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plan b in the world of furniture
Well, I had a phone call from the giant furniture store yesterday. The fabric I’d picked out for the four dining room chairs has been discontinued and I must select another fabric. But there were not a lot of choices … Continue reading
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pumpkin lust
I went shopping with Harley Chick Friday morning. We had a plan: (1) to go to the Christmas Tree Shop (which has nothing to do with trees and instead has lots of discount stuff at great prices) and (2) to … Continue reading
why i retired
As my friend Pat wrote, when she sent this to me, “Ring a bell?” I laughed out loud. And my friend Sharon added, “Wish you’d had this shirt for your retirement party!” How true. Writing wasn’t always hell, of course. … Continue reading
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hello old cat
I’ve been decorating. This little cat came from one of Banjo Man’s sisters when she worked for Hallmark. One Halloween she sent us a box of decorations, which we put to good use for almost thirty years. Or maybe more. … Continue reading
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goodbye hurricane, hello sun
The hurricane went somewhere else. I stopped paying attention to the tv weathermen right after I heard we weren’t going to get hit. Hurray! It has rained for days, though. Friday was one of those “better build an ark” kinds … Continue reading
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hurricane coming?
It looks like we didn’t purchase our generator in time for the first hurricane. We might get hit with Hurricane Joaquin late Sunday night. And there’s no time to order the generator and get it hooked into our electric and … Continue reading
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home on monday night
13 1/2 hours on the road. 605 miles. A very long day, but we are happy to be off the road after 8 days of travel. This was by far the hardest day. Rain, semi trucks, traffic, traffic jams, endless … Continue reading
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saturday’s 300 miles, day five
We overslept. I blamed it on yet another time change, as we are now on Eastern Daylight Time, three hours later than the lake. Banjo Man thought, since it was our anniversary and because we only had to drive 300 … Continue reading
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the national music museum
We’d wanted to stop here for years, but the timing had always been wrong. This year we arrived at 11 AM, popped some quarters into the parking meter and hustled inside. The museum’s collection holds some of the finest instruments … Continue reading
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is there any more pie? 