Merrily Merry!

To my blog friends, I give you the last few lines from my Christmas newsletter:
Dearly Beloved has been outside decorating. “I’ve finished; come and see!”
It’s absolutely Griswald-esque. . . our half-lit maple tree.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, wherever you may be
Think of us this holiday . . .your friends,
the Half-Lit Lees.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

One year our son sold his house and stored most of his things until he found another place he liked.  During that period, almost every time we saw him, he had on Birkenstocks–one black, one brown.  He said that he had a similar pair in storage.
Remember the unmatched socks in Harry Potter stories?   I [...]

Cute? EGG-xactly!

Not much time for blogging this week.  Daughter Pogo and her family arrived last night.  The three little shavers keep everything lively around here.
Here’s one of them:
That’s the routine every morning with Dearly Beloved.    They brush, they floss, they shave, they groom. . .  along with Granddad, the pied piper of personal hygiene.
Today, even [...]

Out on a Ladder Today

Earlier this week I retold the story of the cat and the green ribbon .  This morning I can report that our Christmas with the Animals tradition seems to be alive and well.  Dearly Beloved just returned from walking Miss Piggy and informed me that SHE’s now pooping artificial red berries.   Apparently she munched [...]

Playing Cat and Mouse

Today I read one of my favorite blogs, The Kitchen Witch, and found myself strangely comforted to read about her experiences as Cat Lady.  Her cats sounded more obnoxious than ours!  Since misery does love company, here is a retelling of an earlier post about Mittens and the green ribbon saga:
Our oldest daughter, Boo, was [...]

Feeling Flaky

Miss Piggy and I just returned from a soggy walk around the neighborhood.  She of the dainty paws didn’t want to go, but it was a necessary trip.  “Something in the air,” if you get the drift.  Hers, I mean.
We need a little Christmas around here.  Our street doesn’t seem as festive as some others [...]

Thunder Road–Without the ’shine

The signs went up last week.  Homeowners Associations sent out e-mail notices, the Traffic Department made robo-calls, the newspaper printed maps, warning motorists.

Not just a road race, but the Charlotte marathon.  They call it (groan) Thunder Road.
The race begins and ends uptown, but comes through our neighborhood.   The 10-mile mark was at our corner. [...]

It’s a Wrap! (Get it?)

Gather around…it’s time for Merrilymarylee’s Christmas craft time.   Surprising, because nope, I’m not crafty.  A little sneaky from time to time, but not crafty.
My acrylic paints are older than some of the grandsons, but if I can shake up a little color when I add water in the dried-up bottles, they’re good for another [...]

Holly Days at the Beach

The beach folks were beginning to decorate for Christmas the last time we were there.
City decorations would look strange there.  Even their parade is different, since the floats are REALLY floating.  It is held at night so that the boat lights will show.  Watching a flotilla can be achilla!  (groan!)
Some of the residents were decorating [...]

Past Time for a Precautionary

For the past three days I have been wearing a weary path from the den sofa to the bathroom to the bedroom.  Yesterday, Dearly Beloved took over the other sofa.
Thank goodness for two sofas and two bathrooms.
Bathing, dressing, even eating have been scratched from any To Do list during this time.  Didn’t want to hold [...]