For years my husband has had a storage unit, nestled away in a quiet town a number of miles away from home. Far enough that it’s a day trip to reach, near enough that it can be reached when needed. With the impending move-out, we’ve decided to stash our worldly goods in there–the ones that [...]

I had a theme in mind for this week that was topical, but the more the week goes by the more my mind wanders in random directions, because it’s full of too many things to do and is becoming rapidly swamped. And then the phrase wandering monsters popped into my head because it’s how my [...]

Some days it’s all just too much.

We went looking for RVs today. Of course, we have no intention of buying a new one, but I wanted to stop by a dealership and poke around in a few to get a sense of what’s out there and what the different sizes feel like. I spotted a dealership round about Morgan Hill and [...]

Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt. I have spent roughly four hours in the time between nine in the morning and five pm, trying to get a flight to Charleston. I have tried Oakland, and San Jose, and San Francisco. I have tried Travelocity and Expedia and United (my airline of choice) and Cheaptickets and Cheapflights and [...]

Moo.

This business with the house-moving has been getting steadily more overwhelming, culminating in the last few days with the misrepresentation of how much we would be getting. To cut a long story short, we’re dealing with people who don’t keep their word and who outright lie, and I’m disgusted. Really, really disgusted. Our objective to [...]

26 February 2007 The weekend before last I joined several of my friends from the Wind Dancers for the End-of-Month Putt. It was something of a blustery day, a bit cold, with rain expected, so Kathleen suggested a straight run down to San Juan Bautista for lunch. We had coffee and chat first, and watched [...]