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One girl, three cups
It was almost 80 degrees today. I took the kids to Cedar Beach to enjoy the weather and collect rocks for the rock tumbler they got for their birthday.
We were picking rocks and my colon called. A nice, loud ring from the colon phone. We are at a beach and its off season. That means there are no public bathrooms.
I took a deep breath and decided ( Read more... ) -
Heirlooms have to start somewhere...
I turned 44 years old today. Not quite the age of an heirloom yet, thank goodness.
I received a gift from my family this week that shall be deemed an heirloom from now on.
Why? Allow me to explain...
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Meta
I met Meta a little over ten years ago at the local YMCA. We took water aerobics classes together, and got to know one another while bobbing up and down and breaking a sweat while swimming. She, and another awesome lady, Evelyn, became the ladies I looked forward to seeing most at the water aerobics classes every week. They saw me through my first ( Read more... ) -
Stanley, the 1940's
There's a lot of information about Stanley from this decade that invites speculation ( Read more... ) -
Stanley Knight, the 1930's and 1940
I have no photos of my grandfather from the 1930's. What I do have is sparse and a bit confusing ( Read more... ) -
Forward
I've been researching my grandfather's life for almost seven years. I take up the research every now and then and put it down when life gets busy ( Read more... ) -
Wistful Jason
Today as we ran errands, Quinn was having his usual cute friendly conversations with myself and Jason.
"Mama! I want to have my own house. Teressa [his pre-k friend] will be the mom, I will be the dad, and we will have two kids."
I reply, "That sounds nice, Quinn! Jason, where will you live?"
Jason stops and his little lips begin to quiver. He ( Read more... ) -
the mystery turd
There may, or may not, be a random Jason turd somewhere in my house ( Read more... ) -
Smart
Bonny (the dog) had surgery on Monday, had her leg rebandaged this evening and within three hours her foot had severely swelled. I took her to the emergency vet and have left her there overnight for observation. I explained everything to the vet, brought her meds, etc. After explaining everything - he paused and then asked me if I was in the ( Read more... )
