At the Bean

I drove to Chicago today. Two of my boys had stayed the weekend with my cousin and her family, and I was only going to pick them up, visit for a while and then drive back to Indy. But cousin only lives 5-10 minutes from the Magnificent Mile. And it is summertime. And it’s [...]

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So long snow, hello sunshine

I’ve changed my picture on the top of my blog. As much as I hate to say goodbye to Telluride, it’s time to think warm thoughts. The photo at the top of my blog is from a boat off the coast of Naples, Florida. My husband, my cousin and his wife all took this major [...]

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I love lists

Do you ever make lists and cross out the things you’ve done that day? And what about the things you did that day that weren’t on the list. Do you add them on the list just so you could cross them out? You betcha do! Such satisfaction in accomplishment, isn’t there?
I just accomplished something. I [...]

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Learning a new language

I’m trying to break out of this Whinese I’ve been speaking lately. But learning a new language is difficult. Actually, it’s not like I only speak Whinese… I guess I’m just a little rusty at some of the other languages I speak: Gratitudish, Wittyman, or Ponderese for instance. After I wrote the whole “Hard Knock [...]

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Haunted House

I haven’t been to a haunted house in years. When I had children I didn’t even want to do Halloween anymore. It’s evil. Too scary. Ungodly. But my husband had different ideas. He wanted us to enjoy the time with our kids. We never celebrated the evil. We didn’t believe in the roots. It was [...]

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