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Category: My Family

  • Good(-ish) Report

    Good(-ish) Report

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22211 – 765: Here’s the haps: The good part first followed by the equivocating “-ish”. The stress test, as I said previously, had an abnormality on it. Several professionals looked at it and said, “Yup. She needs an angiogram.” So today they did the angiogram, not realizing…

  • Major Plumbing And We Ain’t Talking Water, Either, Amigos y Amigas

    Major Plumbing And We Ain’t Talking Water, Either, Amigos y Amigas

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22210 – 764: Here’s the haps: Had to take Mrs. Herb to the ER last night. She was having chest pains and a lethargic feeling and her oxygen kept dropping. Daughter said, “Dad, I don’t think Mom’s doing good. You better call 911.” Both daughter and Mrs.…

  • A Gate Of A Fence or Offense

    A Gate Of A Fence or Offense

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22143 – 715: A couple days ago I posted the meme about a fence and right after that, we had a real incident about a fence. Our neighborhood is at the top of a hill and ours was one of the first houses built back in 1959…

  • Throw Back Thursday – The Mayflower Sailed Yesterday 400 Years Ago – Lackadaisical Larry

    Throw Back Thursday – The Mayflower Sailed Yesterday 400 Years Ago – Lackadaisical Larry

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22140 – 711: I mentioned on Tuesday James of the world-renowned James Proclaims did a Villanelle as one of his filler pieces instead of a Haiku and the form fascinated me. I am working on it but that’s not what you are getting at the moment. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯…

  • Where I Was On 9/11/2001

    Where I Was On 9/11/2001

    Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22134 – 705: I can remember walking over to the bus stop with my kids. There is quite a busy street that feeds into Fort Carson called South Academy Boulevard and they were young so I would walk them across the street to the college where the…

  • Extra! Extra! My Wife Saved A Life (Real Story)

    Extra! Extra! My Wife Saved A Life (Real Story)

    Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22105-676: For quite a few months now my wife has been working on our family genealogies using ancestry.com among others. She has narrowed down the search for my bio-dad and we feel fairly secure in the knowledge. During her journeys she has met a number of different…

  • All’s A Lot Better – Nice News – Much Thankfulness

    All’s A Lot Better – Nice News – Much Thankfulness

    Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22093-663: I went to the hospital today to visit my wife and her oxygen was at 93 without assistance. And it got better as the day progressed and I was able to bring her home. That was one nice thing. While she’s not completely out of the…

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