Mom is having new floors put into her home, which is exciting and fun… and a whole lot of work! She’s been slaving away for a couple of weeks, boxing up knick-knacks and china, moving furniture, hauling stuff out to the deck or down to the basement. I’ve helped here…
In about 1974 I made friends with a girl in my older sister’s class. Her name was Lois Lew and we were nerds together until I moved to Munich at the end of 1975. She only had one sister while I had 3 sisters, 2 brothers and a cousin, so…
I hate conflict. I don’t like being at odds with anyone, not even other drivers in traffic. It’s not that I can’t stand up for myself, I just don’t want to have to. I expect people to be civilized and polite and relatively friendly. It always throws me when someone…
Yesterday I gave you a list of five things you might not know about me and I promised you the rest of the list today. If you’ve been holding your breath in anticipation, now is the time to breathe as we explore the boring trivia exciting details of my life….
Things are relatively quiet in Beckyland, so I thought I’d try something different. Here are some things you might not know about me. Try to contain your excitement. 1) I went to high school in two countries. I started junior high in Colorado, moved to Germany where I attended Munich…
Today marks the two week mark in my chain of productivity and goal-setting. For the past fourteen days I have spent at least fifteen minutes each day cleaning, another fifteen or more exercising, and definitely more than fifteen minutes writing. I wish I could say that my house is spotless,…
I’ve always said that Viktor is a Halloween rat. He is brown-gray and likes to skulk around baseboards and look shifty. I even named him for Viktor Von Frankenstein. I never really wanted him, but his brother, Zyklus, needed a friend and when I went back to the store, Viktor…
I was a little over-generous with the dog’s feeding tonight and Harley and Scooter were both left with more than they wanted. For Scooter it was no problem, she went off to enjoy the rest of her evening. However, Harley, like the dog in the fable couldn’t do that. He…
I have been a little mired in the past recently, so I thought maybe I should take a few minutes to list the things I am looking forward to. 1) Becoming a mom. I know that this is not 100% assured and there are a lot of barriers still in…
All my life I’ve been known for my poor memory. I can remember the really important stuff, like dog breeds, programming code, character actors’ names. But when it comes to the trivia of life – your birthday, the vice president or the current month, I’m hopeless. My cousin and I…
