Question of the Week

Have you stopped putting pictures on your blog?
The short answer is no, I have not made a conscious decision to stop adding pictures here.  However, the long story is that I lost my camera, found it, got sick and didn’t leave the apartment very often, and now have totally fallen out of the habit of [...]

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Like A Kid Again

Last night Larry and I watched The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.  It was cute, and it got me thinking about the first time I read The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.  It was while we were living in England and my whole class read it together.  We read [...]

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Don’t Egg Him On

Beth:  How do you want your eggs, love?
Larry:  I’ll have three eggs please.  Two whole eggs and one egg white only.
Beth:  You’re a funny man.  You’re getting three whole eggs.  And now you’re getting them scrambled.

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And The Race Is On

I leave for a three week holiday on Monday, so the race is officially on to clear my desk, send out my emails and get the last of my appointments and errands done before I go.  That pretty much makes this week a lot like finals week at college.  You work, work, work and then [...]

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Birthday Cake Blues

Out of nowhere, Larry requested a Victoria Sponge cake as his birthday cake.  Of all the baking I do, I’ve never made one of these (probably because if I want squishy white cake I default to Angel Food cake) but I agreed. 
So there I am, mixing up a nice creamy batter when I reach for my [...]

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Laurence’s Birthday Weekend

Lar’s birthday was on Saturday but because the weather here was so crappy we decided he really deserved an entire weekend to celebrate.  Or more precisely, he just started to referring to it as “my birthday weekend” and I went along with it.
Now, you might be expecting tales of hijinks and tomfoolery, but it was [...]

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Let’s Not Be Silly

Rob:  Should we have a lobster roll eating contest?
Beth:  Your ego’s writing checks your body can’t cash.

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Question of the Week

Are you related to Morrissey?
No.

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Safety First

I LOVE our management company.  Today we got the following notice:
It has come to my attention that there are seagulls nesting in the area around [apartment building].  As this is the end of their hatching season, the seagulls are extremely defensive in an attempt to defend their young.  I have received reports of people being [...]

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I Laughed Out Loud

This amuses me.  Wait until you get to the part with the spelling.  I laughed out loud. 

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