Vacation is just around the corner, and the week gets longer as the days grow fewer. There are now just two full days before we leave, but it feels like two weeks. I can take comfort in the fact that I am not alone in my agony. Beth has been wallowing for at least the last week and a half. “We are going on vacation today, aren’t we daddy?” “No Beth, we’ve got (x) more…
Like many of the weeks before this, the end of this entry comes to you from The Florida Allergy and Immunology Center. On my way here I drove through some of the most ominous clouds I’ve seen. The talk in the media suggests that a cold front is coming our way. Well, well, well. I like it when it rains and I like it when it gets cold, so it looks to be a banner evening in the Kauffman house…
Veterans Day is a holiday for state employees in Florida. It is not a school holiday.
Little did we know, our alarm was about to take a holiday too.
It was seven-thirty, a full hour after Cheryl and I had hoped to be up. We had exactly thirty minutes to get Beth fed, dressed and out the door. On our best morning, when post alarm events mesh with Swiss precision, we all get out the door in 45…
When it comes to shopping, I’m a bit of a masochist. It seems that I only enjoy shopping when I don’t have any extra discretionary income. Notice I didn’t say I don’t have any money. That wouldn’t exactly be true. We’ve got money around, it’s just that we shouldn’t spend it. Some of it is for upcoming bills. Some of it is savings for emergencies. I…
I’m just now getting over the anguish from last week’s elections. I think I’m taking a healthy approach to all of it though; surely everyone who voted the other way is wrong.
I overheard a heated discussion about one of the amendments that was voted on last week. I did not get involved in the conversation – they were already having enough fun without me. Anyway, I thought I…
Take an ordinary frozen chicken pot pie, note the suggested oven temperature, add 100 degrees, set the oven timer for the suggested duration of time (in this case, approximately one hour), then go outside to enjoy the nice weather we’re having. What do you think you will have when you come back inside after the timer goes off? Let your imagination run amok, or try it for yourself; I leave…