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sunday

Here it starts, same place it ends tonight.  Guy asleep across the bed, dog next to him. Sunday morning was the Christmas program.  We did not participate at our old church in the city. We attended at this one much closer to home.  Tim’s the tallest kid in sixth grade, last year of Sunday School. […]

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flying kites

We had a bunch of $1 kites, purchased a long time ago and thrown in a closet. There were a couple other fancier ones too.  The breeze was not as steady as it seemed, and the trees around the field made some odd dead zones in the air current.  But it was fun. That kite actually

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they went to mexico

We had this conversation a few times today about where are Mommy and Daddy? I know it means hardly anything to them, but not going to bog down in sorrow over it. “Mexico, dudes!  We’re having a sleepover!” That sufficed. They rambled around all day and played their little hearts out.  I leave the TV run in

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february arrives

See, I like looking at winter.  It’s very pretty, true. But being in it is kind of a pain in the neck.   Jay does pretty much all the snow removal.  He has this snowblower with a head light and heated handles.  Years ago, he accepted it as payment  for a job from a guy who was pay-your-bills challenged.  I was

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a great friday

Friday is my favorite day of the week.  It’s all that unspent weekend potential, best day of the week. So when Alicia emailed yesterday asking if I could watch these boys because she had a deadline, I texted back:  “Yes.” Thank goodness for deadlines, maybe. See that picture above? They actually offered to pose for

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