My Own Thoughts

It is raining. And I have my computer out here. (I was on deck, under cover, but just, working with the wireless net on the ship.)

Too Much Family (Christmas Day) This trip was a gift from my parents. They not only paid for those of us who could not afford it, they also paid for those who could. I didn’t expect that, but I am grateful, since it means that both of my sisters are on the cruise. Of course, [...]

Did you know? Newer houses in Mexico have to have a four stage water filtration system for sewage. It has to go through multiple stages until it goes back into the ground water cleaner than it came out. I saw a TV show on it once and it works well. I didn’t know they had [...]

What did I learn? I now know where those very tiny Hispanic people come from. If you’ve ever seen them, you know the ones. They’re four feet something? They’re Maya. My friend JPB’s dad is probably of Maya extraction. He’s very short. My guide also said there is a birthmark for the Maya people, even [...]

Chichen Itza means, in Maya, at the mouth of the water sorcerer’s well. There’s a big natural well into which they threw sacrifices. Since it was a source for the city’s water, I doubt they did that right away. I’m guessing at the end they ran out of water and through those folks in to [...]

Choices: You needed to sign up for excursions the first day, to make sure you got what you wanted. We signed up for a group of four to go to Chichen Itza on Christmas Day. Then two to go horseback riding and two to go scuba diving on Tuesday. Then two to go cave tubing [...]

(Christmas Eve) The first night of our cruise to Mexico and Belize, we hit a storm. There was, as my husband put it, “No whoopee but lots of rolling in the bed.” The boat moved as much as if we had been in a train and was about as quiet. My sisters and I were [...]

The book by Dean Koontz tells you, before it is finished, that Odd Thomas will be dead before the book comes out. Yet the book ends and Odd Thomas is not dead yet. So it seems there may be another book. Or maybe he will simply stroll into eternity with Frank Sinatra and “be not [...]

We need bigger suitcases. Our suitcases, all but one, are way too small. I can get half the boys pants in the second largest suitcase. And that’s it. I am going to have to see if I can find someone who has one I can borrow from.

Today the street to the Catholic church was lined with people in jeans, and some in suits, with flags. While I did not know the young Marine who died, I have many friends who did. My sons and I went and helped to line the streets. One son said, “This is a lot of fun.” [...]

I thought M’s final was a regular in class test and I went to school on what I thought was the last day. There wasn’t a test that day. But it turns out that, despite what I thought, the fall course doesn’t end until the college does. So his final was during finals week at [...]

A friend talked to me and said that her daughter has a friend, it is my friend’s friend too, who had finger bruises on her arm, drove drunk twice, and has a stepfather taking inappropriate pictures of her. I told my friend the stepfather might be fixing to molest the girl. But I think it [...]

Someone dies in that book too. And I don’t know where I recognized datura from, but I knew it was a poisonous flower. Turns out it is the same as brugmansia, the death tree. I am actually looking forward to Brother Odd, even though the intro in the back of this book tells you little [...]

Dean Koontz apparently has three books about this character, though I have only read one. I finished reading it about ten minutes ago. Happy Catholic recommended it. The style of writing is excellent and it is a good book… Sad endings, though, are not my favorite. This was a good enough book that I would [...]

for eight days without a laundromat is a challenge. Even when we go to the in-laws, I only take three days’ worth of clothes and wash. I think we now have everything we need for the trip, including nice clothes for my three guys, except sunscreen. I will get that. Btw, did you know it [...]

I don’t want international law coming to the United States. I wouldn’t mind US law being the international law, except for things like Kelo, but I don’t want international law coming to the US. Homeschooling would be illegal. Kids could divorce their parents. Sperm donors would have to support the child/children resulting from their donations. [...]

that if someone with 20/20 vision suddenly started losing vision in one eye, or both eyes, that the doctors the person consulted would ask/mention that thyroid treatment can cause loss of vision. I saw/talked with four doctors. Only an optician, after those four, said that thyroid can cause problems. I’ve looked on the net and [...]

Remember. I am supposed to make sandwiches and take them to the church at four for the funeral. Remember.

A well crafted essay on the star of 2000+ years ago can be found at American Digest.

Last time I went on a cruise, it was about two weeks before 9/11. I am hoping that no such event occurs circumstantially at the same time. Although, I guess if someone is going to hit Houston, I hope they do it while I am gone.