The Thrill of the Chase
To this day my husband brags about the load he took home from an equipment auction. Air compressor, Craftsman roll away tool chest, etc. All for a great price. My husband is an absolute freak about...
View ArticleLaugh and Death???
“I saw the destruction of Dresden. I saw the city before and then came out of an air-raid shelter and saw it afterward, and certainly one response is laughter. God knows, that’s the soul seeking some...
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Happy Birthday, Babe!
Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband and life partner. I adore this man with all of my heart even more today than I did that first moment I realized I had fallen for the guy with those sparkly, baby...
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A Truly Deep Thanksgiving Weekend
We had such an amazing Thanksgiving. I’m so thankful for my family and wonderful friends who made it a really nice holiday. Wednesday night we warmed up the deep pit in the backyard and had several...
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Christmas Traditions and a Special Chili Pepper
I love Christmas traditions and the older I get the more I appreciate them. I love how my older kids have these memories of doing the same things every year around the holidays and how it really seems...
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It’s A Wonderful Life
Continuing with my week of Christmas ornament memories… When couples get together she shows him her favorite movies, he shows her his favorite movies and then they go to the movies on dates to find new...
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This Fish Makes Christmas
This week I’m giving the history behind some of our family’s favorite Christmas ornaments. This guy is one of my favorites, he cracked me up the first time I saw him. A fish, specifically, a salmon –...
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4th of July 2013
We had such a blast (ha! pardon the pun) this 4th of July. It’s become a bit of a tradition to go to the local minor league baseball stadium and watch the 4th of July game and firework show. I actually...
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Gardening and Marriage Wars
Alternate title: Why I Killed My Husband’s Blue Fescue Which is very different from the time I almost killed Sinatra. Mike and I have been married for a very long time now. I would almost say too many...
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Worst. Cat. EVER.
It is the truest testament to the old saying, you don’t choose a cat, a cat chooses you, when I tell you that my husband is the proud slave owner of the worst cat in the existence of cats. If someone...
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