I didn't do much swimming, but merely walking up and down the lanes was a workout. Hubby can swim, but his buoyancy is non-existant, and he can't swim fast enough to counter the sinking.

Hubby's scars that are visible with swim trunks: elbows, shoulders, botched gall bladder surgery from 30 years ago (18 inches long, an inch wide in places, and purple), plus the runic pattern that is everything on his lower back. Plus there's the mess that is his shins, from when an ammo dump blew up during a fire he was working back in the 70s (survivalist dump in a national forest in California). The scar on his throat has faded. That's my guy.

Uh, bon? There's a strange umbrella in my living room...

Yeah, I know whose umbrella that is.

4 bags of leaves. That's on top of the one from earlier this week. Mine was basically a bag, and then the two vacant ones plus the little that was on my three neighbors' steps.

And there's an open house up the street, so I was able to play lookielou. They have the original green fixtures-even toilet. I like my lavendar.

Speaking of original fixtures, I saw a promo for the current season of This Old House, and they're doing a 30s (?) house in LA (Silverlake) that's all original, and it looks like they are pulling everything out, which makes me so sad! Although they are re-doing it in a similar style, I guess.

Happy birthday Jon!

Whoo way to go Kathy!

In I don't think this means what they think it means news, we just drove past a billboard for Widener University with the tagline: "don't just study it, experience it.". The "it"? Biomedical engineering.

Go Kathy!

and good on you connie!

happy birthday jon. I'm going out shortly to do some yard work, we did a little walking today.

I think I am going to send Borders corprate HQ my card. they did succeed in driving the B& N in town out of business -- and two week later they closed . My nearest book store - half an hour away . i now will be doing most of my bookstore shopping on line.

I'm also writing my city. In a place of 170K+n people there are very few places for me to spend money. Target , Kohls ( for basics) , the grocery store, and some local restaurants. a few small ind pendent shops. of course, I guess I should be happy. I spend a lot less money on line because i don't impulse shop.

In I don't think this means what they think it means news, we just drove past a billboard for Widener University with the tagline: "don't just study it, experience it.". The "it"? Biomedical engineering.

Better living through chemistry.

Bon Bon. NeilMed. All the benefits of the Neti. None of the time suck. So easy to use, even I finally managed to used it right. Unpleasant, but not that unpleasant once I started being careful not to do it fast, and followed their instructions on breathing properly. (Neilmed also makes a Neti. But use the non-neti squeeze bottle. MY ENT woman ways it is way better than Neti. And, as I said, easier and less unpleasant.)

Jilli or other people with shopping-fu. I'm looking for a Size 3T or 4T checkerboard tights for Grace. Please help!