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Category: My Family

  • The Anniversary Present

    The Anniversary Present

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    Herb

    A few days ago I told you about my wife’s favorite tool, her trusty rusty smoker/grill/fire pit, and how she finds it relaxing to have a fire. Son, Tong, had given it to her a few years ago and she has made it earn its keep around here. In that…

  • Treasure Hunting

    Treasure Hunting

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    Herb

    One of the things we enjoy doing on our adventures is treasure hunting at thrift stores, second only to dumpster diving and curb surfing. Well, to define dumpster diving a bit, if we see something that is potentially valuable in a dumpster we will pull it out and take a…

  • Fraying Society’s Edges

    Fraying Society’s Edges

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    Herb

    And now Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his roomOnly to find Gideon’s bibleGideon checked out, and he left it no doubtTo help with good Rocky’s revival From: Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles …it included Gideon’s Bible, which I’ve seen in every hotel I’ve ever been in. You open the…

  • Back To The House

    Back To The House

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    Herb

    For our 40th anniversary, we were originally going to go somewhere out of town but not knowing what might be opened or not, we decided to avoid potential disappointment and play the tourists in Colorado Springs. We got a cheap room to avoid the distractions of being at the house…

  • Mischievous Shenanigans

    Mischievous Shenanigans

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    Herb

    I have a few incidents to chronicle from our little get-away of the last few days. Even though we never left Colorado Springs I don’t think it’s exactly a stay-cation because we didn’t stay at the house. We went and got a cheap room because if we would have stayed…

  • Fred & Wilma – Herb & Margaret

    Fred & Wilma – Herb & Margaret

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    Herb

    This is one of our favorite silly songs ever. It’s not by Larry, but by Fred Flintstone and his buddies all helping out. Happy AnniversaryHappy AnniversaryHappy AnniversaryHaaappy Anniversary Pour a cheerful toast and fill itHappy AnniversaryBut be careful you don’t spill itHappy Anniversary Ooooo Happy AnniversaryHappy AnniversaryHappy AnniversaryHaaappy Anniversary Happy…

  • 40th (Ruby) Anniversary

    40th (Ruby) Anniversary

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    Herb

    It is a nice feature of WordPress, and, to be fair, most of the other blogging software I have tried, that I can schedule posts in advance. That way I can keep my commitment to posting every day but on some days I can do other stuff as well. This…

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“I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn, and a king / I’ve been up and down and over and out and I know one thing / Each time I find myself flat on my face / I pick myself up and get back in the race” Frank Sinatra – That’s Life
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