Flashback Friday

This is an idea I’m stealing from Theresa, who takes it from Karin: Cooking Disasters that Were and Were Not A few years after we were married, in the Triassic period (c’mon, I’m not so old as to remember the Jurassic), and long before we had kids of our own, we were baby-sitting for our […]

The gas man is here!

Hey, he’s here! But, there’s a catch. His work order is to look for a leak, and it says nobody is home. Because, gee, that’s the exact opposite of what unhelpful person #12 told me two hours ago! And he isn’t allowed to turn it back on unless he has clearance (clarence) from the Office! […]

I remember…

…back in the good old days, when the local utility was more or less local. It had been there for a long time, didn’t change much, you got to know the folks that read your meter or came around if your neighborhood or home had a problem. Now? Not so much. I’m trying to solve […]