Well, that is what Thanksgiving will probably be to us this year. Joe and I are headed for Benjamin and Amber’s (son and daughter-in-law) house this week. We’ve Thanksgiving"ed" Texas for several years now. This year we will go out for dinner rather than make a big meal at home. We decided there would be [...]
Since Veterans Day fell on a Sunday (November 11) this year, the memorial service at our State Capitol grounds was held yesterday. There was a small crowd of people attending, maybe about 100 or so. Not really a great turn out for a town the size of Des Moines, Ia. but at least there were [...]
I know I am taking a chance of drawing criticism with this post but they say to write when you are upset and you will feel better. So I’m writing.
I belong to the Friends of the Library group in our town and today was the beginning of our annual book sale. We generally sale the [...]
You know, maybe I am a little slow on the uptake :0 but I was sitting here reading all the comments and realized…..wow, this blogging thing is kind of like having pen pals and kind of like having your private diary read around the world!
When I was a young person (no wisecracks, please, about the [...]
Joe has always told me that the way I relax is by working. Maybe that is true in a sense because I am generally busy with some little project from my to-do list. In my last post I said I wasn’t a "sitter arounder". Today I totally retract that statement because that is exactly what [...]
Last year Joe and I decided it was time to retire. Joe is very close to retirement age but I am a little bit younger (nothing like rubbing it in!). Our decision definitely wasn’t based on financial status as a few more years of work would have helped in that area. However, we both wanted [...]
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