Author Archives: Joey

Saturday, September 2nd, I leave from Bush International Airport to meet Jose Francisco in Tampa and drive him back to Houston.  He has had enough of life in Florida.  Actually, I think he is just frightened of the restrictive laws that Governor Desantis has enacted.   Texas laws are still a bit more lax than Florida … Continue reading »

Okay, it’s Monday August 28th 2023.  So many things happened today.  A few lessons to be learned in this?  I hope so.  What a strange day.  Kind of bewildering.    For one, I had plans and a plane ticket ready to fly Tampa and meet up with Jose Francisco.  But a hurricane interrupted my schedule.  … Continue reading »

It was only a week and 1/2 ago (June 14th) that I spent an early morning in the hospital because of Kidney Stone pain.  Now, only 11 days later, I’m suddenly feeling that old familiar pain come up again.  This time it was around noon on Sunday, June 25th, when the dull ache of a … Continue reading »

This meme popped up on social media feed one day, and it trigged some thoughts that have been rattling around in my head.  Many years ago, I saw an office cartoon hanging on my manager’s wall listing all the exhausting, reflexive, impulsive responses they get from workers when dealing with everyday work situations.  It struck … Continue reading »

Yes, I supposedly had all kidney stones removed last year ().   But, around midnight I was awakened with a familiar pain in my side.  Oh, lord, no.  Not again.  I tossed and turned.  No relief.  Finally, I sit up and realize Holly is sitting up, too.  “What are you doing?” she asked.  “What are YOU … Continue reading »

Here we go again.  Another ferret has escaped the house.  Ivy left the to the cage door open, so the ferret climbed out and ventured outside via the doggy door and disappeared.  I searched and searched and couldn’t find him.  I also searched the neighborhood the next day.  No luck.  2 days pass and I … Continue reading »

I was supposed to go to a dentist appointment this morning, but overnight I began to feel very sick.  I felt feverish and nauseous by 6 a.m.  Plus, my hand was swollen and hurting pretty bad.  What was happing??  At first, I didn’t know.   But thinking back, on Sunday evening I was cleaning up the … Continue reading »

Today is Thanksgiving, a day we celebrate the first and oldest annual holiday tradition in (what would become) the United States of America. As you probably already know, it is the 1st year celebration of harvest after the Mayflower ship landed in Plymouth rock in 1620.   But what I didn’t know until recently is that … Continue reading »

Our stacked washer and dryer is old.  It came with the house.  But it has worked just fine for many years.  Until around Halloween it decided to give up the ghost.  A shoe got stuck between the dryer blade and the side of the dryer, and as it grinded to a halt it burnt out … Continue reading »