Entries from May 2009

May 10, 2009

Gift Coupons

Last year for Mother’s Day, the kids chose a card for me that had a sheet of coupons in it. They were for funny stuff, like “five animal noises” or “one joke” or “one bear hug”. I tacked the sheet to my bulletin board in my office and have never redeemed them.
Apparently, the fact that [...]

May 8, 2009

The Big 4-0

Yep, it’s today.
::sigh::
Some notes from this notable birthday:

I woke up this morning to find that my daughter had sent me a birthday email—from her computer upstairs. I found that humorous.

We went out for dinner last night at McCormick’s Fish House. It was the day before my birthday, but when you get to be my age, [...]

May 7, 2009

Wondering…

…why laundry loses momentum and that last load never seems to make it out of the dryer until people start missing specific items of clothing.
…how scientists who test the effects of B vitamins on mice with dementia could possibly know that the mice have dementia. Really. I’m puzzled.
…where scientists find mice with dementia for their [...]