Flashback Friday ~ 29 November 1975

I haven’t done a Flashback Friday in many months but FG’s homework assignment two weeks ago really got me thinking about a natural disaster my older brother, Benny, experienced 32 years ago ~ the anniversary date was yesterday.
Benny still lives in Hawaii but we don’t keep in close touch. When FG was assigned the following homework: Interview someone [...]

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Few More Weeks to Go

I had my three week post-surgery check-up yesterday and unfortunately, all I got was “You can walk BRISKLY” ~ dang, I’m so ready to start some real exercise! Oh, well…the down time has allowed me to complete a lot of paperwork, get photos in order and start on holiday activities such as card writing, gift wrapping, decorating, [...]

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It’s here…

First snowfall, 23 Nov 2007
Despite the fact that it’s still considered Autumn on the calendar, winter has officially arrived here in the North Country (Ft. Drum, NY). We’re expecting more snow, 1-3 inches, tonight with temperatures hovering in the teens.
FM and I went through the list of “warm” items we need to survive the [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I love this prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson especially on this day of Thanksgiving…
Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank Thee for this place in which we dwell; for the love that unites us; for the peace accorded us this day; for the hope with which we expect the morrow; for the health, the work, the food [...]

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Happy in the Deep End of the Pool

In early October, FG’s physical education class started swimming classes. The first class involved dividing the children into those who could swim and those who couldn’t. One of FG’s girlfriends decided to “dumb her swimming down” in order to stay in the shallow end with a boy she likes.  If you’re anything like me, you’re thinking “Isn’t [...]

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Nothing Like a Good Book…

Thanks to Books on the Brain, I had a great book to read this week while under house arrest recovering ~ The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. As soon as I read the review, I went to Borders and, thankfully, they had a copy in stock. I carried it with me to the hospital [...]

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Update

It was a week ago today I had surgery to “take care” of my uterine fibroids. Once we got back from NYC, all my focus went into getting ready for my surgery ~ cleaning the house, paying all the bills, having “the talk” with FM just in case something happened, etc.
What was suppose to be a [...]

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Marathon Musings: Runner’s Point of View

I’m fortunate to have had the opportunity to run two very different marathons this year. I think I ran the smallest marathon (Guam) and the largest marathon (New York City) in the same year. In Guam, only about 100 people started, 46 finished and I was so proud to be in 16th place.  There were no spectators along the course [...]

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Marathon Musings

View of a marathon from a non-runner:
On the day of the New York City marathon, FG and I woke up at 4:30 to wish FM good luck, we each gave him a hug & kiss goodbye, then it was straight back to bed until about 7:30 am.
The morning consisted of gathering breakfast from the local grocer near [...]

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Small Bite of the Big Apple

30 Rock Observation Deck
We tried to cram as much into our NYC weekend as we could and I think we did a pretty good job for two days. FG had so much fun, she asked a couple times why we can’t live there. Hmmm… after all her world travels, she may have found the city [...]

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