Somehow Christmas sneaked up on me without my realizing it. Which is kind of sad, considering I’m in the Plano Civic Chorus and we’ve been rehearsing Christmas music for the past month. (Have you bought your tickets for the December 13th concert yet? Remember, kids, up through college, get in free!)
Last Saturday I bought my [...]
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With Every Christmas Card I Write
Kind of Extreme Makeover - Living Room Edition
Like most couples, as newlyweds Mr. Burt and I couldn’t afford all-new furniture to fill the new home we were starting together. We did scrape together enough money in wedding gifts to purchase an essential mattress, bedroom suite, and dinette, but our living room was fitted out with hand-me-downs from my parents, who conveniently bought [...]
Dovetailing
LR is aware that she owes her faithful readers (whoever ye may be; as only one or two of you ever comments, she knoweth not to whom the term readership extends) another post about the San Antonio vacation, but in the meantime, she would like to share a miracle that has occurred at the Burt [...]
Please don’t call the ASPCA…
Two nights ago I dreamed I had a baby. Actually, I think it was more that I dreamed I was about to have a baby, and as dreams so often go, or at least as my dreams so often go, the anticipation of the blessed event was the focus of the dream. I was having [...]
One Of Them
I never thought this day would come.
I never thought I would own a cat.
I never thought I would be one of those cat owners.
Tonight I made Dorrie a Facebook profile.
