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Life With Charlie ~ What’s That Smell???
It was a peaceful morning. Now that we are fairly empty-nesters most mornings are. I say fairly empty because, though there are no children in the house some of them are right across the street and we have a dog, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Attitude, Blessings, Books, Cats, Challenges, Cleaning, Dogs, Family, Gratefulness, Home, Humor, Life, Mornings, Uncategorized
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Good Friends on Both Ends
Married friends can be a curious lot. The wife of a couple can be a good friend of mine, but the husband of that couple may not necessarily be a good friend of Cliff’s and vice versa. The dynamics, when … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Blessings, Board Games, Christians, Disney, Disney World, Family, Florida, Food, Friends, Happiness, Home, House Guests, Humor, Husbands, Husbands and Wives, Life, Men and Women, Senior Moments, Uncategorized
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Life With Charlie
Though I have always considered myself more of a “dog” person, and aside from the fact that we have never in all of our 42 married years owned a cat before, I have owned cats before. In fact, we both … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Blessings, Cats, Chihuahua, Childhood, Christians, Dogs, Encouragement, Family, Home, Humor, Life, Love, Memories, Uncategorized
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Phoebe and Charlie Chaplin
42 years. That’s how long we’ve been married and in all of those 42 years we have been blessed to have raised 3 children and seen them married. They then blessed us with 7 grandchildren, all of them living within … Continue reading
Pop, Crackle, Snap!
Contrary to the title, this is not a dyslexic commercial for Rice Krispies Cereal. This is the story of cauliflower, a microwave, a couch cushion, and a very patient man. Fun fact, the word “cauliflower” derives its name from the … Continue reading
Posted in appliances, Attitude, Challenges, Family, Food, Gratefulness, Home, Home Improvements, Humor, Husbands, Life, Marriage, Short People, Uncategorized
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Painting…Old Lady Underwear…Full Coverage Friends
There’s nothing like company coming to get projects done around the house. We have two rooms that desperately needed a fresh coat of paint and a nephew coming to visit in a few weeks. So, we painted. Two rooms. About … Continue reading
There Are Places We Remember, In Our Lives…
Though some have changed… …Some have changed a lot. Fortunately, we still have some men and women from the Greatest Generation to remind us of what was important then. To remind us what is still important now. They are the … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, America, Americans, Attitude, Challenges, Change, Childhood, Childhood Home, Children, Christians, Decades, Differences, Family, Fathers and Mothers, Generations, Getting Old, Grandchildren, Grandfathers, Growing Up, History, Home, Humor, Life, Memories, Moms, Remember, Senior Moments, Teachers, Teaching, The Greatest Generation, Uncategorized, Wisdom, World War II
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You Can Go Home Again
Recently, my husband and I went “home” again. Not the home we share “now,” we go there everyday. This is the home we shared “then”… After a brief apartment stay, this was the home we first lived in after we … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, America, Blessings, Childhood Home, Children, Christians, Cousins, Family, Florida, Friends, Getting Old, Gratefulness, Hearing Aids, Hiking, Home, Humor, Life, Love, Memories, New Jersey, Uncategorized, Vacation
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Facing the Challenges of Life…
Throughout the course of my life, I have been blessed with not having to face many challenges. At least none that I paid much attention to. I was born in 1959. My generation all played outside pretty much everyday. We … Continue reading
Posted in 1960's, America, Americans, Attitude, Baseball, Challenges, Childhood, Christians, Courage, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Growing Up, Heroes, History, Home, Humor, Life, Memories, Remember, The Human Spirit, Uncategorized
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A 2020 Thanksgiving
I’m not gonna lie, there have been times throughout this year when, in my head, I can hear Barbara Walters saying, “This is 2020”. I can’t help but think that she was somehow warning us all those years ago. Every … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, America, Birds, Blessings, Caring, Challenges, Family, Fathers and Mothers, Food, Generations, Getting Old, Gratefulness, Home, Humor, Life, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
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Not That Big A Deal 