It’s American Idol season again and I figure that is as good as any reason to kick myself in the butt and get back to the blog. I’m holding down the recliners on my own this year since Recliner Man is up in Oregon. His work schedule prevents him from watching and he doesn’t have [...]

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This is one of the get well cards that I received this week. Isn’t it a hoot? The surgery went well, better than I could have hoped. I was of a mind that it would all go well but I still expected to be sore and hobbling for a few days. As it turned out [...]

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Abbey and I have been dealing with hay fever lately. I have itchy eyes and she has runny eyes. I have a runny nose and she sneezes. Winter in the Valley. Right now she is camped out on my desk where my keyboard should be. I think she is trying to tell me that it [...]

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Last night was my January meeting with the art group and I showed them all how I make Spirit Dolls. I’m happy to report that they all enjoyed the project and were making some really cool dolls. Before you can dig into decorating the doll you have to spend some time making the body. I’m [...]

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Recently I was reading Suzanne’s blog and was inspired by a post she did on having one word to guide her through 2011. It seemed like a great idea to me and I knew right away what my word needed to be. Order. I need order in my house, and in my life. I’ve been [...]

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I was out shopping the other day and as I passed the candy display I started to think about the Christmas candies we had when I was a child. It was pretty much the same assortment every year. As I thought about it and memories of the different varieties came back to me I was [...]

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