M.A. Kropp: Writer, Blogger, GeekGirl. My Life. My Words. My Way.
First, Happy Memorial Day to everyone in the USA. Amidst all the fun, bbq, and family, try to pause for just a moment and give at thought to those we honor today. Many of us have a veteran or two in our families and many have lost loved ones in the service, but even if … Continue reading Monday Musings: I Yam Who I Yam
Yesterday was our anniversary. Forty years. Wow, looking at it there in print, it seems like such a long time. Thinking about it, it seems like it can't be that long. But, you know, the math don't lie. It was a very lovely day, if a little bit on the humid side, so we went … Continue reading Monday Musings: As Time Goes By
Yesterday was Mother's Day here in the US. I usually try to get my Monday and Wednesday blog posts done on Sunday, but this week, I kind of took the day off just because. We went to a couple local garden centers and picked up flowers for some of the containers, and I got those … Continue reading Monday Musings: Just A Quick Note
The weather seems to have broken toward Spring now. The dogwoods and azaleas are blooming, daffodils are opening up, and the temperatures are climbing. We are also seeing some of our Spring/Summer residents showing up. Like these fellows: And one of them seemed to want to come in and say HI. He kept flying up … Continue reading Monday Musings: Spring is Finally Here (I Hope)
It's Star Wars Day! And, also, no review day, since I am still working my way through the books I have in progress. A couple of projects came up and cut into my reading time this week, so things got a bit behind. I will have one next week, promise! Until then, I dunno- go … Continue reading May the Fourth Be With You Friday
But no refrigerators. Thank the gods! Our middle daughter moved this past weekend. The place she was in was taken over by new management and they were upping the rent too much, so she had to find new digs. So, we and three of her friends were conscripted (or "voluntold," as one of them delightfully … Continue reading Monday Musings: More Moving, and This Time, There Was a Color TV!
We finally got some decent weather at the end of the week. Saturday was sunny and mid-50's, and the week is supposed to be nice pretty much straight through. The raised garden box is out and full of dirt with the greenhouse cover over it. I put some of the started cool weather plants (still … Continue reading Monday Musings: New Toys, Spring Has Sprung (I Hope), and My Dumb Writing Mistake
Yes, I did it. I jumped ship with the iPhone and got an Android phone. It was a difficult decision, because I have had an iPhone basically since I got rid of my old Blackberry many moons ago. I was used to my iPhone. It was comfortable. I knew how to use it. But, to … Continue reading Monday Musings: My Google Pixel 2
Mainly because I haven't quite finished any of the books I am currently reading yet. Yes, I am a slow reader. I will have one next week. Meanwhile, it's finally starting to warm up around here. And I got a new phone. I deserted the iPhone ship and got a Google Pixel 2. Jury's out … Continue reading Friday Review: Is Not Quite Ready For Prime Time
But, alas, no color TVs. Actually, that's probably a good thing! We decided we needed to get a real refrigerator in the basement. We had a conversion thingie on the smaller of the two freezers that was supposed to keep it at refrigerator temps, but it didn't work all that well. It was either too … Continue reading Tuesday Thoughts: Got To Move These Refrigerators
