Wordless Wednesday Our ONE not-leaky travel mug, where it’s sat on the kitchen counter for the past 14 days. I used it the day after Charlie left. Two weeks ago. And no matter how hard I try, I CANNOT get the lid off. Did you ever try to rinse out a go-cup through the little [...]

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Today is Charlie’s and my 15th Wedding Anniversary. It’s also the day at the end of the Civil War when Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomatox. If we’d been Southerners 15 years ago, I bet we would’ve picked a different date. Or worn black. This year our anniversary falls on Passover too. Since Passover is [...]

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yESTERDAY THIS IS HOW MY COMPUTER WAS TYPING> nO MATTER WHAT i DID< I COULDN”T FIX IT> tOTALLY DROVE ME CRAZY< SO I DID WHAT EVERY COMPUTER DUMMY DOES: I REBOOTED> Okay, I’ve gotta stop that if I want you to keep reading. Anyway, I rebooted, but it didn’t fix the problem. So I did [...]

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Mmmmmm, coffee. If you brew coffee at home, who sets up the coffee pot? In our house, that person is me. It makes sense: I get up first. And I’m the morning person, so I’m the most alert when making it. And it’s a great (and pretty painless) way for me to practice selflessness first [...]

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Hey, I’m sure you’re wondering where I’ve been lately. After all, my posting frequency has been down. Or maybe you haven’t even noticed. At any rate. *** This has been a heckuva week. And it’s not over yet. This evening, the kids and I will meet Charlie at his Tae Kwon Do dojo to watch [...]

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This afternoon the kids and I drive the hour-and-a-half to the airport to get Charlie! He’s in the air over the Atlantic at this very moment, and not getting home a moment too soon. I totally can’t wait to see him. Of course, if he wasn’t coming home, I could spend the day in bed [...]

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In case you haven’t already gathered, I’m not particularly domestic. But today I woke up and decided to turn over a New Leaf. To do something Productive. I was going to Clean Out the SUV. Or “decrapify” it, as my long-suffering husband says. [crap (n): junk that is found in a location where it serves [...]

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Here’s what my husband has done today: 1. Make french toast for all of us. (Sorry, I didn’t think to take a pic.) 2. Build a treehouse all day. We’ve been working on this treehouse since early July. Walls are going up now! 3. Make roast chicken, rice, and gravy for dinner. (The only reason [...]

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