Grumpy Fiorella

 Fiorella is going to spend her evening at Daughter's house, celebrating her birthday--Daughter's birthday, that is, not Fio's.

Congratulate your girl--she leaned how to operate a new-fangled washing machine and drier, then spent a day and a half dousing and drying the sheets, pillows, blanket, and everything else appropriate. Sonia Dog was a bit of a problem, but a few pieces of fat convinced her to get off the newly washed bedding and go outside. Now, how does Fio KEEP everything nice? 

Fiorella's gotten tired of all the murder mysteries on TV. The smart-ass heroes and heroins are getting old too. Wouldn't it be nice to have a main character who was cool without being a jerk?

Thinking your girl's next self-assignment might be to work on her file cabinets which she stuffed full of a lot more than writing and letters when packing up for the move. Whatever, it would be a relief from all those family photos.

The dang clock that hangs over the television in Fio's bedroom has stopped working for the second time, which is rather irritating. Fiorella does have a couple of wrist watches, but she likes to have a wall clock too.