Monthly Archives: November 2016

I see lights

My job tonight was to get up some Christmas lights outside. Now normally we don’t turn them on until St. Nicolas day anyway – but with the warm weather that we’ve been having it sure seems that I’ve seen more … Continue reading

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Things to do

I’m planning for a very busy week and tonight was all about getting some soap packed up along with some bath fizzy’s made. This is the first year that I’ve made and sold bath fizzys and now that I think … Continue reading

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The weekend is over

What a great weekend we had!  We spent some of the time with family, we spent some of the time cleaning, and we even spent some of the time doing nothing at all.  Our list is long not only for … Continue reading

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One of my favorite places at Christmas time

I was lucky to have today off from my job in town, so I decided to head over to the local tree nursery to pick up some garland for our house. We like to add it to our porch every … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!  It’s kind of a forgotten Holiday isn’t it? I mean we go from The 4th of July straight to Christmas and throw in a couple of weeks of Halloween in between. It’s the … Continue reading

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It’s a good trade

I stopped in at Ma’s tonight to drop off some kolaches and to see what she’s been up to. Now if you don’t know what a kolache is or even if you do know what a kolache is – there … Continue reading

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Just lower your expectations

What a title huh?  Well let me just tell you that I’m really in a good mood tonight!  See what has happened these last two months is a very … and I mean very… long story so I’ll try to … Continue reading

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Christmas Shopping

This afternoon Mom and I headed to town to finish off a couple of last minute gifts that she needed. I swear if there was a Super Women award I would nominate Mom! OK, maybe I’m a little biased, but … Continue reading

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Overnight guests

We spent Friday night and a good part of Saturday visiting the kids down at Ames. We’ve been trying to see their new apartment since early summer, we also wanted to take William out for supper to congratulate him on … Continue reading

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Whats in your suitcase?

I had a chance to go through a suitcase the other day and it really got me thinking – what would be in my suitcase if someone else was looking through it?  See the suitcase belonged to my Aunt who … Continue reading

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