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  • Is it hot enough for you? Now don't throw rotten vegetables at me for saying this, but I'm enjoying it. I could do without some of the unbearable humidity we're suffering, but the heat is ok with me as I'm a perpetuall…

  • BIG changes are afoot at the office. This is making me smile. Happy blogging. pw

  • Our neighbor Mike The Realtor, is the most amazing man. He is going above and beyond his realtor duties to see that this house passes FHA standards and this deal goes through. Last night he stopped by DU's home to have…

  • **Edit 2:00 pm edst: First hurdle cleared. Offer was accepted. Now we await FHA's judgement. Don't uncross the fingers just yet. Over the last couple of months we've been helping DU and her husband search for a h…

  • We Survived the Mighty Pine

    We arrived home yesterday around noon, unscathed, unscratched, un-bruised, and most importantly, un-wet. Something that cannot be said about certain other members of our party. The first order of the day (right after…

  • Canoe Canoe?

    Tomorrow we will meet our party at the butt crack of dawn and start our journey, to commune with nature, ride a canoe down a wild river, and have more fun than we're allowed on a normal basis. Hopefully this will occur …

  • The Way of the World

    ......and million dollar corporations..... LOS ANGELES - Johnny Depp and his buccaneer friends continued to haul in the swag as "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" easily remained the top weekend movie with $62…

  • Just as I was drifting off to sleep last night (about 1 a.m.) I heard the wind pick up and distant thunder. All the better to sleep by. Thunderstorms, that is. Dh got up this morning and discovered the canopy over the…

  • Happy blogging. pw

  • Every once in awhile, I stumble across a gem of humor on the web. Even less frequently, I point (or is it point and laugh?) the way so that others might enjoy it too, providing they haven't already found it for themselv…

  • Occasionally, I'm called upon by DU to babysit my adorable granddaughter. Not often, mind you, she's cognizant that too much time spent with the Crazy Grandma might do irreparable damage to her toddler. But sometimes, …

  • Thought for the Day

    Deja Moo...... The feeling you've heard this bull before. Happy blogging. pw

  • How not to write

    It's that time again! Bulwer-Lytton Fiction results. "I know what you're thinking, punk," hissed Wordy Harry to his new editor, "you're thinking, 'Did he use six superfluous adjectives or only five?' -- and to tel…

  • I hate having to push the previous post/link farther down the page, because I feel anyone visiting here should click on it and go have a good laugh. However. In yesterday's post, Nan posed a set of interesting question…

  • Thrills on Blueberry Hill

    Friday afternoon last, I picked ten pounds of blueberries. (Val and MSM, choice picking at Blueberry Ranch on Buckeye Road off Day Rd. Picking now through Aug.) I've been dealing with them ever since. Blueberry pie…

  • (click on cartoon to resize) Summer in xangaland and all is predictably quiet. Posts and traffic have slowed down to a crawl as xanganites attempt to extricate themselves from the muck which slowly sucks them into…

  • We had a wild and busy long weekend. It seemed everyone we knew was either having a party, or attending one; we attended more than one. Saturday we spent the day on the local lake with about 1,000 of our closest friend…

  • I'm partied out and looking forward to returning to work to rest up. OK, so the part about work is a lie, but I am glad the festivities are over. Hopefully soon, I'll get something posted about the weekend. Happy bl…

  • Do Your Family Proud

    Elder Krause Reclaims Pit Spitting Title By Associated Press 4 hours agoUPDATED 3 HOURS 52 MINUTES AGO EAU CLAIRE, Mich. - Rick "Pellet Gun" Krause has reclaimed family bragging rights. Krause on Saturday took hom…

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