Monday was a holiday so this was a short week. I like those 😉 I had a dentist appointment on Tuesday. uh oh. I have a little cavity; they're gonna drill it & fill it next week 😦 It's very small but they said it's better to fix now than wait & watch. Sigh. We… Continue reading

It rained heavily early in the week, then settled for being mostly grey, except for Wednesday which was gorgeous. There was frost on the rooftops on Wednesday and blue in the afternoon. On Thursday morning we had heavy fog. Friday and Saturday were just grey. We went to a talk at SLAC on Monday, then… Continue reading

The first full week of 2005 has been off and on rainy and clear (somewhat more rainy than clear). My new calendars arrived (I was a little late ordering a few of them). My office calendar this year is the Proverbial Cats wall calendar. We've got a World Wildlife Fund songbirds calendar in the bathroom… Continue reading

Happy 2005 It's been a wet week. Lots of storms passing through. We've had rain followed by sun and blue sky, followed by more rain. The snow level has gotten down to 300 feet according to the weather reports, which means that if we could see Mt. Diablo (barring the fog) we'd see snow on… Continue reading

Happy Merry Ho Ho Ho The Lab where Rich has been working is closed for the last two weeks of the year so Rich is home and we can have lunch together. Monday he went down to the chiropractor, then called me and we had lunch at our favorite diner. We haven't been able to… Continue reading

And he did hear a sound rising over the snow. It started in low. Then it started to grow… … Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small, Was singing! Without any presents at all! He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME! Somehow or other, it came just the same! … "Maybe… Continue reading

It's been a pretty week overall, in the high 60s mostly. On Monday I went to the PO to mail some packages. There was an envelope from the second grade class I volunteered with, containing notes from the kids. Awww. I used up the leftover cranberry sauce from our turkey dinners by making my favorite… Continue reading

When I finished my five weeks of Junior Achievement volunteering, I sent the class a thank you letter, telling them I had enjoyed working with them and thanking them for giving me the opportunity to come to their class. Yesterday in the mail I received a response — 20 handwritten Thank You For Coming letters… Continue reading

This week was much warmer and wetter. It started to rain about 5pm on Monday and rained on and off for the next few days. Thursday and Friday we had heavy fog. Saturday and Sunday were mostly grey but neither rain nor fog. The parking lot behind the Company was a real mess on Tuesday… Continue reading

We had a cold spell this week. We even had frost two mornings in a row! Rich was worried about the jade plants and I agreed. We covered the outdor plants with sheets or plastic for overnight. Wednesday was my last day of Junior Achievement. I wrote up the whole experience in my other weblog,… Continue reading