Sunday, August 31, 2008

Holiday Weekend Lazy Sunday

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I was thinking to do a holiday-themed Lazy Sunday, but then random pictures would catch my eye begging to be included. So there are some ho...
Saturday, August 30, 2008

Pathetic

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How sad is it when the highlight of your day is the fact that the cat peed into a totally empty litter box so you could gather a urine sampl...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Ups and Downs

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This month we've lost two friends/former co-workers and my mother has been in and out of the hospital. Her mental processes remain fuzz...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Day Is Done*

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Day is done, gone the sun, from the hills, from the lake, from the sky. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. *From the song "Taps...
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Friday, August 22, 2008

A Welcome Home

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Yesterday morning I was treated to a blush of a sunrise as a welcome home gift. It felt great to be back in front of my own computer watchi...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Bad News/Good News

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The bad news is that the pilot light of the water heater at my mother's house has gone out three times in as many weeks. I had a plumbe...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

No Lazy Sunday Pix Today

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I'm at my mother's house still and I neglected to bring the laptop when I rushed up here so I have no computer full of scenic wonder...
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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Home From The Hospital

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I was able to bring my mother home from the hospital, to the relief of both of us. Of course, the first thing she did was grab a cigarette,...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Once More into the Fray

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I received a phone calls from the neurologist's office yesterday: "Mrs. Braun, your mother's blood work shows she is dangerousl...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

A Late in the Day Lazy Sunday

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Our day started early with breakfast at the Red Squirrel with Denny's sister Connie. After we dropped her off at her house, Denny and I...
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Saturday, August 09, 2008

Playing Catch Up Yet Again

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Wow! A week has come and gone since my last post, not counting this morning's post. Denny, his sister Connie and I have jumped into wo...
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A Rolling Trailer Stone....

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...gathers no bird's nest moss. This is what happens when you stay in one place too long. A pair of wrens decided our storage bin wher...
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Friday, August 01, 2008

Men vs. Women

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Black Beauty has been in the shop this week--last week while up at my mother's house she started clunking when put into reverse and her ...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

What's In The Garage

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At age 70, when we first met, my future father-in-law was all about bridge and poker, his stock club and his garden. At age 87, when Denny a...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

Another One

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It felt so good to be home; we were unpacked and had finished a quick lunch of ham sandwiches with freshly picked tomatoes on them and I jum...
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Friday, July 25, 2008

One Thing Down, A Houseful to Go

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We've found a buyer for the lawn tractor. As a matter of fact, we've had several people express interest as soon as we sold the dar...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Gremlins

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Denny decided to put his dad's old lawn tractor out in the side yard with a "for sale" sign on it. We jump-started it (bad ig...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

We're BA-ACK!

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After three hours the two satellite dish installers finally figured out our problem; we weren't communicating with our assigned satellit...
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Saturday, July 19, 2008

A Quiet Saturday

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It's been an up and down day for my mother. She's tolerating food better today than she was yesterday, but the muscle relaxants and...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

It's 5 O'clock Somewhere, Right?

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My dear friend Vicki and I have been looking for a decorative outdoor flag that states " It's five o'clock somewhere " tha...
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