It’s back! – The flower tent is back up. That’s a sure sign of spring. The Easter flowers should be appearing early this week, followed by spring flowers, Mother’s Day flowers and bedding plants. Woo hoo! Last year they erected … Continue reading
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Random 5 for March 21, 2021 – Peaceful, smart products, mementos, restaurants, room painting
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Quiet and uneventful, yay! — It’s been a quiet week. No crises, no snowstorm, no bad news. I’ve treasured it. I was able to plod along doing things at my own speed and I love it! Who thought boring would … Continue reading
Our trip to the big city*
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Did you ever go someplace and have no idea how you got there or how you got home but you were very grateful to sleep in your own bed at night? Bingo! We need some things for the new house. … Continue reading
Random 5 for March 7, 2021 – Spring, memories, homes, Gracie, taxes
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Spring’s a coming – Although you couldn’t tell it by the 25 degree temperature we had this morning. Later in the week we are predicted to be well in the 60s. You will recognize me on the news. I will … Continue reading
Random 5 for February 21 – Moving, furniture, recycling, garage, movers
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We’ve moved and we’re back. We had three snowstorms moving week. A large one (26 inches) before and two consecutive smaller ones after the move. It complicated everything and the beloved husband was running between two houses clearing driveways. I’ve … Continue reading
Three more things I learned
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Address changes – For the most part, making address changes these days is easier than it used to be. Many can be done on-line. The magazine subscriptions are a motley crew for sure. Birds and Blooms was easy peasy. As … Continue reading
Random 5 for January 24, 2021 – Moving, spam, transition, pond, boxes
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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
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
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 