Bfth's Boring Blog

 ...Happened 20 years ago today. There are many important dates and steps when adopting a baby/child.  I've forgotten too many of them.  The day in April 2005 that my husband called me (and I didn't answer because even though I had 2 cell phones at the time, I was in a business meeting and could get to neither) telling me that a birth mother was interested in us.  The day in May 2005, when we had our first phone call with our birth mother and spent too much time (at least for the lady at the adoption agency) talking about classic rock, Stephen King novels and Spamalot.  The weekend in June (I believe June 11th and 12th...which would have been my father's birthday weekend) when we drove 4+ hours to meet our birth mother, went out to dinner with her family and then had breakfast with her and the birth father (who was no longer in our birth mother's life.)  A day in June when my husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law went shopping for baby supplies and then ...

  Last week was National Library Week and I was thinking about the topic all last week, but only got around to doing something about it until after the fact.  Does that make me like an overdue library book? Sometimes I wonder if I should have been a librarian.  I'm an avid reader.  (I think that much is obvious.)  I love books. We have a "library" in our house in PA...it's pretty much floor to ceiling shelves, purchased from Ikea, FILLED with books and the room's closet is filled with books.  In the living room I have two Barrister bookcases that house my beloved Nancy Drews as well as additional books from my youth.  I am still upset that I lost many of my favorite young adult books to basement mold and dampness.   I can remember books that I took out from my elementary school library (I was particularly fond of  No Flying in the House  by Betty Brock), as well as middle school (I took out Betty Greene's   Morning Is a Lo...

 ...April 25th.  If you don't get the joke, go look it up.  Or better yet, after you do that go watch the movie.  (The original; not the sequel.)  It's not one of my all-time favorites or even a "comfort movie" (For me they are not the same; there are movies that are not favorites, but I watch them because they are comforting and/or calming to me...they include, but are not limited to:   Indiscreet ,  Radio Days ,  Laura ,  Godspell ,  Knives Out ,  Postcards from the Edge ...let's just leave it there for now.) However it IS a fun movie and it IS April 25th so maybe we should all watch it. Of course this perfect date isn't so perfect today.  It's in the 40s, so I don't know if a light jacket would cut it.  Also it's raining.  Because, of course it's raining on a weekend.  You know the time when I CAN go outside (if it's warm enough) and relax.  Don't think that's happening today.  Altho...

Earlier this month my son got an email. It was kind of weird. It was a kind of thing that you might think was spam. This is part of what it said:   "You are invited to attend the Undergraduate Awards Ceremony on Thursday, April 23rd at 3:00pm in the  XXX Library.    "You are welcome to bring one guest with you to the ceremony. Business casual is encouraged.   "If you are receiving this email, you will be presented with an award at the ceremony. Please update your slide here by XXX to help our preparation for the ceremony. Please find the slide with your name, upload your photo and respond to the question! "   He had no idea what this was all about. He has not a senior so it seemed kind of weird. But it was legitimate!   Now since this was on a weekday in the middle of the day, neither I or my husband would be able to go. I felt bad not being able celebrate with him. On the other hand my son felt it was weird that he had no idea what he had do...

 ...or for those of you NOT in NJ, DMV. Yes, it's that DREADED time.  The time when I have to go get my license renewed.  This CAN be done through the mail  (it's almost like they DON'T want you to come in), but I'm thinking that with the current climate it's a good time to get a Real ID and this fills me with horror.  (Can you blame me?) First off, my current license has a really good photo of me.  Or at least I think so.  I wish it would never change.  I wish I didn’t change. (Younger, thinner and blonder wins every time!)  But there you go. Second you need a TON of paperwork in order to get a Real ID.  I SHOULD have everything I need to prove that I am ME and that I still do reside in NJ (even though I also live in PA).  I have my expiring license.  I have my passport (which I have yet to use and is still good for another 4 years...I still have to wonder if getting the whole family passports back in January of 2020 had somet...

  It's Earth Day.  What have you done for our planet? Now in its 56th year, what are we doing to promote conservation, and encourage action against pollution, deforestation, and climate change? While we've made several strides forward since its inception in 1970, it seems, at least to me, that in recent years, we've been going backwards.  There is too much focus on the now and not on the future.   Why should we care?  Why should I care?  After all I'm reaching old age and who cares what happens after I am gone. Well, I care.  I care about the consequences that my actions (and the actions of others) will have on the planet that my son and his friends will live on long after I am going.  I care about their children and their children's child....And yes, I'm being a sap here. As (supposed) intelligent human beings, we don't seem to take the care of earth very seriously.  Or at least some do not as we drill and fight for more oil. ...