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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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Use It or Lose It

ANGER: you have to use it or lose it. Channel it into something good, or let it go.

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Goal Check

I still have not finished my 2017 photo album or my 2017 posts. We are now more than halfway through February, and it’s past time to start looking forward rather than backward. Consequently I have decided to push off the … Continue reading

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A Bad Dream

Patriot’s Dream by Barbara Michaels Grade: C+ I’m enjoying my Barbara Michaels binge, but I wish that her writing had been more consistent. Patriot’s Dream is not one of her best. I just read it a couple of weeks ago, … Continue reading

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Catless

For the first time in 20 years, we are catless. All the doors can be left open, because there are no cats trying to sneak into forbidden areas. Cardboard can be left out with no fear that it will be … Continue reading

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All the Rooms Are Quiet Now

From the day we brought him home with us, Mojo’s snuffly breathing always gave him away. He couldn’t hide from us. We could always hear him even if we couldn’t see him. All we had to do was listen. Until … Continue reading

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