I read an interesting FB post link yesterday. I think it was titled, “Why married men don’t cheat” or some such thing. I skimmed it, as Jim and I discuss this every now and again, when we hear about some celebrity affair/divorce. I just don’t understand what people don’t get – once you’re committed to…
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For a while there was a high school math class, Personal Finance, that actually showed you how to manage your money. Things like how to keep a checkbook, pay your bills, what bills you should have, the estimated cost of things, SAVING money, budgeting, credit cards, are all important things. Is this not offered anymore? …
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Have you noticed that some people are just yellers? Not necessarily all the time, mostly when they get perturbed. I was in the car with my 4yr old granddaughter the other day and we were talking about how bossy people don’t have a lot of friends. She was telling me she had to yell at…
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I love being outside and doing yard work. I have planted (with help from my dad) most of the landscaping at most of the houses we’ve lived in. I live to be outside – on a warm sunny day. Some of you have heard that I stepped in two hornet’s nests in two weeks, and…
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How many of you are familiar with “The Five Love Languages” books by Gary Chapman? I highly recommend them. The quick info goes like this, everyone has a love language… Words of Affirmation Quality Time Receiving Gifts Acts of Service Physical Touch Do you know yours? Mine is Physical Touch – grin. The idea being,…
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I wrote this last year, and never “published” it. Our son is now home and ran for cover last night when someone set off some sort of sky-rocket fireworks. It caught him by surprise and he did what he was trained to do. Sigh. I’m publishing this – not so much for the Civil War…
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Short and sweet this week, but packed with information! As you may have heard, my daughter-in-law and grandkids were in a car accident on Memorial Day weekend. Nobody had any major injuries. The kids seem fine. So let me say now… “IF YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO BELONG IN A CAR SEAT – USE IT!” …
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Oh, the itching! Don’t scratch it, it will make it worse. I know but… the itching! Don’t scratch it. Oh, even just lightly touching it feels so nice. Don’t scratch it. I know, I know. Don’t scratch it. ARGH it itches! Scratch, scratch, scratch. Sigh, I shouldn’t have done that. This is the conversation going…
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I recently saw a comment, on FaceBook, about someone having bought a piece of history when the Smithsonian was having a sale back in the 1970’s. I thought, “How terrible that the Smithsonian would sell its historical items.” I then recalled reading an article about the abundance of items they actually have and how much…
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I recently attended an education forum that had, as one of the speakers, a Senator from Colorado, who had been a 9th grade English teacher, moved up the ranks to Principal of an alternative school, and eventually ventured into politics. I have no idea how old he is, I would guess mid 30’s. Apparently, he…
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