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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
Posted in Bulldogs, Family, Home, Renovation, the Hubs, Uncategorized
Tagged bulldogs, Demovation, dogs, Family, Home, Renovation
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Corvette Widowhood
Then, 2 years ago, we acquired the second corvette – a 1970 big block in Donnybrook Green. This ‘70 beauty needed some serious love. While we had the numbers-matching engine, it wasn’t actually in the vehicle. It needed a lot of work. She had sat, immobile, in pieces for over 20 years. The Hubs was eager to get her running again and out on the open road. And that’s when I became a corvette widow. 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 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
Ten Perfect Little Toes
I’m working from home today. I need to insulate myself a bit from the world. I definitely do not want to see babies today. Six years ago today, I gave birth to our precious baby at 18 weeks. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Bereavement, Family, Religion
Tagged babies, Birthdays, Faith, Family, God, Hope, Planned Parenthood
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Insanity Unleashed – Or How We Gave Each Other Love for Our 10 Year Anniversary
I might be certifiably insane. My sweet husband is willingly on this ride with me, so he may be insane as well. Yesterday, was our 10 year wedding anniversary. Ten years have flown by, and it’s been pretty good, even … Continue reading
The Rocking Chair and Other Family Things
It was old and well used when it came to our house. My great granddaddy purchased that rocking chair for my grandmamma when my momma was born. Her brother, my Uncle Tad, was a fussy baby and rocking him helped soothe him so … Continue reading
The Stark Truth 