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Building 15

Posted on January 30, 2015

Here’s an update on my efforts to qualify for a Michigan builder’s license.  I’m one-sixth the way through the course, having completed 15 of the required 90 online lessons.

It’s a yin and yang sort of thing. Basically, the course

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Bon Appetit

Posted on January 23, 2015

My son, Keith, and his partner gave me a subscription to “Bon Appetit” as a Christmas gift. They also had a subscription, and the idea was that we would choose a recipe from each issue and make it in our

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Building 04

Posted on January 17, 2015

No, that’s not a typo.  It’s the number of classes I’ve taken so far in my builder’s licensing class.  There are 86 to go.

So far the information hasn’t been that interesting, but I don’t fault the instructor, Sid. He

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Shalimar

Posted on January 13, 2015

Shalimar by Guerlain of Paris is the only cologne I’ve ever worn. My ex-husband gave it to me for the first time when we were in college.  I wore it regularly through the early marriage years, the raising children years,

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Back . . . and Forth

Posted on December 31, 2014

I’m back, not only to blogging but also to new ideas in the coming months.  As a rule I make a list of goals for every year, even though I rarely accomplish most of them.  Still, I make the list

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Intermission

Posted on December 7, 2014

My last blog was almost two weeks ago. Since then Earl and I have visited family in Denver to celebrate Thanksgiving, finished most of our gift shopping, decorated our tree, and gotten ready for Christmas guests.

Sure there were things

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Catching Up

Posted on November 15, 2014

It’s been ten days since my last blog.  In that time, I’ve traveled to upstate New York to visit family and friends and returned to learn that my cleaning lady broke the sixth vertebrae in her back.  This means she

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Mental Health Day

Posted on October 18, 2014

I woke in the middle of the night instinctively knowing the salmon I had for supper didn’t like me as well as I had liked it.  So I dragged myself to the bathroom to wait for the inevitable.  I won’t

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Chicago Marathon + One

Posted on October 13, 2014

Yesterday dawned gloriously perfect for the 37th running of the Chicago Marathon.  It was cool, sunny, and dry.  For months my son planned to run with the other 45,000 contestants, while the rest of his immediate family cheered him on.

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Colonoscopy 101

Posted on October 8, 2014

If you’ve never had a colonoscopy and foresee that you never will, come back tomorrow when I’m writing about Spammers. But for those who might have a colonoscopy in their past and another in their future, I’m in your corner.

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