Some Things Must Be Endured

2023-08-30 I am not going to repeat the text of Home Moanership III. Click on the link to read it if you are so inclined. Two days ago,...

2023-08-14 Lola died this evening en route to a veterinary emergency room. The family's beloved chihuahuahua... hua... was with us for 13...

2023-08-07 OUR FORD EXPLORER (seldom called "Pounce de Lion") (or a Reasonable Facsimile Thereof) I do not drive Senor de Lion. I believe...

2023-07-20 [updated 2023-07-22] Following the dotter's direction, I have acquired an additional dehumidifier. Following my own...

2023-07-17 OUR FORD EXPLORER (seldom called "Pounce de Lion") (or a Reasonable Facsimile Thereof) To quote a previous (March 9) post,...

2023-07-10 Humidity. That's the problem. Not during winter, of course, but it is now hot and humid outdoors and the central air puts out...

2023-07-08 There are two refrigerators in my house. One downstairs in the Owner's Suite with me, an over & under Frigidaire (top freezer)...

2023-06-06 Some time around the beginning of May, our city-provided trash can went out with the trash. The can was damaged - the hinge...

2023-05-14 I am taking advantage of the dotter's absense this weekend - she's visiting relatives in North Carolina - to take pictures of...

2023-04-12 [updated 2023-04-14, 2023-04-25] Since the accident, I've gone to a lot of follow-up exams. The ribs are healing, so not a...

2023-04-03 [Updated 2023-04-04] I thought I was unpacked, and then I found more stuff! Okay, so it was three long sleeve shirts, the only...

2023-03-24 [updated 2023-03-26] To review, unpacking is a pitfall of packing. I set a goal of being completely unpacked by the end of...

2023-03-18 The photo above has nothing to do with Home Moanership. I still own the little skillets and spatulas, I'm even displaying them...

2023-03-09 OUR FORD EXPLORER (Or a Reasonable Facsimile Thereof) They say, "One man's problem is another man's opportunity." A new (to...

2023-02-21 [UPDATED 2023-03-07] Some things can be endured. After all, if the oven stops working, you still have the toaster oven, the...

2023-02-10 GEICO agreed. That car is totaled. Loan is paid off. Money left over for down payment on a replacement.

2023-02-04 On Sunday evening I was headed for Walmart. Lee Street to S MEsa Drive to River Road to Temple Boulevard to Dimmock Parkway to...

2023-01-25 The dotter has not ceased her efforts to make this house a home. Or possibly an arboretum. I'm never sure which. So,...

2023-01-25 Unpacking is one of the pitfalls of packing. You have to pack in order to move at all... not strictly true. You could, in...

2023-01-22 Right on the heels of the mail crisis comes the interwebs crisis. "Dad," the dotter emotes, "the internet sucks!" I reply, "So...