Here I am upstate in Bloomingburg, at Manang Maureen’s place. It’s just the three of us gals, including Auntie Jane. I showed them the photos from my Flash cards using the TV, so they could see pictures of the kids and the rest of us. We tried to get Auntie Jane to look at pictures [...]

‘Tis is the night before my company Christmas Party and I’m desperately trying to beat the colds and stave off the flu! I even broke down and phoned this cleaning lady who lives on the 19th floor to help me clean the apartment. Her per hour rate is pretty low, so I think it’s worth [...]

Yesterday will go down in the annals as being one of the longest and most trying of days. Which continued a week of working far too much, things going awry, and generally just feeling like I’ve been thrown into a life-sized salad spinner.
If only Christmas just came a little bit sooner…

Photos and text forthcoming…