Archives in Category: Me/Family

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Winding Down

Posted on December 30, 2005

It’s the eve of New Year’s Eve, but life is already winding down. Perhaps it’s because it’s also a Friday, and most employers are sending employees home at the usual five o’clock hour with no expectation to see them again

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Final Preparations

Posted on December 23, 2005

It’s the Eve of Christmas Eve; and, judging from various emails and personal contacts, my friends and family are involved in an eclectic assortment of preparations, not all of them geared to the holiday.

My next door neighbor, Clara, is

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Finally Finished

Posted on December 20, 2005

I am proud to announce that our bathroom project is one hundred percent finished, completed, finally over. I say this because yesterday I folded our new towels and put them in their proper places. I also hung the rest of

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Security Issue

Posted on December 15, 2005

“I’ve been thinking, “Earl’s daughter, Adaire, said. “Thinking about your blog.”

As I listened, I hoped she was being provoked by some of my entries and possibly amused by others. She is a faithful reader, and I always appreciate her

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Fishing

Posted on December 11, 2005

I have the feeling I’m in for a bumpy ride the next few months. And it’s all because my beloved, Earl, is eagerly planning our summer ’06 vacation.

Earl has said on more than one occasion that when I plan

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Toilet Paper Holders

Posted on December 8, 2005

We’ve lived in this house without owning toilet paper holders for over five years. Every once in a while it’s bothered us, but for the most part we’ve lived with the toilet paper roll sitting on the back of the

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Tree Time

Posted on December 6, 2005

Last night Earl and I began decorating our Christmas tree. I wasn’t in the mood at all this year; in fact, I was willing to forego the whole thing. But Earl loves Christmas and he wouldn’t accept such a lack

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Atkins

Posted on December 5, 2005

Earl and I are on the Atkins Diet, the one where you can eat anything you want as long as it isn’t milk, bread, pasta, potatoes, fruit, or desserts. We’ve done this before to more or less success; and, although

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Stuff

Posted on December 4, 2005

As of today, our household is back to normal; normal being what it looked like before our remodeling projects began two months ago. I’ve found all my clothes and they are neatly arranged in our new closet. We’ve polished and

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Coming in the Door

Posted on November 30, 2005

The mail really stacked up while we were in Colorado; and, as I sift through it, I’m struck with the variety of catalogs, brochures, bills, and miscellany with either Earl’s or my name attached.

Of course the holiday catalogs come

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