Category: In Which We Mock Our Husband

In which Gary shows off two of his eighteen – 18 count them 18 -birdfeeders. That one’s a chickadee feeder. It’s been very successful. Lots of fat little chickadees. I see at least one a day. That springy thing gets filled up with shelled peanuts, and then the tree-dwelling birds or other creatures squeeze the…

Last night Gary and I began hearing a beep from the basement, like a smoke alarm beep, but quieter. Gary immediately said it was a bird cheeping or a cricket and to ignore it. At 3:30 a.m. I could no longer ignore it. I went all over that basement and I was only able to…

Gary got a good report from the dermatologist and is feeling better. I was not allowed to go with him to the doctor, but — if Gary is to be believed — the doctor says he looks great and he should keep doing what he’s doing. What he’s doing is living off protein shakes. But…

Gary woke up and came in to my room singing and dancing to the birthday song. Then he spoke to me for forty-five straight minutes about this hummingbird house he bought that he feels is too small for the hummingbirds. Gary: “One hummingbird couldn’t fit in there, much less two.” Me: “Why would there need…

We had a primary vote here today. Gary and I bat for the Democrat side. I think Republicans are great, they value the collective more than the individual, while I value the entire globe more than the collective. We were writing out how we’d vote, lest we forget, and I mentioned a friend had suggested…

Trying is a series on Apple TV which is the very antithesis of Cape Fear. That’s all I needed to be roped in. Got me at “not Cape Fear.” Plus, it has Imelda Staunton and she is marvelous, of course. I should not be all in on this show, because I am not the demographic.…

The receptionist at the gastroenterologist said that either Amber or Aqua would be out to walk us to the exam room, and Gary asked if they’d be dressed color-coded by name. I had argued with Gary that I should be in the room for this visit, because there have been a number of visits in…

If Gary ever gets a new love I will know how I will be treated. He will be treat me like trash, an impediiment to his happiness, a nuisance getting in the way of his new love. How do I know this? I see how he treats the raccoons. He stomps in from the backyard.…

Pre-reading assignment if you haven’t seen the US breaking bowel news: News on the outbreak from Reuters. (Notable for not using the word “explosive”.) I felt pretty lousy Monday afternoon. Headache, nausea, body aches, after a full night awake. Gary was headed to the store and asked if I wanted anything. I sighed “No” like…