— Here’s What I Have to Say —

A couple family friends have passed away recently and another is very sick. It has made me think about how fragile we are and how short life is. Anyone that reads this, please take care of yourself. I have been thinking about all the small things in life I blew out of proportion or made...

* Unaccustomed Earth – Jhumpa Lahiri * The Memory Keeper's Daughter – Kim Edwards * A Dog's Life – Peter Mayle * Friendship Test – Elizabeth Noble * Stiff – Mary Roach * This Year it Will be Different * Silver Wedding * Glass Lake – Maeve Binchy * Oryx and Crake * Lady Oracle...

I have been working on my recipes page a bit more recently. I have found I need to come up with more meals to eat. I have the recipe database I created as a tab at the top of his page. If you don't have access to it and would like access, email me and...

I picked up my China that was my Grandma's yesterday. My dining room is really the Grandma room. All of the things in there were hers. But I really like it. It makes me feel like she is still around. I like having a little piece of her around. It's almost been a year since...

We finally closed on our old house in Minneapolis on Friday morning. It is nice to not own two houses. It just felt like such a long time from when we moved into the new house and closed on the old one. I was very ready to have only the one house. And I don't...

I just sent out an evite to a party we are having. It's a compilation of a few things….a house warming party, a late wedding reception and my birthday party. I think it will be a good time. I am looking forward to it.   Then the following day we are going to the O.A.R....

This morning I took Dax to the vet to have her declawed in the front. We won't get her back until Wednesday. 🙁 That makes me sad. But when she gets back she'll be able to play with Sam and Sadie without me worrying she will scratch their eyes out. And Dax won't hurt my...

Since I have had this site for a while and haven't done much to it, I decided to start using it more appropriately. I was writing things at Chuckhays.net before, but I am going to write here. There is still a link on here to the old page, as well as links to the photo...