Earth Hour

UPDATE:  We turned off all our lights and unplugged appliances for Earth Hour last night. It was a lot of fun sitting around the GAS fireplace with the candles lit enjoying a game of Go Fish with Grandma Betty and FG.  The house was so quiet and we imagined what it might be like to live in an Amish [...]

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Easter, Spring and Travel Fever

Despite the 20 degree weather and the snow flurries, it feels like spring has arrived. It hit us yesterday that the ski season is really over for the year and we’ve agreed to get out on the slopes earlier next winter. The start of spring combined with my recent visit to Atlanta has given me the travel [...]

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History Lessons

I have to admit it scares me when someone states a historical fact and then says “I saw it in the movie …”  And I’m not talking about a documentary.  Makes me wonder what else they believe hook, line & sinker. 
Don’t get me wrong. I love some of these supposedly historical movies  ~ I mean really, Mel Gibson as William [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

We had our “sort of” annual St. Patrick’s Day party this past Saturday and a good time was had by all. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are a tradition in my family. My mom and dad had a party every year and they were so fun. When my parents lived in Hawaii, their party guest list grew to over [...]

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Back From Atlanta

Atlanta is one of my favorite cities to visit so when I was invited to attend an Army Family Action Plan (AFAP) conference there this past week, I jumped at the chance. Not only is AFAP one of my favorite programs of the Army, but the location of the conference was ideal for me.
AFAP is an [...]

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Back on the Slopes

Yesterday, I was out-voted by two to one on our activity of the day. I suggested cross-country skiing or furniture shopping but both FG and FM were adament about hitting the slopes. FG’s response to cross-country skiing was “It’s SOOOO boring.”  She has cross-county skiing in school for P.E. and I can imagine how boring it [...]

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