Fa, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la

‘Tis the season for holiday shopping, and just what do you give those who have “it” all and also money?  Check out, Wacky Gifts for the Holidays for some great ideas, including a personal hovercraft.  I WANT ONE!
But, what if you have to give to one of those irritating people who pick up the wrapped Christmas gift [...]

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The cutest Treat you could find!

I love Halloween.  What’s not to love about a holiday that lets you run around after dark, eat chocolate and dress in a costume, and I just had to ask permission to post this picture, from my nephew, because it is just the cutest picture on earth  today.
Beside the adorable baby, in the picture above, [...]

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Christmas is coming!

It is in the high 60’s today, in Indiana.  I understand that in Casper, Wyoming, where we lived for ten years before moving back home to Indiana, they have had four good snow storms and are expecting ten more inches this weekend. 
I am still not used to the warmth and nicer weather we have by [...]

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Families: Morgue vs Mayhem

 XUP’s post *XUP* brought up another side of the large family debate.  To recap, there was dad, mom, brother(10 years older) and me in our house.  Quiet does not even begin to describe our house.  If television had never been invented, we could have lived in a morgue.
I loved going to my sister’s house (she [...]

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Zone of protection bubble

Yes, I am here and alive.  I had a bad week, month, going on six months; still fighting my insurance.  HIP (The Healthy Indiana Plan) tells me I am insured.  Anthem, however, chooses to deny me coverage and has gone so far as to even stop debiting my monthly payment.  SOOOOOO!!!
I left home.  Seriously, I [...]

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Choice: playing a game or pulling out your organs through your throat?

I am the outcast in a family of game players.
 
Every Christmas, we travel to Masters Daughter’s house and the male members of the family spend five straight days playing games.  The younger ones extend the days into night by gaming with Play Stations and X Boxes, while the older ones keep it to a loud [...]

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Trees, banners, Gaffer, Mom and life.

I still have my tree up, both on my banner and in my front room.  I’m enjoying both yet.  As far as the banner, I have to find something to replace it.  I see that banner most every day and I want it to be interesting, and I need color in my morning. I was [...]

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Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock

It should be noted that there is a certain elementary school in north eastern Indiana that has a “Big Bang Theory” Tuesday.  I’m sure their Tuesdays are filled with discussions, like:  Did you see what Penny gave Sheldon for Christmas?, I love the line “It stopped being eggnog an hour ago.” (Oh, that was husband), [...]

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Extremely Biased Film Reviews – Bedtime Stories

We try to go to the movies at least once, with the boys, over the Christmas break, while Gaffer is home to join us.  This year we did not have a lot of choice, when we decided it was time to go before school starts on Tuesday.  So, we picked one everyone could agree on [...]

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Grandma, tweezers, gaming and winkies

Do NOT, tell my mother I put this picture up on the Internet.  She would not be pleased.  This is her squinting to see through the “special affect” glasses that Master’s Daughter passed out this year.  There were two kinds.  One put snowmen around the Christmas tree lights and the other, as you will see [...]

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