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Fair Wind and Following Seas, Sailor
About my Bonus-Dad, death and dying. Continue reading
Demovation 2018 – Phase 1 Prep
Twelve Years of Accumulation I’d like to think we were smart about this whole demovation project. We planned on doing the downstairs first, as it would create the most amount of dust and disruption. Ripping out tile is not, by … Continue reading
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Tagged bulldogs, Demovation, dogs, Family, Home, Renovation
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Bloomington Survival – Day 3
5:45 am – Realized I get my best sleep in those 9 minute chunks of snooze alarm time. Reset alarm to 6:30 am. Double checked that it was for AM. Three times. 6:30 am – Got up. Really wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie, Bloomington, bulldogs, Coal, dogs, Exhaustion, Spoiled Dogs, the Hubs
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Bloomington Epilogue
Well, the Spoiled Dogs and I survived eight days without the Hubs. This is the longest that Matt and I have been apart in eleven years of marriage. I have to admit, while I can do it without him, I … Continue reading
Bloomington Survival – Day 8
4:34 am – Wake up. Go pee. Today is the day! The Hubs will be home! I’m so excited!! Immediately fall back asleep. Apparently exhaustion is stronger than excitement at this point. 5:50 am – Alarm goes off. Was going … Continue reading
Bloomington Survival – Day 7
6:28 am – Awake. Dream was good. Can’t remember, but woke up happy. Close eyes, fall asleep again. 8:11 am – Text from a bestie wakes me up. Yikes, it’s late! Must get up and take care of SDs. Especially … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie, Bloomington, bulldogs, Coal, Family, Rick Roll, Starbuck's, Sugarbaker Speeches, the Hubs, Tulsa
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Bloomington Survival – Day 6
5:50 am – Right on time, I’m awake. However, it seems I’ve had more than 4 consecutive hours of sleep! Yay! Turn on TV to watch news. Fall back asleep. 7:55 am – Not complaining about two more hours of … Continue reading
Bloomington Survival – Day 5
5:50 am – Awake. Gotta pee. Again. Sigh. Change alarm to 6:30 am to hopefully get some additional and badly needed sleep. Make mental note – majority of my water consumption should be done before 2:00 pm each day. 6:30 … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Amendment, Annie, Bloomington, bulldogs, Coal, NRA, the Hubs
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Bloomington Survival – Day 4
6:30 am – Did not hear alarm go off. Realize did not set alarm. Other than midnight adventure downstairs, slept through night. Feel much better. Get up, check work email. Head downstairs. 6:52 am – Note with some pleasure that … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie, Bloomington, bulldogs, Coal, the Hubs, Willie Wonka
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Bloomington Survival – Day 2
5:50 am – Must have eventually drifted off to sleep as alarm woke me up. Still exhausted. 6:05 am – Sat down at desk since working from home this week. Still can’t access program to allow the completion of payroll. … Continue reading
The Stark Truth 