Killer mosquito bites: the gruesome totals

I counted up the bites on Regina and Isaiah, who were the ones who got bit the worst. Regina has about six dozen bites covering her face, arms and legs. Isaiah takes the prize, however, with a grand total of about ten dozen bites – a full three dozen on his neck alone. Astonishingly, he [...]

Home Owners at Last

So, it’s official now. We own our own house. We are also massively, unthinkably in debt now. As in thirty years worth of debt. That’s a sobering thought. Now that we finally own the place, I’m really eager to get out there and take possession of it. Packing up and taking down all our things [...]

Wildfire!

There is an enormous wildfire near our house (as in thirteen miles away).  It is apparently right along the route that J. always took to work.  Last night it smelled as though there was a bonfire in our back yard, and we could see the smoke in the sky and occasionally little bits of falling [...]

Attack of the Killer Mosquitoes

Down here in Southern Florida there are mosquito-fighting aircraft that are hired to regularly fly over cities and spray out pesticides to reduce the number of mosquitoes roaming around. It seems to work pretty well; in the two years we’ve been here I haven’t seen as many mosquitoes down here as I used to see [...]

Progress Report

The packing is progressing admirably. Bedrooms: finished. Bathrooms: finished. Kitchen: getting close; as much done as can be with still one week to go. Livingroom: finished. Garage: almost finished. Laundry room: finished (pretty much). We are cleaning as we go, so once the truck is loaded the only cleaning left to be done will be [...]

Buying the House

Well, today was the day for doing what I needed to do to buy our house.  The package with all the closing documents arrived by UPS at 10:00 a.m., and I spent the next two hours reading through everything, and signing, and signing, and signing documents.  Some things were a little unclear at first, and [...]

Coming into the Home Stretch

Well, J. is off to Ohio for a week’s vacation – oops, I meant conference.  Looking over the schedule, it looks they will be keeping him pretty busy.  So busy I’m not even sure if/when he will get a chance to call home during the week.  Usually when he’s away he calls in the evening, [...]

Last Harvest From the Garden

Jackpot!

We went to a thrift store today, and as is often the case, did not find what we were looking for.  Such is the nature of thrift stores.  However, we did come across one of those rare finds that make shopping at thrift stores really worthwhile:  I’ve been wearing Birkenstocks for two years now, and [...]

Correction

Okay, I take it back.  Teresa is the kind to run a sky-high fever after all.  She’s also not above throwing up on me in the middle of the night.  What is up with that?  I thought they were supposed to be immune to all that sort of nonsense as long as they were still [...]