The Big Turkey Day Game

Here’s a pic of some of the guys watching the big game on Turkey Day.  I think it’s interesting how no one is sitting down!
You know, the game where the “other team” scored in the first 15 seconds of the game.  The same game where our quarterback made an impressive run through all the players [...]

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A Gentle and Quiet Spirit

3 Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. 4 You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.       1 Peter 3:3-4 (New Living Translation)

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More About Thanksgiving Dinner – Multiple Trips to the Store

We had a great meal for Thanksgiving.  Lunch occurred about 2:30, so I figure that was decent timing.
My sweet brother did the shopping on Tuesday.  We also made a trip to the store Thanksgiving morning, for a frozen pie crust.  After sorting through the beautifully-arranged pile of groceries from the Tuesday shopping trip, while at [...]

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Saturdays

Saturdays have become home days for me.  I do grocery shopping, do yardwork, and relax for the day.  The rest of the week, I worry about work and grad school.
Two weeks ago, I planted 2 hills with 6 zucchini seeds each.  Due to lots of rain, they all came up.  Today, I moved all 4 [...]

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Surviving Grad School on Chocolate

Grad school is trucking along.  I’m still here.  My nights (and early mornings) are filled with the joys of doing homework.  My goal is always to try and finish my homework the weekend before, so if I don’t, I have to miss Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance.

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The Day the Cockroach Followed Me Around Church

First, let me say that I am not a fan of cockroaches.  This past year, one of my students put a fake one on my desk as a practical joke.  It didn’t go over well (for her or for me).
The best “disposal” of a roach I’ve seen was from my younger brother who once spiked [...]

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April Garden, Part 3

More garden pics follow.

You can see how the garden has really started growing.  Please note that this garden box is filled with mostly Miracle Grow.

This is the same red bell pepper from a previous post.

I was excited to finally have some squash flowers.

I’ve been struggling to get cucumber plants to grow.  I can’t recall how [...]

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It’s Been Raining

When it rains, I get in a funky mood.  I wake up (although I’d rather stay in bed) every morning and get in front of my light box and read my scriptures.  That seems to help, but in the evenings, I come home from work, eat something and sit in front of the TV until [...]

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Swimsuits

I own one swimsuit.  It’s a simple, black, one-piece suit.  I think I got it at Kohl’s a few years ago.  It fits nicely and is just fine for swimming laps at the pool.  But, and let’s get personal here, let’s say I need to use the restroom?  As anyone knows, one-piece swimsuits can be [...]

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A Lovely Bread Basket

I received a lovely bread basket for Christmas, along with a hand-embroidered bread cloth.  Besides keeping bread warm at meals, I’ve been using it between meals as well.  The bread basket is a lovely way to display fruit and muffins.  I wrap homemade muffins in plastic wrap to A. keep them fresh and B. have [...]

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Snow?

I came across a post today on In the Life of Dawn.  Her forecast was quite cold with snow.  What would it be like to have “morning snow” or “heavy snow?”  Wow!
It was 84 degrees here today.  We used the AC.

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Excited About Handbells

My handbells group performed earlier in December.  I’m already thinking ahead to another performance at the end of January or sometime in February.  We’ll work on some handbell pieces, but I’m very excited about doing some hymns.  We have a handbell version of our hymnbook.  We played two hymns with orchestra and congregation at our [...]

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