That’s what I am. My friends from the pool, who are always thoroughly entertained by my stories, want to know why I get all the strange neighbors. Just lucky, I guess.
To be honest, I’ve been very lucky most of my life to have always had “good neighbors”. You know – neighbors [...]

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September is disappearing in a blink, just like the entire year 2009. It’s like I woke up on September 1, the day after I got home from my Seattle vacation, and hit the ground running and haven’t stopped. Surprise weddings will do that to you. Big upsets/layoffs/doubled workload for 10% less pay [...]

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Meet Mr. and Mrs. Adam Murray – the happy couple. This is the nicest picture that I have.
First off, you MUST know what a quick and very low-key wedding reception this was. Clearly nothing fancy. There was no wedding gowns to pick out, bouqets to throw, centerpieces to create, favors to give [...]

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All went fantastic!  With only a week and a half notice, it really did turn out to be a fantastic day.  It was an absolutely perfect day.  The happy couple were, in fact, HAPPY.  But can I dare say. . . . I’M exhausted!I need a vacation day just to recover.  I’m not sure when [...]

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While usually I’m a pretty low stress type female individual, these past couple of weeks have been shocking to my delicate system. Why am I so stressed out? I don’t GET stressed out. THAT’S stressing me out. Seriously. I spent way too much time in the 80’s stressing about every [...]

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Yes, it’s true. We women DO have one flaw. But only the one.
This has made its rounds through emails for years, but I have a couple of friends specifically who need to be reminded of this fatal flaw. I’m not going to name names. They know who they are.
To [...]

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Well, my boy’s birthday weekend went by like a flash. But then so has the last 25 years, so why am I not surprised that a few days seemed like minutes. Time is really getting away with me and I feel all kinds of out of control. Birthdays blending together, work weeks [...]

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As I was digging through my old photos this week, I came across this one of my brother several years ago in Pensacola, FL. It ALWAYS makes me laugh. He’s such a trip! Always goofing around. I don’t know WHO the unsuspecting girl is on the beach who now has her [...]

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The OLD thing that I talked about earlier in the week comes into play HERE.  Because you see, when I made my Blueberry Cobbler last week, it sent me down memory lane.  It always does.  And you know what?  That lane is getting longer and LONGER and L.O.N.G.E.R.  I can’t believe it’s been 24 years [...]

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Since my return from the Land of the Lost, I’m unstoppable! The stars got back into line, I reckon. I’m feeling more like the old me again. (And I DO mean OLD – more on that later in the week)
Last week at my neighborhood pool, we had a Going Away BBQ get-together [...]

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