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For The Birds – Watering The Lawn
With triple digit weather continuing and showing no signs of ending in the next ten days, I watered the front, back, and side sections of my lawn early this morning. I’m not ready for summer to kill off my grass and what remains of my meager garden, but when I headed outside to turn off Read more
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The Original “Karen”
Gracie Mae Byrd. That name was enough to instill fear into the hearts of educators and students alike in this little town in Missouri, circa 1950-ish. When something happened to one of her children at school (corporal punishment was the norm back then), this woman was a force to reckon with, worse than any tornadic Read more
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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. Read more
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GW Thrift Shopping Nonsense
Yesterday I stopped by the GW (the Goodwill Thrift Store, for those who don’t know my acronyms). I found some nice things for my home: two small cutting boards, two boxes of face masks (unopened, new-in-box), and a storage container to put dried beans in. I also found a few things that I will clean Read more
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Jewelry Decluttering
I have been decluttering multiple areas of my corner of the world and yesterday I sighed heavily then opened the packages that contained most of my jewelry. I hadn’t unpacked any of it since moving to Duncan and I discovered there was a good reason why I’d put it off. I thought I’d packed everything Read more
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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 Read more
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