Too busy to write

Sorry I haven’t written for a few days. I took a vacation day on Friday to prepare for a trip out of town and darn near wore myself out! I don’t know why, but every time I’m about to leave on a business trip, I feel like I have to do everything before I leave. I guess [...]

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Barack Obama visits Evansville, Indiana

Barack and Michelle Obama came to Evansville last night, after waiting for the polls to close in Pennsylvania. They came to Roberts Stadium, a large venue that holds up to 12,000 people. Due to my son’s rescheduled baseball game and my daughter’s unknown arrival from an out-of-town track meet, I was unable to attend the rally. [...]

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Perplexing wallflower

My son is ever the wallflower when it comes to events at school. He tried out for the middle school track team, but as the season draws to a close, still hasn’t qualified to run in any event. When asked why he hasn’t yet qualified, he hems and haws, coming up with obtuse excuses. From what [...]

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Aftershocks continue…

We were rumbled out of our beds again last night. An aftershock woke us up, although I thought it was part of a dream I was having, so I didn’t realize what it was until it was almost over. My husband, daughter and I conferred in the hallway, then went back to sleep. My son slept through it [...]

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Garden progress

I finally got some of my mulch put out on Friday, between the earthquakes and rain showers. One thing I do know– I’m getting old! I was so wore out just emptying 9 bags of mulch. I was thankful for the rain so I could stop moving my aching body. What happened to me? When [...]

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Midwest earthquake trivia

The 5.2 magnitude earthquake we felt Friday morning in the Midwest was relatively rare, but not unheard of for this part of the country. While it was only the second earthquake I’ve ever felt, my family and co-workers can remember other quakes they’ve felt in this region. Friday’s quake was definitely the largest one felt here [...]

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Midwest earthquake!!

Our family was awakened by an earthquake early this morning around 4:35 am. Super freaky!! I wondered who was shaking the bed and thought it might be the cat, until I realized nobody was there. It was scary at first to realize nobody was there doing the shaking and that’s when it dawned on me– [...]

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Michelle Obama visits Evansville, Indiana

I went in to work late this morning so I could see Michelle Obama speak at Harrison High School. I got there early enough to be towards the front of the line, so I waited (and froze) for about an hour before they let us in. While we were waiting outside, a young man was [...]

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High school cheer

My daughter recently made her high school cheer squad for next year’s season. Tonight she handed me a packet of information with dates, prices, and rules that was handed out at a meeting both of us missed Monday night. Oops! Oh well– that was the night I was watching a baseball game that went into [...]

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Frostbitten feet

We sat through another frigid baseball game tonight. The wind, the cold– they haven’t gone away. I tried to dress warm enough to survive the game without cooking myself at work by wearing too many layers. I dug out my full-length wool dress coat from the back of the closet and wrapped my extra warm black [...]

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