Do You Feel Lucky?

Lately, choosing a book to read has been difficult for me. Due to FM’s job and the number of people I come into contact with, I already have enough drama in my life and, now when I read, I want to escape with an uplifting, positive book. I’m already “emotionally spent” with real life. Unfortunately, all the recommended [...]

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Awards

As FG was running out the door to catch the school bus this morning, she threw a sheet of paper at me. It said there would be an award ceremony at 2:00 pm today and parents were invited to attend. Although I didn’t know the details, I’d gotten used to going to elementary school award [...]

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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today…

…FM reported for duty at Ft. Benning, Georgia and started his long career in the Army. I don’t write much about the Army, mostly because it’s not my profession and, when I do write about it, it’s strictly from an observer’s point of view.
I’ll make an exception today because I’m very proud of FM’s service [...]

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Flashback Friday ~ Big Dogs

 
This photo is from a visit FM & I made 12 years ago to a friend’s home in Hawaii. I’m with Thurston which is one of two English Mastiffs my friend owned and, although I hadn’t met the dogs before, we became fast friends.
 Claudia was the older of the two dogs and she would lay at [...]

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Bonfire in June

It was my kind of day ~ hot and humid. It felt like my core body temperature was finally getting back to normal. I took FG and her friend out early in the morning to practice soccer ~ passing lay-ups. To cool down afterwards, they ran through the sprinkler and ate ice cream sandwiches. Good times.
Later in [...]

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Earning Respect, Not Wearing It

FM’s high school in Chardon, OH has been in a swirl of controversy regarding this year’s graduation ceremony. Two of their graduating seniors finished their necessary high school credits early and went through military basic training: one in the Marines and one in the Army. Congratulations to both of them on their accomplishments. They went back to [...]

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Photos Found

Have you ever lost a camera? I haven’t so I can only imagine how awful it would be to lose photos from a once in a lifetime vacation or of an important event.
Over at bookbabie, I read about a site called I Found Your Camera which is dedicated to finding the owner of lost cameras. What a [...]

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