Category Archives: Life

Lightly posting

Hm, let’s see… spend an hour or two posting, or shower and meet up with Sarah and the kids? Tough one. Later, dudes.

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The lightness of posting

It’s a sinus infection. I have antibiotics and other things. But I have no energy to post. And I have to say, Sarah is a great friend. I am extremly crabby when I’m sick, and she just lets me gripe … Continue reading

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Sniffly snark news briefs

Colds make me stupid, but they don’t steal my snark. Oh, wait. This one did.

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Hooray for chicken soup

If you have to have a cold, it’s good to have supplies for chicken soup on hand. I had a quart of frozen chicken broth from the last soup I made (I save it to add to stuffing, and haven’t … Continue reading

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Breaking the fast

Boy, between Sarah’s family and me, we have three separate bacterial tracks going. Jake has H1N1. Nate has strep. And I picked up whatever took out the rabbi on Friday and Saturday (he was recovered enough for Yom Kippur, thankfully). … Continue reading

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Just a post before I go

I was going to post something earlier, but then I decided to save it for later. And then I got in my car and turned the key in the ignition, heard a very loud crack, like you hear when a … Continue reading

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No swimming today

The view from my balcony: I think we will visit the Wright Brothers exhibit at Kitty Hawk today. And probably swim in the condo’s pool.

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Going to the birds

I know I should write about all the serious things going down, like the Goldstone Commission hatchet job. Or ACORN. And yet, all I want to do is, well, walk on the beach, swim, and take pictures of giant gulls. … Continue reading

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Morning beach walk

The view from my window. It’s hot and lovely and I’ll be hitting the beach soon.

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Where in the world is Meryl?

Here. Aaaaah. I can feel my stress melting away.

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Demolishing the opposition

This is where Meryl was on Saturday night: I’ll bet you thought from the headline this was a political post. Nope. I was at the Amelia County Fair, which featured a Demolition Derby tonight. This is the picture of the … Continue reading

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The ditto princess

Are you old enough to remember ditto machines? When I was in grammar school, we didn’t have Xerox copiers. We had ditto machines. Everyone who experienced the fresh ditto paper can recall the purple ink, and that unique smell wafting … Continue reading

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A year in residence

A year ago today, I moved into my new home. I am still as thrilled with my condo today as I was a year ago. Maybe even moreso, because I love coming home. I just talked with my mother and … Continue reading

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Hooway for the Wii?

I have to say that the Wii Sports Resort with MotionPlus is, well, totally awesome. Jake’s over today helping me organize my books and put them into my new bookcases. After dinner, we tried out my new Wii game. Way … Continue reading

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Adventures in bookcases

My new bookcases arrived today. The office was empty and lonely without my books. But the office started looking much better after the new bookcases were put in. I think I’m going to have to buy one more set of … Continue reading

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