DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS

After 9 months of unemployment, I joyfully accepted a position with a small, liberal arts school as their registrar.  This new position  is located approximately 80 miles from the city in which I live – but the commute is mostly…

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INTO THE BUSHES

Let’s just make it a Funny Friday Renault Alliance Trilogy!   We had that car FOREVER!  It became the “junk car” that dad drove around town so as to not tie up the family van.  It was also the car…

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OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES

  I am back in the Renault Alliance we bought while in graduate school.  There are a number of memories that were created in that vehicle.   Hey!!!   FAMILY  memories!!

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BACKSEAT DRIVER

I seem to be stuck in the year 1986 recently.  Maybe because our firstborn child, born in ‘86, now has his own first born.  Maybe, I just don’t have enough to keep my mind busy and I am drifting….  …

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JUNKET

In the annals of embarrassing family moments, comes today’s Funny Friday.  It is only “funny” because it is over and we lived.     In 1986, I was married to a seminary graduate, proud to have his Master’s of Divinity…

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Birthdays have always been important in our family.  This celebration is something that I brought to our marriage – my DH family, while certainly recognizing the special day, didn’t have all the “hoopla” that my family attached to this day….

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MOUSE TRAP

It is Funny Friday – the day I tell you about the stupidity in my life – things we need to laugh at or we would just be too hard on ourselves.  But before I share my issues with mice…

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BEETS

My mother always was great cook. Of course, she is mostly German,so there are lots of great things to make!  We were never without some kind of Kuchen, coffee cake, or sweet in the house.  Pies – not so much,…

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FREEZE!!

  I love police scanners!  As a kid, my aunt, who shared our home, ALWAYS had her police scanner on. When a call came across about a fire or some other type of emergency, she would get in her car…

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