Tonight my husband and I were talking about things that needed to get done around the house – you know, screens to be fixed, front porch to be painted, fan and light installations in the bathroom – nothing major. Yet the usual excuses about cost or lack of time sprung up…in the end we dropped […]
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So I’m at my husband’s first corporate event- a Family Day at an amusement park. Two of our children attend (Mr. I’m Almost-19 needs to sleep in and play computer games…or something) our 16 year old daughter who finds most things boring yet wants very much to attend, and our 9 year old who has […]
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My youngest went back to school this week. The routine is that she walks into the school yard, sees some friends and then they all line up for the bell. Each teacher then leads his or her class into the school and a few parents stand on the sidelines for a last wave. Day One […]
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It was my friend’s 40th birthday party last night. Her husband had planned a surprise party for her weeks in advance but then caved in a few days before the party and told her – as she put it ” I was surprised when he told me!” and honestly, isn’t that enough?Surprise is surprise – […]
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Sharing is overrated. I mean it. When you share an idea, a plan, a desire – expectation goes into over-drive. People quickly develop their own expectations of whatever the goal/idea is that you have shared. They support you 101% but have so much input even though the investment itself may have nothing to do with […]
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Love and marriage, love and marriage - goes together like a horse and carriage..or so the old song claims. I was thinking about marriage in general.
I personally have been blessed with a wonderful marriage - we work at it daily and 20 + years later I can say that we are still - but it’s […]
Last night, I woke up at 3am, itching from a bug bite. So I slipped downstairs to the bathroom where the “after bite” stuff is kept. I get to the bottom of the stairs and as I open the door the the bathroom I look down the hall at the front door - we have […]
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Yesterday was Saturday…so you know what that means – home reno ideas! Over coffee, I was trying to decide on the paint color for my youngest daughter’s furniture. We are taking our “highboys” and painting it as well as a neat cabinet with doors and shelves (going to use it for her toys) that I […]
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You know exactly what time I am talking about, people. You wake up in a full sweat – either from a bad dream or from your menopausal hormones- you look at the clock and it says 3 AM. First, you toss and turn a bit, maybe flip the pillow over and begin the psyching yourself […]
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