    A good man died early this morning. This is for him on his journey.

    Read More

    //

  • Junk mail of the week

    Wow, Verizon is really upping their customer service standards, at least via email. Received today (twice!): Hello Dear! Your current bill for your account  is now available online in My Verizon Total Balance Due: $1887.53 Keep in mind that payments and/or adjustments made to your account after your bill was generated will not be reflected…

    Read More

    //

  • Another anniversary

    Today is Chuck and my ninth anniversary. Wow, nine years! If someone had told me 12 years ago what my life would be like today, I would never in a million years have envisioned my life as it is now. At that time I expected to live life as a single woman, independent, alone but…

    Read More

    //

  • The one about how I fell, brushed myself off, and remembered how much there is to be thankful for

    I have been a very bad and lazy blogger of late. Id’ like to say there’s a good reason, but other than being super busy with work, breaking my foot, giving the soul-suckers at CashCall another chance to refinance our house, and celebrating an anniversary of sorts, nothing much has been going on. Yes, we…

    Read More

    //

  • Ashes to ashes

    Since Chuck’s cancer fight, we have given thought to stuff that, well, most of us don’t like to think about – like what to do with our, uh, earthly remains once we’ve shuffled off our mortal coils. We have discussed this from time to time, and were agreed that cremation was the green thing and…

    Read More

    //

  • A cautionary tale

    File this under: if something appears to be too good to be true, it probably IS too good to be true. A month or so ago Chuck was at a party and got to chatting with a fellow who was just wrapping up (keep that in mind for later) refinancing his home using a company…

    Read More

    //