The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey May 30, 2021

30 May 2021

Today is the first time this year (actually, probably since 2019) that we ate out at a restaurant ... indoors. We went over to Mi Casita over in Gambrills, and had our fill of yummy Mexican cuisine. Today is also the first time this year that we celebrated our twenty third wedding anniversary. That'll be the only one, too, but when one is only counting to "one", it's easy. Because that's what she does: Y'all. Care for our democracy. Be vocal about these voting restrictions being put in place at the state levels all over the country. Put your money…

Brian Bilbrey May 23, 2021

23 May 2021

Well, it's been nearly two months since we last chatted, sorry for the inconvenience (as the Creator said to his Creation (in the fifth (I think) book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy)). A fair bit has happened in the interim. I have four ladders. This is a story about the fourth ladder. A couple of weeks ago, I was putting some items up in the garage attic. Two or three trips up and down the ladder. All done, I came down the ladder and it failed on me as I reached the third step. The wood broke…

Brian Bilbrey March 28, 2021

28 March 2021

In our first week of spring, we had lows in the 30's and highs in the 80's. Fortunately, I'm using Fahrenheit rather than Celsius. I've managed a bit of yard work over a couple of weekends, and the first mowing of the (front) lawn was yesterday. Today? More rain... a nice follow-up to the 2.15" of the moistness that visited us four days ago. (Sorry, California.) This little cute chipuggle joined our household eleven years ago yesterday, having made a trip up to Maryland from a kill shelter in North Carolina the very day we brought her home. She's now…

Brian Bilbrey February 19, 2021

19 February 2021

Yep, we have ice and snow, but not anything like those folks that Ted Cruz abandoned when he went to vacation in Cancun. For one thing, after just a couple of days, we're supposed to go above freezing for several hours today. Yesterday's snow was a disappointment - we got a third of an inch of ice, instead of 4-6 inches of snow. None of that stops folks around here from getting out in their cars and spinning about on the roadways, crunching into one another. Lexi usually goes upstairs to bed when we sit down to play a board…

Brian Bilbrey January 31, 2021

31 January 2021

I'm counting from 20 January, with a tiny bit of hope in my heart. We've been staying busy, but some stuff has been going on. The dog dish holder was a four day project. The actual cutting and assembly was a matter of a couple of hours. All the rest was staining, and coats of polyurethane, with drying and light sanding at intervals. It's much nicer looking than the old one, and a couple of inches lower, which is good for a little dog. This is a two-to-three hour job, as I first do my normal inside-the-roaster cleaning that happens…