Month: December 2009
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topsy turvy week
A topsy-turvy wave of confusion spread through our house as my husband moved from room to room, moving furniture, taping the walls and painting. Just because I asked him to please have the walls inside the house re-painted before company came for Christmas, wall clocks and calendars have landed in the piles of odds and…
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all good things come to an end
A topsy-turvy wave of confusion spread through our house as my husband moved from room to room, moving furniture, taping the walls and painting. Just because I asked him to please have the walls inside the house re-painted before company came for Christmas, wall clocks and calendars have landed in the piles of odds and…
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Living in Santa’s workshop
Please don’t disturb Mr. Claus. He’s way too busy working in his shop to stop and chat. So many things to do, so little time to do it before the sleigh must be loaded. Just last night we only had a few moments together over the supper table before we rushed off and left the…
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foul weather friend
Last week’s cold snap underscored what a foul weather friend we have in our frumpy, old cat. In the heat of the summer, she curled up in the middle of the concrete drive, soaking up the radiant heat. As the day waned she aimed for her favorite perch of concrete slab in the back yard…
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get off the couch and ride a bike
They laugh at me. My children laugh when I sincerely tell them I put in time on the elliptical trainer just to keep up with them. My couch potatoes grew up and changed – dramatically so this past summer. While I stitched up a quilt with the visiting granddaughter, the three younger sons and son-in-law…