We live in a nutty world. Nuttier than a squirrel’s stash in winter. I had a conversation with my bank a while ago that still has me shaking my head. My husband and I have a joint checking/savings account. In addition, I have a separate checking/savings account. Not because we divide the money, or I […]
Sweet, Sweet September
September has whizzed by. It was a delightful month with travel and family and a few surprises along the way. I have to say, the hubs and I have not experienced a relatively stress-free, smiley kind of month in a while. It took us some time to adjust to not being caregivers of my folks […]
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Beach Girls
I was flipping through old posts yesterday, and this one from 2014 took me back to a glorious week… I’m at the beach this week with some women friends, and I’m experiencing/learning some wonderful things. 1. I’m living in a house just yards from the beach, where not a car engine is heard, and the […]
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Walmart
Walmart gets a bad rap sometimes. There are online videos of people shopping in their underwear and curlers. Shoppers with ripped Spandex and pink hair, kids whining and generally out of control. I resist going to Walmart because our Super store is too big. I wander around and get lost and forget what I came […]
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Cannabis for Dad (never thought those words would be in the same sentence)
Dad and I visited his neurologist three weeks ago, and I came away from that visit hoping we didn’t end up in jail for the journey we were about to take. Dad has Parkinson’s, and his tremors are becoming more pronounced. He’s always looking for the magic pill that will halt this disease and also […]
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Sguirrelly Adventures in the Kitchen
Everybody messes up now and then. We are human, after all. Homemakers have their own particular brand of “things-gone-sideways,” particularly in the kitchen. Some are hilarious. Here are a few of my squirrelier moments. Half-Baked We mailed some cookies to an airman in Afghanistan recently. The next day, I opened the over door and found […]
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SHEEP in the DRYER (and other oddities)
We’ve had a couple rickety, or broken appliances around here lately. For three months, our garage door slid up catawampus and then, with a grinding screech, got stuck and stopped. Sometimes we could lower it and start over, and sometimes we couldn’t. Mostly, we just started using the front door. In March, the garage door […]
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Best Valentine’s Day (and multipurpose) Card Ever
Are you looking at Valentine cards for a loved one this week? According to Hallmark, 141 million greeting cards are exchanged on February 14. Whoa. My husband and I have exchanged cards over the years, for various holidays, but for quite a while now, we’ve not been excited about the card options out there. They’re […]
