Company! – We had relatives visiting this week. We spent some quality time eating, drinking and discussing cats. They have six. I only have two. The discussion was very lively. We talked about other things too, but I can’t remember … Continue reading
Category Archives: Other People
Throwback Tuesday — The saga of a contractor
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This post is from June 2022 just after the deck was done. We always wonder what happened to this contractor. When we started with him, he had a great business but over the two years we used him, something happened … Continue reading
Visiting expiration dates!
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This post is from 2017. Things don’t change much, do they? There are some interesting things about aging. Expiration dates are one of them. It’s not always a bad thing. We have an expiration date when we die but there … Continue reading
Random 5 for April 26, 2026 – Customer service, trees, cars, ants, old friends
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This was weird! – I ordered some bedsheets. My husband had gotten a coupon which I used. It was expired but it worked. However, that triggered the order to have my husband’s email address instead of mine (which I didn’t … Continue reading
Another golden oldie — Trying new things!
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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
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
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