Author: Annie

Happy Earth Day – whether you’re on the South Pole or somewhere warmer! Self KnowledgeI know certain things about myself; I can’t work until my house is in some kind of relative order (not perfect, just picked up.) I like to have alone time every now and then to recharge my batteries. I love my…

Flipknits are here, and they’re beautiful [baby]! I’m as proud as an – well, as an author looking at 10,000 copies of her new books! When the driver from the shipping company dropped off the HUGE pallet of books, I told him that they were all books. – You must really like to read, lady!…

Yesterday was a frustratingly busy, frightingly busy day. Busy. Just call me “Bea” Get it – busy bee, Bea…? Sheesh I’m lame on a Thursday. But I got done what needed to be done, for the most part. Things I Accomplished Got Kids up and house running, laundry, dishes, the whole goya beanery Got to…

So many awful things happen in April – and now a shooting of such magnitude in Virginia. I know no more about it than anyone else, I have nothing insightful to say, but I didn’t want to gloss over something that is probably on everyone’s mind this evening. What a waste. Heaven help the victims,…

We needed some window washing stuff, and other sundries, so I drove on over to Menards for a stroll through aisle after well-organized aisle of groovy stuff. I adore hardware stores. I feel like I had a religious experience this morning – I didn’t want to leave. Well, not quite… but I did have fun!…

Gerry’s bone scan was pretty quick – he asked for a wheelchair, and that’s not a usual thing, but I’m glad that he’s willing to accept the help. It was SO lovely here today – sunny and warmer – with a promise of even warmer weather this weekend. No word on what they discovered in…

Today we ventured over to St. Jo’s here in St. Paul for a bone marrow biopsy. We’ve been there a lot lately, and they’re unfailingly kind & thoughtful (valet parking!!) According to Gerry, it was about as painful as you’d expect. He said he couldn’t decide whether knowing it was coming made it more or…

We were in a room today where everyone had a very personal connection with cancer disease in one way or another – astounding. Not that it should come as a shock to me, given my own recent family history with the disease, but this was such a hoppin’ scene! So we met yet another doctor,…

..and I DO mean tiny. Well, one thing that’s the same in MN as NJ is the PO. O-Y! I filled out passport applications a while ago for the family, but we were lacking photos. Since passports are now required for travel to Canada, and since I have to go there in July, I decided…

I can slipcover just about anything. It’s one of my gifts – I discovered this in college, and it’s the same basic skill that allows me to pack a car to within an inch of it’s life, and tell whether a specific box will easily slide into a seemingly too narrow opening. I am a…