• One day more

    May 7, 2013 /

    And it is one day more for this semester. In honor of that: We have another showing tomorrow. Hoping hoping hoping! It was lovely today. Things are greening and growing. Maybe I’ll get lilacs soon. Oh! and the peonies have…

  • And counting

    May 6, 2013 /

    One day down, two days left of this semester. Did my last faculty senate meeting today. That’s six years out of seven that I’ve served. I’m ready for a break. Kind of interested in a different committee though. Might talk…

  • clean house discoveries

    May 5, 2013 /

    A number of years ago when I bought my first macbook, I got a free iPod Touch. I haven’t used it a bunch, but I did buy this little radio-dock to set it in. That was also a few years…

  • Why must the bathroom get so dirty?

    May 4, 2013 /

    I’ve had one of those weeks that’s a combo of busy plus lazy plus mopey plus cold plus mommy plus somewhat constructive. Had one of those weeks? On the constructive side, which seems to be the most interesting really, I…

  • This may sound odd

    April 28, 2013 /

    Today is another day I’m not dying of cancer. Does that sound odd? I have friends who are younger than I am or same age (I’m 45) who either are managing cancer or have become incurable. Chances are, even managing…

  • Winner and . . .

    April 25, 2013 /

    AddrienneM wins the giveaway! Send me an email. dpf AT dianapfrancis DOT com Boy has made it back to school for one whole day. Yay. Girlie’s birthday is tomorrow. I baked treats today for her class and tomorrow I will…

  • Should have known better

    April 22, 2013 /

    First an update on boy. Boy has nothing specific wrong with him that the doc can see without going into a lot of tests. We’re going to try an anti nausea and antacid first, in case whatever he has had…

  • Persistance of sick

    April 20, 2013 /

    The boy continues to puke. I really don’t understand. It’s been four days. He tends to throw up every 1-3 hours, though not as much in the middle of the night. Usually he gets up once or twice for that.…

  • Well hell

    April 18, 2013 /

    I got both very good news and very bad news today. The good news I can share. That’s that the man got offered a slot on day shift. We’ve been hoping for this and we are extremely happy, even though…