Annoying things:   Maybe it's because I spent three weeks at my dad's, but it feels like this summer was especially short and went b...

Annoying things:   For the first time ever, I lost my cellphone last month (July). Thankfully, it was only a temporary thing:  I left it sit...

I've noticed that the flood of emails and other online distractions demanding my (increasingly limited -- erk...) attention slow to a tr...

My mother loved chocolate. You could say she was an addict. There was always chocolate around our house when I was growing up.  Most of all,...

Annoying things:  The opthalmologist I saw last Thursday encouraged me to start using lid wipes again to keep the bacteria that contributes...

  Annoying things :  I was trying to comment on a WordPress blog recently -- and when I hit "publish," up popped a note from WordP...

Annoying things:  The neighbour two doors down must have gotten a dog/puppy... because over the past few weeks, it's been yelping/whinin...

Annoying things:  (Much) more complicated plumbing repairs than expected -- leading to a much larger than expected plumbing bill (And the wo...

 Annoying things:  No one (very few people, anyway) remembered it was our wedding anniversary. Our FORTIETH anniversary !  :(    (Small plea...

(A multipurpose post...!  lol)   Annoying things:  It's been a busy week!  It feels like there's never enough time to get everything...

Annoying things:  As I mentioned here back in March, I unsubscribed from the Washington Post:  my longtime subscription ran out in late May...

 Annoying things:   Not so much "annoying," but sad: smoke from the wildfires in Saskatchewan and my home province of Manitoba (10...

(It's been a while since I did one of these... always easy to put together in a pinch, and I had NO idea what to write for #MM today...!...

 Annoying things:   It's Blue Monday today. I've written about Blue Monday (and its origins) in the past , and while it's basica...

REALLY annoying thing :  I took a tumble today ( no stairs involved this time, though) & banged up my face.  :(  :(  :(    Just before ...

Small pleasures:   Finishing a book this weekend!  :)   Weather that's (still) mild enough to allow us to keep the balcony door open dur...

Long time no see/write!  (Seems like it to me, anyway!)  I've been in Manitoba visiting my aging parents for the past two weeks, and we ...