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We got our first Christmas card on Tuesday. TUESDAY!!! It isn't even December yet.Worst still, it was a Christmas letter written in the voice of the 2 year old. And it was long. Really long. Small font, full page l…
Yesterday morning I spent time going through my box of cards and news clippings . I then took everything I needed done to Kinko's to make copies to send to Texas Department of Criminal Justice. It was pretty emotional.…
Yesterday I pulled my wedding dress out of the attic. It has been stored in triple protection for about 23 1/2 years now. Yesterday, I noticed that some creature had started eating through the first box. The glue on t…
I have a very deep fear of pulling a Michael Richards someday.Growing up in deep east Texas during the '60's and 70's I heard alot of racism as a child. It was very ingrained in the culture. Hearing the "N" word was ju…
I got a "I noticed" comment from the mailman for getting a new mailbox.I have been torturing all mail carriers for the last 7 years with an impossibly small mailbox.Hope they are happy.
THIS IS A MAMMOTH POST(but not the promised one)Yesterday was a rollercoaster day for me. The whole squirrel incident (wild first hill with building tension and unknown outcome but funny- sort of). I took Clayre to ge…
Still planning my mammoth post. It is mostly still in my head.But I'll get it together.I also changed my post about the funeral to a protected post.If you didn't get to see it, let me know.It just seemed appropriate.In o…
I am working on a mammoth post.It will be for my own pleasure so don't feel bad when it comes out not reading it. It will stretch out for days...But until then, I do have funeral pictures. I know. It kinda weird.Do y…
I am currently reading The Brothers Karamazov and will be for months and months. I'm a slow reader for one thing. And for another the book is 725 pages in smaller that ordinary print. And thirdly, Dostoevsky is deep…
Using this profile pic, I feel like all my comments have the tone that I'm about to write you up for an infraction.I've got a hall monitor badge and a pad full off infraction slips and I'm not afraid to use them!!*sticks…
New Profile PicThis is the photo that got me labeled Velma from Scooby Doo.
Off to one of Dallas's most noteworthy institutions - if only because their name is just so cool and memorable. It's almost as good as Denton County's most noteworthy institution.BRBAlas, the trip to the Duck of Bob pro…
Well, Halloween has come and gone.It is time to start thinking about pulling the Christmas decorations out of the attic and getting all festive and stuff.I love/hate Christmas decorations.So here is my first everDixie's …
Dave Posey was buried yesterday in a bright green John Deere casket complete with yellow handles (just like the tractors) and an embroidered tractor on the inside lid. After the funeral, he was carried to the cemetery in…