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The Dh brought home his office Christmas gifts. One of them was an empty plate. It seems he’d eaten all the homemade baklava, and brought home a plate with a snowman on it. I’d much rather see the baklava than the snowman underneath, but hey. It was his gift, so I guess he’s entitled to […]

I was surprised to find that I actually kept most of last year’s resolutions. Sell a book. Check. Of course, I kind of fell into that situation, but I get to take credit now, right? Get a new job. Check and double check. Of course, the plan was to get rid of the main job. […]

Dear Nora, I am embarrassed to say that I am not one of your regular readers. The truth is, I read “Irish Thoroughbred” back in the 80’s and really, really, liked it. What a great story. And I meant to read more of your books. And then, I fell a little behind… Whether I like […]

I finished decorating the tree. Yesterday. I just took the last of the Halloween decorations to the attic. There is no longer a fog generator under the chair in the dining room. Any fog you see from now on is the real thing. I finally killed the last elf on the Santa’s Snowball game. It […]

We gave up on getting the cats to do anything constructive while inside for Christmas and set a mousetrap in the kitchen. The DH caught one on the very first night. But I noticed today, that the Tupperware container of cookies had been left open over night. (Apparently, the idea of “locking in freshness” has […]