Some excitement – We have been going over to the new house almost every day. We have met all the adjacent neighbors. All seem nice. No spidey sense alarms went off. The next door neighbor has a delightful dog that … Continue reading
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Random 5 for January 3 – House sales, buyers, neighborhoods, holidays, mice
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It’s not real until the sign goes up – The “for sale” sign went up on our house on Saturday. I hate the selling process. Somehow I feel so cheap with a sign in my yard! But then – About … Continue reading
Things I learned through packing
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Expiration dates – I am very good about expiration dates. At least once a year I go through medicines and spices throwing out anything outdated. I check baking ingredients too. As I was cleaning out the pantry, I found expired … Continue reading
Random 5 for November 29 – Cookbooks, recipes, anthropology, weather, moving
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Treasures – We are cleaning out and packing in anticipation of our move. I have found some real treasures. Okay, only one real treasure. I found my mother’s notebook with recipes in her own handwriting. I hugged the book and … Continue reading
Random 5 for November 22 – Doom, change, flu, ancestors, winter
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Am I in Kansas? – This morning I woke up with a sense of doom. Sometimes that happens but it’s usually because I heard a cat hacking up a hairball. This is much more serious. It may be exacerbated by … Continue reading
Who does that during a pandemic?
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Long time readers know that we’ve been looking to downsize for several years. Some might say decades. There are friends who think we use that as a conversation opener and aren’t serious about it. We are getting older and the … Continue reading
Random 5 for November 15 – Stress, neighbors, weather, procrastination, Fitbit
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Stop the bus! – You know that old saying that God doesn’t give you more than you can handle? I think I’m his new testing ground. Not only has this year been stressful with people dropping dead from an illness … Continue reading
Random 5 for October 25 – Courtesy, yard, DNA, traits, Halloween
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That was nice! – A friend called earlier this week. She left a message with her phone number. Instead of looking it up in my book, I wrote it down and called. I got a generic message on an answering … Continue reading
Random 5 for October 11 – Hair, people, risk, reading, vote
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Can it be? – Mullets are back! Yes that bizarre haircut from the 80s with the too short front and too long back! I never really had one but I always thought I could rock it. My back hair is … Continue reading
The phases of the pandemic
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Initially when everything closed because of the virus, it was supposed to be for two weeks. Although annoying, you can do anything for two weeks. I looked at it as an opportunity to do things I don’t normally do. I … Continue reading
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 