A friend at work said, “We’re going to have to call you The Count….” when this whole process started three weeks ago. I didn’t get it….he had to tell me “Sesame Street?”….. for me to get it. Sparrow was sick when … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Today is the last day of a three-week “mail count”. A mail count is what the Post Office uses to determine how a route is rated….and the rating determines how may days the driver has to work to make the … Continue reading
It’s a good thing to wake up to a pretty… benign…. situation. I never know what’s going to happen….weather-wise. They called for possibly 10 inches of wet snow…..and when I woke up this morning, it was only about 5 or … Continue reading
I don’t know. I suspect that maybe Sparrow was thinking, “I know what ice cream looks like. I know what this stuff looks like. It’s cold like ice cream. I’m going to eat it.” Or maybe she was just thinking, … Continue reading
We had a warm day and a melt off yesterday. That was like a cooler version of minor league Heaven…..being able to drive around again on the black top….feeling the tires take purchase wherever I drove. That was pretty wonderful. … Continue reading
I get up early in the morning, as quiet as a mouse, thinking, usually, that I can carve out a few minutes of peace to sit and drink some coffee….and write this blog. Lately, Nate has been waking up early, … Continue reading
I am surrounded by comfortable habits that I take for granted. Like my family. It’s not always “comfortable” to be a parent. I guess that’s true. Life is messy. Things happen. We never know what lays up ahead of us. … Continue reading
You grow up….and life is a lot more than just a cartoon. I think that the safest thing to be is the guy who lives in a cardboard box out in the woods somewhere. Nah….that’s not really practical with a … Continue reading
Ahhhhhhh…. It’s cold here….record setting….and the vehicles might find that hard to deal with. I set out for work yesterday, and 5 miles into the trip, my alternator stopped working. The “check guages” light in the Jeep came on, the … Continue reading
Yesterday I wrote about an assuring pat. Last night, I guess that I had a different sort of experience. I wake up to all sorts of different weirdnesses. We have little kids again….so the opportunity for the random event increases … Continue reading