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Still no roofers, although contractors did come by again to dump more stuff in the dumpster. Glad they stayed away, as I had two more intern...

When Robin met with the landlord in an unsuccessful attempt to get another mailbox key, he was informed that the house's roof is going t...

We got home from our grocery shopping and bonus H Mart visit around noon, to discover our landlord's van blocking our parking spot. Appa...

Today was the first of what will undoubtedly be many giveaways as we start to downsize. My iron and ironing board are gone. Considering they...

England has moved up in the FIFA world rankings with today's defeat of France in a truly bizarre and memorable World Cup third-place gam...

I didn't go out today, although Robin's been downstairs to the front door at least once with an Amazon pickup (I laid out my weekly ...

White Rabbits, and the heat wave begins. Although I decided to make an English breakfast (lots of different breakfast meets plus eggs plus ...

Before the extreme heat descends upon the NYC area, I decided to get some minimal house cleaning done (the only kind of house cleaning I act...

Yikes, I was up around 3 AM, then back down around 4:30, then back up around 6, then down for the absolute count until the downstairs bangin...

I took a look this morning at the little cups holding my pills and said "I should really get new ones." I have a whole bag of the ...

When I was living in my parents home, I trained myself to wake up earlier than they did (usually around 5-6 AM) so that I could deal with wh...

I think we picked up something yesterday, either at the dealership or the supermarket, and I was really not doing well today, so I just putt...

I woke up way too early with a calf cramp, and by the time I got going for good I'd decided to try and stand in the kitchen for awhile t...

As we've already received our tax refunds, we were unfazed by the Ides of April, and I made some more incremental forward movement on my...

Like a friggin' wristwatch's second hand. I gave myself two major chores to do today: steaming some lighter tops with the summer-lik...

Well, that's a relief. The last time we do taxes on our own. With all the assets I'm inheriting from Mom's estate in 2026 it...

I've decided to store my long winter coat in the home office closet tomorrow. Today we were so warm in the living room when we returned ...

Well, Friday the 13th done fall on a Friday again, but it's been kind of a lucky day for me. I got all my immediate job stuff done well ...

Sooo much insomnia. Thank goodness I worked from home today. I can't remember if this happens to me every year after the clocks change, ...

I took a long lunch hour today so we could get Robin's prescription then go to the local branch of the bank I've chosen which operat...