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It’s Snow Big Deal

School was cancelled yesterday due to an impending snowstorm, but that storm didn’t drop a single flake. Until this morning, that is. Now it is finally snowing, and the kids are at school. Somebody really messed that one up!

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Never Gonna Happen

Sometimes I think I’m getting close to defeating Laundry Mountain. Then I start to do some regular cleaning. I find clothes lying around in random places, and I strip the sheets from the beds. They will all have to be … Continue reading

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This Is a List

Below is a list of Barbara Michaels novels. I cobbled the list together from information I found at several websites. It looks as though Barbara Mertz published about a book per year under this pseudonym, for a total of twenty-nine. … Continue reading

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Stupid Coffee!

Poor Marshall. If he asks for anything in the morning, his parents are likely to answer, “Wait until I’m done drinking my coffee!” One morning, while said parents were leisurely drinking their coffee, he was heard to lament, “Why do … Continue reading

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It Could Have Been Worse

2018 hasn’t been a great year so far. Our cat died, then we all caught the flu, and then we had a nasty nor’easter that knocked our power out for 24 hours. I am thankful, though, that these things happened … Continue reading

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On the Road to Recovery

Yesterday morning my temperature was normal. I felt just good enough to get up, do laundry, and take care of the kids. I let my hubby sleep in my daybed for most of the day. I stayed downstairs with the … Continue reading

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What’s Really Bad

Do you know what’s really bad about the flu? EVERYTHING. Everything about the flu is really bad. We are still sick. We are totally exhausted. But I suppose we can take some small comfort in the fact that we probably … Continue reading

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I Don’t Like This Game

The name of the game is “Flu” and it’s played like this: Feel a little better. Get up. Immediately feel worse. Get back into bed. Feel cold. Bundle up. Start feeling so hot that you can’t stand it. Sweat so … Continue reading

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Warm

The outdoors was not alone in being warm today. I’ve got a fever of 101.9. I caught this illness, whatever it is, from the kids. Marshall seems to have recovered. Livia is on the mend. I’m probably at the peak … Continue reading

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Ups & Downs

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