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The First Update of the New Year

According to my Jen Delyth calendar, today is Christmas, if you are Eastern Orthodox – so Happy Christmas! And thanks to Dragon Dreams’ Jen, I now know the Year of the Dragon is drawing to a close, in...

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AND… It’s Monday, AGAIN :(

Damn that weekend was quick. And warm. It was 70 degrees here all weekend, though not a lot of sun. But it was nice to be outside without a coat on, even after dark, since it was only down to...

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AND… We’re Done – an Update

The Atlanta Falcons aren’t going to the big game. Meh, I so don’t care. But, it’s all I heard all weekend long outside of our house, so there you go. But Chelsea won 2-1, so one of us is happy, and...

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A President’s Day Update

President’s Day, yet another day without school (mine had Friday, off, too, for Teacher Work Day), and no mail, so my PTP FOTM will probably be delayed by a week. But the trash picked up, so...

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Back to the Grind – an Update

Vacation’s over <pout>. As much as I thrive on routine, boy, it sure gets old At least spring HAS actually arrived, and I hope it’s here to stay this time. Along with the insane tree pollen...

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SOS – an Update

101 years ago, the Titanic went down. And I find it fitting that we mark the anniversary by making it Tax Day But we actually got those done in March this year, though I didn’t send my payment to the...

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Autumn on the Ponte Vecchio

Finally, Fall, my favorite time of year! And, unlike in years past, actual fall weather! The rain has let up the last few weeks, only raining one day last week, which, of course, was Saturday, when we...

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Ribbons, Tigers, and Lights – an Update

Well, the results are in – of my 10 entries to the N. Ga State Fair, I got 6 awards – 3 Blue (1st) and 3 Red (2nd), all on needlework. My photos got nothing this year, though I do think one of them...

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Time’s UP! Brushes DOWN!

So, the Week of Glidden is past, as is the Week of Turkey – and the painting still is not 100% done, but darn close! I just have a couple of doors and some molding left to do, and general touch up, and...

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Okay, Do Over!

I had started a post last Monday afternoon, and between a serious attack of barometer-head that sent me home in blinding pain on Tuesday when the front du jour pushed through, to hell week starting a...

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Spring Fly-In – an Update (and a Half)

The HALF comes in because I was GOING to post last week, as usual, but the web host was doing some updates on Monday, preventing me getting in, and then Tuesday, BLAMMO, I was home sick with the great...

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Spring Rolls – an Update

Not the good, Thai kind of spring rolls, but the kind that says the weather is going to change every 36 hours or so, so that we have many opportunities to have both heat and A/C on in the same day...

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It’s Iris Season, FINALLY

IF the weather cooperates, I expect this to be the first of a bumper crop The few old Dutchies that came up look like they’ll bloom before the new ones I planted in March, which makes sense, since they...

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Ummm, Monday Update….

Yeah, late again. I have reached a whole new level of slammed. Which would be okay if I could actually make even one iota of forward progress, but as that’s not really happening, yet, I’m kind of in...

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So, Tuesday Update It Is

I don’t know who I’m kidding – I am clearly just too damn busy on Mondays to get a minute or two in to get this in; of course, since yesterday was Send Repeat E-mails Day, I may have maxed out my word...

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Triple Crown – So Close, and Yet So Far

Today in History: In 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. And though I don’t follow horse racing religiously, I was really hoping...

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It Was a Dark & Stormy Monday….

And it all began with a tornado siren in the middle of a Sunday evening, which, when we got outside (because of course, the siren goes off, and we go OUTSIDE to look for anything going on), wasn’t...

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Lavender, Blue & Black – an Update

This week’s update brought to you by the colors lavender, blue, and black. First, a little something different, thanks to an order from Fire Mountain Gems, which was loaded with beads from Swarovski,...

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Now that the Cup is Over…

…I have no idea what I will stitch to for the rest of the summer. I guess we’ll have to find something to tide us over until the new seasons start in the fall, though Outlander is in a few weeks – but...

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RIP, Jim Rockford – an Update

James Garner – who didn’t like him? I used to love staying home from school and catching episode after episode of The Rockford Files, in between Medical Center and Emergency! and Quincy M.E. (which may...

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