“The girls weren’t as excited about the slippers as I thought they’d be,” I’m talking the moccasins I bought our daughters-in-law for Christmas. “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.” “But the boys sure were pretty tickled about theirs.” “Yeah,” it’s true, they were. I should be thinking about that. “Well, we have a pretty good… Continue reading Episode 38 – Slippers
Category: Everyday Life
Episode 36 – Redneck
“That sounded pretty red-neck.” “Can’t get much more redneck than that,’ Denny assures me. Not that I wanted or needed assurance. I’m taking off my make-up in front of the bathroom mirror and Denny is standing off to the side, behind me. My mind is going back to my youth and contrasting it with life… Continue reading Episode 36 – Redneck
Episode 34 – White Spot
We are sitting at White Spot. I ordered a Provolone and Portobello Mushroom Veggie Burger. I’m surprised to find that Denny deviated from his usual burger and ordered grilled chicken. I’ve trained Denny not to constantly check his phone when we are in a restaurant. I mean, how annoying is that? When there are only… Continue reading Episode 34 – White Spot
Episode 33 – Phone Plans
“How can you be so happy?” Denny has a decidedly more happy life than I have. “There’s so much to be happy about.” I’m quiet. “Make a list,” he tells me. I am known for lists. “Don’t do it. Because it will stress you out. Just three is enough.” Denny is walking around. He has… Continue reading Episode 33 – Phone Plans
Episode 31 – Google Docs
“OK, I figured something out,” I’ve been working on a spreadsheet in Google Docs, something Denny introduced to me this week. I knew about Google Drive, but I didn’t know about Google Docs and Sheets. So, there are a few gaps in my computer knowledge. “What’s that?” “I now know what it means to ‘wrap… Continue reading Episode 31 – Google Docs
Episode 29 – A Perfect Rainy Day
I selected two meats, a vegetable and a fried rice at the Bourbon Grill in the food court at the mall, to take home. “I like the supper you made,” Denny tells me as we sit down to Bourbon grilled chicken, stir fried beef and green beans in our own home. Where we grew up,… Continue reading Episode 29 – A Perfect Rainy Day
Episode 28 – Target
Denny is baking biscuits. But they’re not biscuits. They’re scones, he tells me. They look good. Our son is coming over for coffee. His wife is working. Now Denny is roasting coffee beans. I finally allowed him to do it inside during the winter instead of outside on the balcony. He’s very careful to vacuum… Continue reading Episode 28 – Target
Episode 24 – Vicks
“It used to be that when I’d wake up in the morning I couldn’t stand on my foot. I’d fall over. I’d be in such pain. Even that is almost negligible now that I’m going to the gym. I get up and I can stand on my foot. It didn’t used to be that way.”… Continue reading Episode 24 – Vicks
Episode 18 – A Mouse Story
We have a mouse problem at work. Somebody from the daycare saw the mouse and chased it into a storage room. Well, it probably ran there on its own. Yesterday the lady who runs the daycare told me she found more evidence—mouse droppings. If there is something that wears me down it is mice. I… Continue reading Episode 18 – A Mouse Story
Episode 16 – Storage
“You’re number one in my schedule.” I took down the Christmas tree and now the living room is filled with boxes of Christmas decorations that need to go down to our storage unit beside the underground parking. Denny is asking me when I would like him to help me with this. “Well, you could put… Continue reading Episode 16 – Storage
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