I guess I'm not in writing mode this week. I've been busy cooking lots of things for the kids. It has helped me and I have my appetite back. Not much news here. How about a numbered post, eh?

1. There have been homemade soups, stews, cookies, and milkshakes aplenty around here.

2. I knocked myself out with beer and pills last night because even though I had a couple of decent days, I slept little. I slept when I bombed myself out, but I was briefly awakened by arguing that was happening in my head without me.

3. Landlord = the person you call when your toilet starts acting up.

4. Plumber = the person you call when your tenant calls when their toilet starts acting up. :-) I hope the bill isn't too bad, but quirky toilets are just not acceptable!

5. The stock market has been keeping me company. I dearly appreciate it. Real time quotes and online trading is not something I would have ever imagine way back when. This is so much better. No more curly fax paper from a chart service, no more paper copy of WSJ, no more phone orders. It's so easy to forget that things were not always like this.

6. I sound like a dinosaur.

7. I'm not quite a dino just yet, I just got interested fairly early on.

:-)