I'm in a reflective mood today as I reminisce about Thanksgivings' past. Tomorrow it will be Hubbin and me preparing our dinner side-by-side, sharing the load and the meal. Our kids and the grands live far away, as do the friends we left behind in Nevada when we moved, so there will be no extra... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving Traditions
My thoughts are flooded with childhood tradition memories this time of year, and growing up, there were so many. Finding the largest turkey that money could buy. Me wondering if it would even fit in the oven! The detested whole cranberry sauce that managed to make it to our table one year (the jellied cranberry... Continue Reading →
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
No, I had no intention of bringing up the Spike Jones and His City Slickers song, nor anyone else who may have sang it since then. Last night, I Face-Timed with the littles and my oldest Gambaby has lost his two front teeth. The 1948 song immediately came to mind. I wonder if others have... Continue Reading →
Feeling Blah…
I'm sure there's an emoji for the blahs and I would certainly use it today. I'm feeling like I've gotten nothing done, well except for laundry, dishes, and meals, but those are standard, everyday occurrence things. I also purged inventory that wasn't moving and am planning to get my online grocery order processed for pickup... Continue Reading →
Our Date Nights Are Not Like They Used to Be
Hubbin has a friend that has a major role in the play, "A Christmas Story," at the local community theater, so we got tickets for the matinee today and decided to make a date night out of it. We got all dressed up and went to the play, then (blaming the time change here), started... Continue Reading →
Creating a 2024 -Temperature Range Wall Art
There's a year-long project I'm going to start on January 1st. When the idea originally came to me, it was in the form of a knitting or crocheting project, but since I don't do either of them well, I decided to modify it and do it as a piece of unique wall art instead. Here's... Continue Reading →
From Writer to Cook in a Single Bound
I'm an early riser; Hubbin is a night owl. Yesterday morning, he came into my office to say good morning to me as I was working on my latest story and clicking away at my keyboard. He read over my shoulder for a moment as I tried to get the ideas from my head to... Continue Reading →
Tracing Electrical Lines
Hubbin was tracing the lines and breakers in our home's electrical panel, since the original list that was taped to the inside panel door was brittle; each time we had to open the panel, more of the original list disintegrated and fell off. He found two breakers that did nothing when he tripped them but... Continue Reading →
My Hero (Thank you, Hubbin)!
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. I am arachnophobic, so much so that we don't even say the "S" word in our house. Hubbin's task for all things "S"-related is to take care of the issue and do not inform me of his progress. All I need to know is that it is handled.... Continue Reading →
Gettin’ ‘Er Done
I mentioned before that I have lots going on, even in retirement; today is no exception. Projects today were to weed and replant one of my front sidewalk flowerpots, cut up and dispose of some empty boxes in the garage (which is, even right now at after 8 p.m., 95+ degrees), take some pictures for... Continue Reading →
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