Phase 3 approaching fast

Thanksgiving is coming and I have many milestones behind me and people in my life to be thankful for. At the top of the pile of thankful events is the deployment phase of this journey is coming to a close. K is on the way home from Afghanistan as I write. Getting home for him [...]

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Pictures and less than a thousand words

It’s Monday and the start of a new week. But before we are all crazed about deadlines, meetings, chores, practices, and every other little thing, I thought I would take a moment to appreciate some of the better, and picture-worthy, moments of the past week. About a week ago we had two of the neighbors [...]

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Progress Report

I love the smell of new months…even if that month happens to be February, the longest shortest month ever. But I’ll forgive February this year because I can see grass, which I haven’t seen from November to April the previous 2 years we’ve lived here. Thank you, Mother Nature, for cutting a sister some slack. [...]

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Hits and misses

Thanks to everyone who voted and provided me with feedback. I really do appreciate it and will take it into consideration as I move forward. Like I said, I generally have plenty to say, but sitting down to say it and/or picking what to say can be a challenge. Your opinions help. I spoke with [...]

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‘Tis the Season

Christmas makes me feel like the Wizard of Oz. I get to be the (wo)man behind the curtain orchestrating the gifts and making sure the munchkins don’t stick lollipops in each other’s hair while I turn everything green. I suspect, though, that I am busier at Christmas time than the Wizard is running Oz. I [...]

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Winter Wonderland

For the record, I’m not an outside Winter person. Can’t say that I ever was either. I remember the blizzard of ’76 because it was the most snow I’d ever seen and we had several days off from school which was probably a first for me given my age at the time. The novelty of [...]

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Treasures and Time off

I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving. We enjoyed both a nice overnight stay with our families and some time away from the kids who stayed with my parents an extra couple of nights after we left. As much as we love the kiddos, it is always nice to have a break. We are lucky [...]

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Gobble Gobble!

There was a turkey loose in my back yard yesterday. He tried to make a break for it, but I caught him…on film anyway. There’s no getting away, little turkey! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I’ll be off for a couple of days visiting family and friends.  Hope you will be too.

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Plague, Possums, and Birthdays all around

Looks like the plague disrupted my writing plans again. I had a symptom a day ranging from chills to ear ache to headache. I can’t decide if having everything at once would have been preferable. I suppose it would have been more efficient. I will say that taking Lysine seems to have tipped the scale [...]

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Get the funk out

Looks like I have some catching up to do. I wasn’t expecting to have “one of those” weeks right off the bat, but there it was. It was as if instead of the planets and/or stars aligning, black holes and antimatter fell into place. Of course, that’s a little melodramatic, but there was definitely a [...]

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