Hi, everyone. Haven't been feeling too well, so I had to take a bit of a sabbatical. I'm not going to do much of a prelude here today, either, lest I run out of steam and not complete this one!... Read more →

Hey, friends. I hope you are doing well. We're in something like our 9th week of hotel-living, and I can tell you, we are so over it!!! But, the sale of our Idaho house is going well, and we should... Read more →

Hey there, guys and dolls! Welcome back to SSA. I've missed you! I'm hoping that by the end of November, we'll finally be in our forever home here on Maryland's Eastern Shore. And I'm hoping that it will finally feel... Read more →

Hey there, guys and dolls. I'm still shacking up with my lady children (wait, that sounds wrong) in a fine hotel in Ocean City, Maryland, while our guys are still back in Idaho finishing up the packing and the minor... Read more →

Welcome back, my lovelies! This weekend finds us at a different hotel than where we were during my write-up of last week's Saturday 9; not only that, but we are in our third or fourth room in the current establishment!... Read more →

Welcome back, kids of all ages! This week I'm coming at you from Salisbury, Maryland, in complete confusion about where I am and where I actually belong. This isn't a bad thing. It's that necessary reset that happens whenever we... Read more →

Hey there, hi there, ho there, thieves! I'm watching the documentary series "Diagnosis" on Netflix right now - and of course, now my husband and I are going, "You need to get on that!" regarding all of my health issues... Read more →

Welcome back, pals. I hope you've had an interesting week that leans to the good side. I wish I could say I have. Still waiting impatiently for things to start to budge on the move back East, but we're still... Read more →

For this week's thievery, Bev went to Upstreamlife to get our questions asked and answered. Looks like fun! Join us, won't you? And when you do, link up here. ~*~*~*~*~ 1) Name 5 people you admire and why: Jimmy Carter... Read more →

Welcome back, ladies and gents! What a week. What a week! Forget about what's going on in this crazy country. Some women (myself included) may have had an online countdown to their baby's due date. Or to their wedding date... Read more →

So I'm on Day 13 of this horrible intractable migraine. I've had a headache of some sort, most of them migraine, every day since 1995. I sh** you not. This one, though... there's something extra special about it, I guess.... Read more →

Howdy, folks. Here we are, another Saturday, another 9 questions thunk up by our gracious hostess with the mostess. I've had a pretty tough week and am on my 11th day of an intractable migraine with everything under the sun... Read more →

Hello, friends. I trust you're all alive and well, but in this insane year that is 2020, that is certainly nothing to be taken for granted. So tonight, I'd like to take the opportunity to express how much I appreciate... Read more →

Heyyy, there. I don't know about you, but here in the US, we've been watching and/or participating in the many protests around the nation, precipitated by the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd. It's been frustrating to... Read more →

Hey there, hi there, ho there! If you were anything like us on Saturday, you were transfixed by the NASA astronauts' launch into space by the SpaceX rocket, Dragon. I swear I held my breath for a very long time... Read more →

Hello, hello! Happy Saturday. I cannot believe that the next time we meet, it will be June. This novel coronavirus situation has at once seemed to make time slow to a crawl, and simultaneously it has flown by. It is... Read more →

Hey, everyone. Bit of a somber mood here in the Odette household, as my father-in-law passed away yesterday. I wasn't going to join in at all this weekend, but then I decided my mind could use a short respite. I... Read more →

Howdy, y'all. Welcome back. Make sure you link up here if you're playing along with the rest of us this weekend! This week, Bev's got us doing some fill-ins, so prepare yourself. I have played a lot of Mad Libs... Read more →

Hello there, ladies and gents! I hope you are all staying healthy and sane in these strange and dangerous days. If not, you're welcome to share with me so I can send up some prayers and/or send good juju your... Read more →

First of all, as a Christ-follower on this Easter Sunday morning, I want to start with this: Now then, I don't know what y'all are doing this morning (it's 7:32 AM here in Idaho right now), but honestly, I hope... Read more →