Category Archives: Stories of my life

Babysitting… it’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it…

Practicing our funny faces. Quality time with my buddy, Olivia. And I just noticed that the monkey on my shirt looks sort of creepy if the nose is hidden in a fold. But she loves the monkey shirt, so what … Continue reading

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Mmmm… pancakes… (Or): Back to my day job…

Yup, I am hard at work once more at my babysitting gig with our friend’s kid, Olivia. I know, I had to dip under the minimum wage to undercut those teenage-girl babysitters… wait… they are back in school now, right? … Continue reading

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Yesterday… (Or): Horses and dogs and dances and sunsets and stuff…

Yesterday, as I mentioned in the previous post, was awesome. Mollie, our 15-year-old, went to a friend’s house so she and some of her buddies could get themselves ready for last night’s homecoming dance. And her friend has two horses! … Continue reading

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I just adopted two new little friends!

I found them at Home Depot… just $5.99… (that’s in American dollars, and comes out to about two moose antlers and a beaver tail, Canadian)… They are just the right size to fit in the palm of my hand, and … Continue reading

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A sunset… and some weird stuff happening…

So, here’s what is happening in my life right now… in between being disgusted by Donald Trump and doing funny posts about eyeballs… The weather has been weird. I took these pictures from my mother-in-law’s little garden last night, as … Continue reading

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Wow, Olivia, that is the best scrunchy face ever!!!

I don’t know how the scrunchy face… or squishy face… evolved with our friends’ daughter, Olivia. I don’t know if it is her way of saying ‘stop taking so many pictures, dang it’… or if she just likes that people … Continue reading

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What our house looks like now… and a very inappropriate cactus…

Turns out one of our walls didn’t have any insulation inside it… and as long as we were going to repaint anyway… Uh… I had no idea that replacing a shower would be so… invasive… You can see the back … Continue reading

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Sew what… (or): I did my doody… (or): Wait, why are you living at your mother-in-law’s condo???

Yup, that’s me, with a needle pulling thread… aka: ‘sewing’. Now, at this point, a few questions might be popping up in your head. Let me see if I can anticipate those questions and save you the trouble of asking … Continue reading

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Cousins…

Sorry… I thought we were done with this too… but my cousin Lynne, on the right up there… keeps posting pictures of their visit from England on Facebook now that she is back home. There I am, with her and … Continue reading

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Because… me!!!

I borrowed these pictures from my English cousin Lynne’s Facebook posts about their recent visit with us… because we all know I never waste a picture of me!!! There I am, posing jauntily with one of my weird tikis… This … Continue reading

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