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What am I supposed to do now?

Not that I don't know what I'm doing most of the time.  I have so many things going on right now I feel like I'm juggling and I did sort of drop off the blog-radar there for a bit.Here's what's going...

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What a kid!

Our son Jeffrey Jeff, Bubba, Buckley,snowboarding in Montana last December.Tuesday I drove him to the airport to fly out to Costa Rica.  He's gone on a 'walk-about'.  Tuesday before last, he told Jody...

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All is well...

... in Costa Rica.  Jeff has been calling in pretty regular... when he can get wifi service.He bought a bike to ride around and to get to Panama on.  I guess he decided against public...

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I'm still here, if you were wondering.

Lots of stuff going on as time drags by.  Jeff came home from Costa Rica last week.  He came in late Monday night and went to work Tuesday morning.  Talk about making your vacay last as long as...

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Has it been a month yet?

I was trying to go a month.  As Ellen says, "oh well!"I think we only have 8 or 9 weeks of school left.  That means I have 11 or 12.  I was so hoping to win the lottery, oh well!  Did you know if you...

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Auntie Em!!!!

By now you have all heard about our weather event yesterday.  Thank you for your emails and FB messages of concern.  We're all fine here.  Everything happened south and east of where we are. We still...

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What's up with this?

Blogger has gone and changed something and now I can't see my nav bar above this text box.  If any of you have a suggestions on what I need to do to adjust this besides SEND FEEDBACK (tried it) then...

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I'm BAAAAACK!

Sorry about that, I hope I can remember what I did to remedy the problem in the event it happens again.  Don't you just love the way Blogger can just flip a little switch and we're all looking at...

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Road Trip!

I know what you're thinking, "she just got back from a road trip."  Well this wasn't like a normal road trip, it was just a day trip.   Nita and I met half way to exchange some things.  She had some...

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Woo Hoo Summer is here!

I'm a day late for that statement.  Yesterday was officially my first day of summer vakay.  I was just too busy to post.Had my whole day lined out, starting with YIP Yoga in the Park, but the...

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I was told to 'check in'.

Yeah, she my sister said 'check in'!  We talk to each other at least twice a week but she needs me to post to the blog. I'm sure your 4th was festive, that is if you live in the States. I remember...

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'Check in' continued

So where was I?  Oh yeah, Nita had to work Thursday so she left me with instructions to make a chocolate ganache to put over the cheesecake that she whipped up Wednesday afternoon. Who do you know who...

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How I spent my summer vacation - just one more addiction.

Monday morning I drove across the lake, a little past Farmersville to Fancy Fibers Farm for a weaving lesson.As you know, we acquired a good sized huge to me floor loom last fall.  Well I haven't been...

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Wow what a week!

I'm almost glad my summer is winding down.  Not really.Last weekend we ventured out to visit the small ranch of one of Jody's buddies from work.  They raise miniature Hereford cattle, or as Jody calls...

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WOW!

July 31, 198131 years!? Thirty one years! Did I really get married at 8 years old?  I can't believe that my parents allowed that.  I can't believe a Judge performed the ceremony and that we weren't in...

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It's a wrap!

My summer is over!  I have to return to work tomorrow bright and early.  I'm a little anxious, not about going back I got SO much done at the end of the year but about how I'm going to fit everything...

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I'm exhausted, I need a vacation.

We just experienced the toughest 3 weeks of the school year.  We had Meet the Teacher Night last Thursday.  Once that's over then everything sort of calms down.  We've gotten all the back to school...

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Who's bright idea was this?

Calendars.... was it the Mayans, the Egyptians, the Romans?  Let's try not to think about that Lunar one, it's too confusing.  Evidently none of those clicked for us,  so we're using this Gregorian...

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Shhhhh, listen to the silence.

It's no wonder that I walk in every afternoon and just zone out on the couch in the quiet.  My day starts with people chattering/asking for this and that and phones ringing, kids...

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I can't load any pictures right now because my settings are screwed up and I have no idea how to reset them, not that I have any cool pics to post.Just wanted to let you know about some things that...

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