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The Last Day of the Year

Well, it's the last day of the year! I had a pretty productive day in spite of it being a very rainy one.  It started getting nasty outside yesterday evening and has just continued on for 24 hours now.  Very rainy and windy. I really had no plans View Post

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A Clean Chimney and Getting Myself Together

Today was a better day.  After the Christmas excitement, and still feeling pretty crappy from sciatic nerve pain, pulling myself together has been tough this week.  I've been a little sad because there is so much I wanted to get down around the house View Post

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The 2020 Christmas Recap Post

I wanted to get my Christmas recap post up before the year ends.  I don't know about you all, but this has been the strangest and longest year in all of my 46 years on earth.  The Christmas holiday was also very different this year for us.  I've been View Post

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Thanksgiving Recap & First COVID Testing

I am so late getting my Thanksgiving recap up, but better late than never I suppose.  I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.  I know it must have been very different for so many families this year, and ours was no exception. After our View Post

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How YOU doin’?

So. How YOU doin'?  I keep seeing video excerpts of the TV show Friends pop up in my Facebook feed and the title of this post just seemed so appropriate for the times.  But really...how are you?  Everyone hanging in there? How You Doin? GIF from View Post

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The Leg Pain Continues and Other Updates

Leg pain continues here.  At this point, I am taking 1200 mg. of Ibuprofen every day.  It's enough to take the edge off of the pain and allow me to work, but I've been really exhausted lately.  My cardiologist's appointment is Wednesday.  At this View Post

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Finally Feeling Like Fall

I woke up early Saturday morning and stepped outside to feed the cats.  I could not believe it.  It was quite chilly!  The temp said 57 degrees, but it felt colder than that because the wind was blowing.  It felt AMAZING!  After days and days of View Post

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Spring Break Is Finally Over

And just like that...Spring Break 2020 is finally over.  In August.  Boy, what a strange year this has been so far.  I never imagined when I left work to start my Spring Break in March that I wouldn't be returning to the school building for work View Post

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