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Quick Reviews from 2020

Posted on 12/10/2020 by chick

Here are some quick reviews of books I read in 2020. It was supposed to be the post from Day 139, but I didn’t finish it in time. Into the Darkness by Barbara Michaels, B+: The granddaughter of a famous … Continue reading →

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Day 271: Choice Made Easy

Posted on 12/09/2020 by chick

I ordered our Christmas cards last night. Choosing a picture for the card was a simple matter this year. We hardly went anywhere or did anything over the course of the year, so I didn’t take as many pictures as … Continue reading →

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Day 270: Walking on Ice

Posted on 12/08/2020 by chick

Who wants to walk in 20-degree weather? I do, apparently, or at least I didn’t let the cold stop me from walking yesterday or today. Parts of the driveway still have a coating of ice and snow, so I have … Continue reading →

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Day 269: Ideas Needed

Posted on 12/07/2020 by chick

I need to come up with some new ideas for the Advent calendar ASAP. I have very few ideas left and a lot of days to cover. When we get to the end of December and look back, this month … Continue reading →

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Day 268: Celebrations

Posted on 12/06/2020 by chick

My niece’s drive-by birthday celebration was today. Everybody who was part of the “parade” met up in a large parking lot, then drove by her house one by one, horns a-honking, stopping just long enough drop off a gift and … Continue reading →

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Day 266: Expiration Dates

Posted on 12/04/2020 by chick

Today I discovered yet another peril of online Christmas shopping: a sale that expired as I was shopping, making everything in my cart suddenly quite a bit more expensive. <sigh>

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Day 265: All Good News

Posted on 12/03/2020 by chick

On Monday we had a storm with high winds and downpours. The wind nearly knocked our power out several times, and it did knock out the cable system, leaving us without Internet and home phone for the entire night. But, … Continue reading →

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Day 264: Springtails on Waterslides

Posted on 12/02/2020 by chick

On Thanksgiving we noticed that there were tiny bugs all over everything outside, including our trash and recycling bins, even our front door. It was an overcast day and none of the pictures I took turned out very good, but … Continue reading →

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Day 263: One Day Down

Posted on 12/01/2020 by chick

I took the Advent calendar out of storage last night. I was a little disappointed when I opened up the box and looked through the ideas that I had “paid forward” to myself back in January, because the pandemic has … Continue reading →

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Day 262: A Little Bit of Good

Posted on 11/30/2020 by chick

Today we had a parent-teacher conference with Livia’s teacher by phone. I would have preferred to have the conference in the usual way, which is for me to drive to the school and meet the teacher in person. But, the … Continue reading →

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