Yet Another Casualty

Husband discovered this morning, when he tried to take a shower, that we have suffered another loss from the lightning strike yesterday afternoon. It looks as though the bolt and ensuing power spike scrambled the circuit board of our hot water heater.
I’m calling the homeowner’s insurance people today in the hopes that [...]

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NOOOOOOOO!!!!

It seems that the lightning strike of earlier today zorched my TiVo!
I am distraught!
I am bereft!
I am a mild state of panic! (okay, so maybe not-so-mild)
Husband came home from work this evening and tried to fix the thing, but found that he couldn’t. He went immediately on eBay and bought a new power [...]

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Grace’s Lilies

A lovely reminder of my great-gramma Grace, growing in my own back yard.

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All Charged Up

We had some really good thunderstorms rumble through our neighborhood this morning. I knew they were coming - I’d flipped on the Weather Channel while crunching down my bowl of Special K and saw an ugly red and green line trooping through my state on its way to my little corner of it - [...]

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Motive and Opportunity

So, here’s the scene. It’s 8:15 or so in the morning, and I’m helping Beanie put butter on her English muffin. As we’re chit-chatting and I’m speading, I hear something small drop to the floor. I look down to see Beanie’s cutie little face smiling sheepishly up at me, and a red [...]

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Hello Muddah…

O’Mama sent her daughters, ages 12 and 8, to summer camp. She’s been suffering withdrawal symptoms and, just to make the experience that much better, she received this letter from the 8 year old in the mail today:
Dear Mommy and Daddy,
I want to come home, I miss home, I miss you and Shem (editor’s [...]

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Who Knew?

We had a dumpster delivered the other morning. At first, I didn’t want it; I didn’t think we’d be ready to have the thing - motivation for household chores in our place is often lacking during the summer months - and I wasn’t sure that we’d be able to get rid of enough to [...]

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Five Things..

Tagged. I’m “it.”
Five things I love:

(I’m kind of cheating on most of them, because they are really more than one item, and recognize that parts of my lists may change somewhat depending on what’s going on in my life):
- My family. My husband is wonderful - funny, thoughtful, kind and, well, mine. [...]

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WOOO, HOOO!

I HAVE AN OVEN!!!
My husband installed and connected the oven yesterday, and we turned it on this afternoon to heat up a pizza! (I know, I know, not the FIRST thing I wanted to do with my oven, but still!) I’m going to bake a pan of brownies after dinner.
I’m a little miffed [...]

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