Okay, last night we went to bed, same as usual, set the alarm for 6 am. I crawled over him and hit the snooze button a couple times, and then thought, “I HAVE to get up! Ugh, I’m sooo tiiired.” I wandered to the bathroom and stared at myself in the mirror. Gawd, I look […]
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Life is getting back to normal after the big snowstorm….it was fall still on Monday, but by Tuesday night—all winter. It’s 8 degrees out right now. That was quick. Tuesday evening I drove to a party for work, taking the side roads the whole way, and it was tedious driving, but so beautiful, the snow
…we were in Florida, south of Naples on Marco Island. Some friends invited us to spend a week at their timeshare with them. Our friend was here last night, standing in the kitchen eating chili. We’re supposed to have a big blizzard today, so we were reminiscing about our trip. Dang, that was fun. Wish
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Well, the much anticipated sleep over with t.c. was last night. My daughter in law practically threw him in the door yesterday afternoon, hugged me, and ran back to the car because her baby was sleeping. The kid came roaring into the house, hollering, “Take my backpack! Where’s Tim!” They played Legos and trucks and
Heidi and Joe were married. Below is something I wrote that night after the wedding for my friends who live out of town. I would love to go back and live that evening all over again…. Oh, I cannot even express how perfect tonight was. Heidi and Kirsten slept over last night and this morning
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Tim’s getting so grown up. This year after the tree was cut down, he ran to help tug it along to the car. Near the payment booth they have a shaker machine. Guys set the base of the tree in this device and it rattles and shakes all the loose needles and junk out of
In 1981 we bought a 35mm camera. It was expensive for us at the time, but remember those crappy Instamatic snapshots? Yah. Actually, this camera was one of the best things we could have done. I have the most beautiful pictures of our kids growing up–all my most beautiful babies (Album upon album, a person
We had a great day, delicious meal, lots of laughing and pretty babies to hug. It was a beautiful day, and yeah, we feel grateful this thanksgiving. the tables, finally set the eating The kids were impressed by tiny snow-globes–Christmas ornaments with their names on them from great-grandma It was a lovely day, warm enough
Okay, the dog hair is quite under control, though the dog is here now beside me, probably shedding like a mad fiend. I hate to even mention this, since we’re okay now, but there are times when her butt smells shockingly terrible. There aren’t adequate adjectives for the shocking terribleness of the smell. We’re spared
Why is my house so dirty??? It’s that dog. Night before last I dreamed I was cleaning for Thanksgiving and everything was outrageously filthy. I woke up and laughed, “Oh, it’s not that bad.” (…but it is…almost.) Thanksgiving is my holiday though, and everyone’s coming to my house for dinner and there cannot be dog
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