so, the big joint wedding is this saturday. i've not bought my presents yet, i'm hoping missey andrea will help me out tonight. girls night out is always good for these things. i have picked the dress that i'm going to wear, FINALLY. it was a hard decision. i think i really wanted to buy a new one. but after a closer look at the pocket book, and knowing that i don't get paid again until august 31... so, i'm wearing this vintage dress i got a christmas time. i wore it to see deke, but i … [Read more...]

mom and i took boo and hootie to the san jose jazz festival yesterday. hootie actually pushed the wheelchair (color me impressed)... i got to hold boos hand. that means that i got to play with boo almost the whole time. he was so bored. mom wouldn't let him bring his gameboy. i think he was a bit upset. but, as things worked out, there were 2 young boys sitting near us. they had brought chinese checkers and sorry. boo played games with these boys for 3 hours. it's just amazing that … [Read more...]

it seems that everyone in the family has decided that i am the "caregiver". when mike had his stroke, he came to my house for me to take care of him. ok, well mom was supposed to do it, but i did it. mom is coming home to have her surgery, where i will be her caregiver. i keep asking her if she has asked for mars assistance. her stock answer is, "if i need help i'll pay someone to do it". ok, yeah right. mom pay for someone to take care of her. yeah, like that is going to happen. mom … [Read more...]

as mentioned earlier this week, the rock-a-billly god, mr. deke dickerson was in town at the blank club last night. i called around to the usual suspects, but no one felt like going out. so, i was told, in no uncertain terms (gotta love stephen, directing me from bakersfield) that i had better get my butt to san jose. and thus, i did. the opening band was good. i was pleasantly surprised. they played old standards (frank sinatra, the andrews sisters, etc) with a much faster tempo. i wish … [Read more...]

thank you to gigglechick for the excellent suggestion (ok, i didn't ask, i borrowed), of adding the amber alert to your page. … [Read more...]

today i have been basically the content editor for the provost. i've been finding images, finding text, basically being paul's gopher. what a drag. i slept in this morning, but that didn't help the headache. darn. i was hoping that a bit of extra sleep was going to make all the difference in the world. NOT. daisy must be sensing that something is wrong. she has snuggled next to me, at my waist for the past two nights. normally that means that she wants to go outside and she does it … [Read more...]

today the last old style volkswagen bug rolled off the assembly line in mexico. why is it a sad day, you might ask... sabrina, my 1961 vw convertable bug, sits in the garage, as lovely as she was the day she was purchased. the bug was, and still is, an excellent car. even though they were only being built for central and south american markets, it is a sad day. bye bye old bug. … [Read more...]

i have decided that it is time to start blocking people. i'm really feeling censored, and i'm tired of that noise. if you could once see this, and now you can't... HA! wait! those people can't read this! so on to what is going on... so, the new boy is starting to bug me. it's one of those situtations where, yes, he is nice. yes, he could be a good father/provider. yes, he likes me. BUT, he doesn't put the toilet seat down. he doesn't help clean up or make dinner. he has this weird … [Read more...]