My mom, "Grommy," reads to my almost 14-month-old grandson, Capt. Adorable. I love that they both are holding their mouths the exact same way.
Arrggghhhh! No, it’s not Talk Like A Pirate Day. That is me being aggravated at myself for forgetting things. Like today. I was hanging out with family all day — including grandson Capt. Adorable, my parents and both daughters — and then came home to more computer problems so I spent an hour on the phone getting my wireless router reconfigured and then completely forgot I had an AAUW book-club meeting tonight. I love my American Association of University Women group because those ladies are so dang smart — I just sort of soak up wisdom whenever I’m around them — and it aggravated the 
bejebbers out of me for forgetting it was meeting tonight. Also: I was looking forward to hearing more about our book. “The Golden Child” by Penelope Fitzgerald. Written in 1977, this novel is a delightful poke at pretentious high-museum politics as a world-famous archaeological exhibit opens in London — and murder and mayhem ensues. With proper English decorum, of course. I had never heard of this book or this author, who wrote her first book at 69 so that means there is hope for the rest of us, and I wanted to learn more. Oh, well. Plus, this week I also have forgotten three water bottles and left them at various places: 1) My parents’ refrigerator, 2) the local library board room (which doesn’t sound as impressive when you know I was there only for a Harry Potter book-club meeting) and 3) well … I now have forgotten the third place where I left a water bottle. I think it’s time to go to bed.
Coffee with Cathy 
Kathy, thank you for your kind words about my cat Leo- much appreciated.
Your Capt. Adorable is getting abit older looking since I saw his last picture. I’m sure you know that already. He’s looking more like a toddler, and less like a baby. Boo Hoo!
They grow so fast.
Cathy slow down and breathe! We all suffer from CRS(Can’t remember shit)a little! Your grandson is a doll. I love that you have family day. Have a great Thursday!
Thank you all so much for the kind words and advice. That means a lot.
We call that symptoms of some-timers. Please tell us about the book. I just finished “Olive Kitteridge” and just loved it.
2 words for you: sloooooowwww doooowwwwn……….. 🙂 Hope today is better!!! xoxo
You need to start thinking about those butt hormones, although my memory hasn’t improved yet.
Your Ginger Friend Sarah Gaede
Sarah — I am so not doing the butt hormones! You couldn’t sit down for days after that, remember???
Mountainwoman — “Golden Child” is one of those cozy English mysteries with some international intrigue thrown in. It’s very tongue-in-cheek with touches of that dark British humor and, for me at least, a little hard to follow and keep all the characters and clues straight. But I’ve read that that is the author’s style. It’s a different sort of book — try it and see.