This is another post from 2014 for my throw back Tuesday. It was a different set of friends but the same feelings! Some things have changed. The pandemic shut down my gym but I found Fitbit and became a dedicated … Continue reading
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Random 5 for November 16, 2025 – Healthcare, news, loss, attitudes, houses
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Healthcare ugh! – We were notified that our local hospital network is dropping our healthcare carrier. Boogers. There are a lot of things I don’t like to waste brain cells on and healthcare is on the list. We had to … Continue reading
Random 3 for September 7, 2025 – Decisions, intuition, customer service
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Only three for today. Maybe I’m lazy! Decisions, decisions – Sometimes we must decide before we know all the facts. It’s a shot in the dark. Will it or won’t it. I had to make one of those this week. … Continue reading
Worth remembering and worth understanding the differences among us
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I posted this in 2019 after my brother and sister-in-law were in a bad auto accident. They were 89 at the time. My brother fared well but my SIL was touch and go for a while. It brought out a … Continue reading
Revisiting a post on immigration from 2011
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With all that is going on with immigrants, I am including a story I wrote in 2011 about my grandmother. All my grandparents were immigrants. They came to the US for the same reason people are coming here today, for … Continue reading
Random 5 for June 8, 2025 – Wildlife, tipping, people, robins, nature
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A new friend – I’ve had a bird feeder here since we moved. We have all sorts of birds and a few squirrels. If we leave it out overnight, it gets emptied, so we have raccoons or some other critters … Continue reading
Random 5 for June 1, 2025 – Time, weather, cleaning, scams, change
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Happy June! – I don’t know how this is happening, but the year is flying by. May was a busy month for us, it went by fast. I’m hoping June will linger. July is the month that seems to only … Continue reading
Random 5 for May 25, 2025 – Busy, doctors, changes, aging, health
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A very peopley week – Despite my diligence to not let it happen, this week I was completely booked. Sometimes double booked with multiple appointments or events in a day. Some had been rescheduled so I had little control. I … Continue reading
Random 5 for May 18, 2025 – Alphabet, clothes, Facebook, reviews, sales
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Only at Starbucks – The store I go to has letters on the counter (A-G, H-M, that sort of thing) for pickups. My order goes under Kate. The K clearly marked on the cup. It’s almost always with the A … Continue reading
Random 5 for May 11, 2025 – Mother’s Day, technology, head trauma, healing, hospitals
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Happy Mother’s Day – Today we celebrate mothers in the US. My mom is long gone but I still miss her. More technology blips – I have a new electric toothbrush. I’ve been using electric toothbrushes for 25 years and … Continue reading