Category: Journal Entry

Here’s a snapshot of a man I had logical discussions with for 2 weeks about hurricanes, tornadoes, global warming and weather-related disasters. He stayed glued to the TV throughout Hurricanes Helene and Milton. One full day, he was watching nothing but the weather station.  Feeling the chill from vivid TV coverage, he cranks the thermostat…

Sometime in the last 4-6 weeks, my blog email service was interrupted and eliminated. WordPress and BlueHost work hard to protect our accounts from bad things on the internet worldwide, which includes unwanted contact from many people or organizations. I wasn’t aware it happened, so I kept posting. Therefore, you didn’t get all the most…

Besides rain in my laundry room and a refrigerator leaking water from the ice maker tubing, the smoke detectors go on strike and start that annoying beeping in two different rooms. My house has gone bonkers, and it’s only 9:00 am. Mice bit through the kitchen refrigerator water tubing. The cats keep bringing mice in…

The day is warm enough to open windows and doors. In the Don chamber, however, he is wearing shorts with socks, a shirt and a zipped-up hoodie with the hoodie over his head. He had turned both the thermostats in the bedroom and bathroom up to 80. I snapped this photo after he ate dinner. …

I fix a chicken dinner, baked potatoes and acorn summer squash with a few sticks of fresh zucchini. I deliver Don his plate. Don: Is this what all the inmates get for dinner? Kristy: No, just you and me.  He thought that was sooooo funny. Is he laughing at me or at himself? Note to…

Inspired by the Song “Until the Night is Done” by Luke Sital-Singh I’ve been walking half asleep I feel safer when I’m dreaming The bigger half of me wants to burn the world away But you told me honestly You will not grow old with your body young You will not go home till the…

The reason I like portable rugs, big and small, is that I can remove and replace them if they get trashed. My entire outdoor deck on the second floor is now covered in discarded rugs from the house. The cats love it. A little bit of indoors is outdoors. What Don has not destroyed, the…

Kristy: Do you want waffles for breakfast? Don: No, but Jacob will.  Kristy: Jacob hasn’t been here to visit since last Thanksgiving.  Kristy: Do you want to watch golf or NASCAR? Don: NASCAR.  3 Hours later.  Kristy: Do you want to switch to college football or back to golf?  Don: I’m watching NASCAR.  Kristy: The…

Clowns 2 and 3 decide to have a seafood fest with their friends and use my kitchen for cleaning, prep, seasoning and cooking. They ask for an oyster knife. “A what? I don’t even know what that is.” I was given an explanation/definition that it is a small tool needed to open oysters. Also referred…

We re-homed two male kittens here a year ago to be companions for Don. His request, not mine. Yeah, that worked out well. They often bring a variety of extra critters into the house and turn them loose to chase. That’s the ones that are lucky enough to still be alive. The current count on…