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Recent Road Trip #1
While our holidays were quiet and simple, we did manage to fit in two weekend road-trips that we thoroughly enjoyed. The first one was the weekend before Christmas. Our destination was my parents’ house in Arkansas to pick up our daughter who had gone home with them after Thanksgiving. It’s a 12-hour drive one-way, so we originally planned to drive…
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December Days
When I say “Happy Holidays” I’m not trying to be unChristian. I’m not taking Christ out of Christmas. I’m actually thinking of the span of weeks that encompass the holiday season. I celebrate three holidays during this season: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. During this time of year I might say “Happy Thanksgiving!” (though, granted, that holiday is past) or “Merry…
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Lion Cubs at the Zoo
Our gift to the girls last Christmas was an annual pass to the Denver Zoo for 2015. They have enjoyed visiting the zoo several times this past year, but Lyle and I never had gotten around to going with them. Their pass will be expiring soon, and since the weather was relatively nice this past Saturday I suggested that it…
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A Walk in the Park
Lately I’ve been trying to fit more walking into my lifestyle. A few Saturdays ago I convinced Lyle and Rebecca (and Cookie) to go with me for a walk in the park by our house. It has a pretty extensive walking trail… and it’s just down the street… but in the almost-two years we’ve lived here I had never visited…
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Catching Up
Winter has arrived in Colorado, whether the calendar says it’s time or not. If it was up to me, it would not be allowed to snow in the fall or the spring. Only in the official winter months, and preferably only between Christmas and Valentines Day. But no one asked me. Last week I indulged in a “staycation.” After my…
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Our Visit to the Grand Canyon
So… you remember how back in the 1950s Great-aunt Thelma would invite all the neighbors over to look at the hundreds of slides that she had taken on her trip to the Grand Canyon? Yeah, me neither. I did have a Great-aunt Thelma. And she did take slide pictures on vacation. But the 1950s were before my time. And I…
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Road Trip Tallies and Stats
We are back from our anniversary road trip. We had a lovely low-key time. Four days just wasn’t long enough. We traveled southwest from here (Denver) through the mountains down into Arizona. We visited the Grand Canyon and then came home a different route through the mountains. It’s what you call “taking the scenic route”… and it was definitely scenic. I…
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Come, Follow Along
Every year we like to do something special to celebrate our anniversary. Whenever possible, we try to go away for at least the weekend. That doesn’t always work out, due to time constraints or finances. One year, when our children were small, our anniversary celebration consisted of going to McDonald’s. The kids played on the playground while we ate and…
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November Daybook
Outside my window the sun is filtering through the trees. While I don’t enjoy it getting dark earlier in the evening, having it get light earlier in the morning is nice. I am thinking about our Thanksgiving menu. My parents are coming for Thanksgiving this year. For the first time ever. Dad offered to bring a smoked turkey, and I told him…
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Horsecapades
On Saturday evening, after the quilt show, our family and a friend went to the Horsecapades show at the National Western Stock Show Arena. This was the one thing Rebecca wanted for her birthday a few weeks ago. She had heard of the Westernaires and was so very interested to see their show. We promised to take her as a gift for her…
