A Celebration of Mundanity

It takes me an hour and a half to neatly stack a cord of fire wood. So now I know, it's another random reference point.

I finally made a trip to Fallingwater. I've only been meaning to go for the last couple of decades :) We (Karen, Jill, Ted and I) couldn't have asked for a more perfect day, a warm sun shiny day,…

It's snowing this morning. Giant, heavy, wet flakes making a bee-line for the ground. Some way to start my birthday!

Nothin' says lovin' like a big pot of chicken and sweet potato curry... normally I use regular potatoes, but didn't have any on hand. The secret is in the sauce, I use Hot Golden Curry Sauce easily…

Went out for about an hour of tennis with Mark and a couple of friends. We didn't actually play a game at all, just lobbing about and running around like idiots for an hour, but still fun. We went to…

If my house was the setting for some super creepy horror thriller movie, it would be centered around the spooky noise that keeps erupting from my bath tub drain. It's a noise that occurs at seemingly…

Had a yummy three day weekend with Mark. He's been working a lot lately, so he surprised me by coming home early on Friday and taking Monday off. Friday was dinner out followed by a play friends of…

Since I've run out of rooms to paint in my own home, I have offered my skills and services to my parents. I've repainted each of the rooms in my own home twice and we've only lived here for five…

I've been with Mark for, what, over seven years... last night, long after our friend's wedding was over, after we went to a brew house and closed it down, 2 in the a. m. I had my first Coney Island…

The German themed "Oktoberfest" wine (and beer) tasting went well. Despite my best efforts, you simply can not get a bottle of German red wine in the state of Pennsylvania... that is, unless you…