Up North

View from Atwood’s Cabin Yesterday I took my first trip “Up North”.  When I moved here eight years ago I kept hearing people talk about going up North. I thought when I moved to Commerce that I was about as far north […]

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Communication Conundrum

My son Michael is in France and Spain for his spring break.  I took great pains to set up his phone with a calling plan and a texting plan so he could contact me during his trip. He seemed hesitant at first […]

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Van Full Of Memories

Last week I redeemed a Groupon to have my van detailed.  I was instructed to remove everything from the van including emptying the glove box and the console.   Apparently my idea of shoving everything in the console and under the seat […]

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Reward Cards

Every time I go to a store I get the same question.  “Do you have your rewards card?” After 15 minutes of searching through my purse I concede that I don’t have it with me.  That is when the cashier looks at […]

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When The Kids Are Away….

DISCLAIMER:  I love my kids.  They are wonderful, smart, funny and I love spending time with them.  This blog can not be used against me in an shape, form or fashion. Ashley is away at college and Michael is going to Spain/France […]

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Morning People—I Don’t Trust Them!

I don’t trust anyone that voluntarily gets up before seven in the morning.  I just don’t. I assume anyone up that early is up to no good. I am not nor have I ever been a morning person.  Rise and shine only […]

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Fifty Shades of Grey

I was listening to a group of ladies talking a few weeks ago about a book they were reading and I mentioned to them that I had heard it mentioned on the Today Show.  One of them piped up and said “Oh, […]

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Farewell Encyclopedias

I was saddened to read today that they will discontinue publishing the hard copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It is still a vivid memory for me when the encyclopedia salesman came to our house.  It was in the evening and he was there […]

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Half Way House Needed

I recently received a shock to my system.  I returned from a Caribbean vacation paradise to the real world.  I am not as big a fan of the real world as I am of vacation and am most likely not alone in […]

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Overweight? What Else Is New?

My Caribbean vacation began one snowy cold morning around 3:15 a..m.  For those of you that now me that is early for me to be functional and upright. However since I was leaving the cold for a warm sandy beach with my […]

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