What's New in My Little Corner of the World

Our new living room rug has been in for a week now and, so far, no major spills have befallen it.


THGGM is still losing weight. I am still not.


The sun is shining today. This feels good after days and days of rain.


Youngest Son was interviewed on our local Fox News station last night. It was about the new journalism major his University is now offering.


The high school soccer team Youngest Son coaches won last night. The score was 8-0.


I have my bedding freshly laundered and hanging on the line to dry.


Armed with trash bags, I solemly approach my art room today.


It has become obvious to me that I need to go grocery shopping, and soon.


Of the three bags of corn in my freezer, I do not know which one is the one I use to numb my shoulder, and which two can be eaten.


I've come to realize that the medication I take seems to dull my taste buds. Absolutely nothing sounds good to me anymore. Although, I do still crave popcorn and peanut M&M's.


It looks as if I will have to hire someone out side of my family to remove the broken couch in my art room. You know, the couch that was supposed to be removed before Christmas last year.


I'm enjoying rereading "The Bird in the Tree". Having a reading chair with matching foot stool in the bed room has been a great idea for me. Some nights I'm up there at 8. I've never grown accustom to the sounds of murder and abuse that come from the TV every night while THGGM watches Law and Order. I know. It's a good show. I even watch it occasionally. But I still cannot stand to hear those sounds.


My reading lately has also included three books about Laura Ingles Wilder. I especially like the articles she wrote in the early 1900's for a farm paper.


Oh, and I almost forgot, I'm reading "Talking to Alzheimer's" which I picked up at Barnes and Noble on Sunday. Excellent little book about talking to those suffering from dementia. Notice, I almost forgot.


Also, I poured through my "Girlfriends Forever" book last night. I love it! I love it! I love it! I had one in my hand Sunday when I was in Barnes and Noble, but, knowing that I could not possibly buy it, I put it back. What a shockingly delightful surprise to find it in my mailbox yesterday! Susan Branch is good people.


My cough is nearly gone. About once a day I hack until my eyeballs pop out. By the time I pick them up and return them to the proper socket, I'm good for the day.


And about the interesting weed in my backyard. I popped open one of the lantern like thingies, and inside was something that looked exactly like a green pea. I do need to find out what this is.


That's all I can remember right now.


What's new in YOUR little corner of the world?