Retiring Guy

We’ve been home almost 24 hours and still don’t have all of our suitcases unpacked. At least the van has been emptied and cleaned out. ...

The past four days could almost be viewed as a mini-vacation. JoAnna and I took Thursday off, and I worked only a half day on Friday. W...

Bombed this weekend in 1223 theaters For the first weekend in months, JoAnna doesn't have to campaign.  Somehow, though, the day can...

My day off arrives a day early.  Eddie's had a rough night and with all his various health problems over the past week -- diarrhea, co...

JoAnna leave for Portage around 10.  I plan to go grocery shopping in the morning but need to walk around a fussy Eddie guy.  He has anoth...

By the time I stop at the library to pick up my meeting files, I'm already a little behind schedule.  Ilene mentions that the printer...

JoAnna works, I take the day off, and until 3 o'clock I'm doing chores and keeping an eye on the boys.  Andy is especially rambun...

How wonderful to wake up on a weekend morning without Barb's family-circle intrusions, her constant presence.  She spent 11 months wit...

JoAnna has a meeting in the morning. I start the chore.  We buy a Christmas tree in the afternoon and have a little bit of trouble getting...

I take the day off from work, needing an extra day away from what is becoming an increasingly less satisfying job environment.  After dri...

The LINK meeting takes less than an hour.  I'm not sure what that means.  It's certainly no reason for optimism.  Before the star...

Andy runs into the bedroom at 6:30 to watch Ninja Turtles.  We leave the house before 8, which means that I get to the library before 9.  ...

The Nissan is due for a tune-up, brake job, new tires, so the first order of the day is to take it to Dunn's.   I spend most of the...

The slow leak in the left rear tire of the Nissan has picked up the pace this week.  I found it deflated Wednesday afternoon and again tod...

There's work to do.  I start the laundry, then , around midmorning, go food shopping with Andy. Barb comes along; she announced earli...

Andy sleeps in the middle of the bed for the most part, which doesn't do too much to cramp my sleeping style, fortunately.  Eddie wa...

Since I'm working tomorrow and business at the library is slow, I depart early, about midafternoon.  This change of schedule gives me...

I go to bed about 9 on Sunday but experience a very restless night.  I keep imagining a prowler lurking on the patio.  All this news abou...

I get a very early start to the work week, feeling refreshed after a relaxing week off.  I walk into the library shortly after 7, and aft...

An antsy kinda day, but the weather won't cooperate.  It rains most of the day, a gentle, steady sprinkling that is much appreciated.  ...