Category: Shorts
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The Best Chips in All the Land
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI flew back up to Missouri to help Ozarkland’s parent company with a special project this week. I thought the best part of the trip would be that I got to eat the best chips and salsa in all the land at our favorite Mexican restaurant (El Caporal, Camdenton, MO) on… Read more
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A Year Already!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday, July 15, 2022, is the one year anniversary of the day Randy and I arrived in Florida to begin the rest of our life. It’s astonishing how much we’ve accomplished. New house, new roof, remodeled kitchen and bathrooms, great new friends, a SunPass toll road account, daily sunshine and joy,… Read more
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Lazy Days
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI didn’t get up this morning until nearly 10 am. In my defense I had a bad night and didn’t fall asleep until the wee hours of the morning. Since I’ve been awake I’ve done basically nothing. My sweet husband just let me sleep and went about his business, taking care… Read more
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Laugh! It’s great for the soul.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI used to google “belly laugh comedies” and hope we found a funny movie to watch that wasn’t too stupid, too profane and/or too violent for our taste. It rarely worked out. This week I stumbled on a YouTube channel called Drybar Comedy. Though I’ve only watched 4 of the hundreds… Read more
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Beam Me Over, Scotty
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI can’t wait for the reality of teleportation. The drive home from Wisconsin was brutal. Twenty-four hours in the car, outside temperatures sometimes upwards of 100 degrees, and fuel prices at break-the-bank levels. There’s no place like home. But in the future, to get back and forth between home and the… Read more
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Humbled and Blessed
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy sister and my mom gave me a totally unexpected gift today. There was no occasion for which a gift was anticipated. This is a picture of the shell of the present, but the real gift was what they wrote in it about me. BEST. GIFT. EVER. I cried reading it… Read more
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The Joy of Family Events
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve been back “home” to Wisconsin where we both grew up and where most of our family stills lives for about 10 days now. It’s been a joy to be able to share several family events with them since we’ve been here. We attended the Memorial Day Parade, graduation from kindergarten… Read more
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Buc-ee’s Review
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI promised to let you know how our first trip to a Buc-ee’s turned out. I loved it! It reminded me of Ozarkland (my last career before retirement) on steriods, although Ozarkland doesn’t sell fuel. Buc-ee’s is H.U.G.E. It’s apparently known for brisket so we bought sandwiches. I thought they were… Read more
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Perfect Peace
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI went to the beach twice this week. Both days were perfect. The water and the air were calm and warm, nearly identical in temperature, which means the water wasn’t too cold and the air wasn’t too hot. My friends and I spent hours just floating, completely without effort. The feeling… Read more
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My Florida Pet
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMeet Cyan the Fish, whom I call Annie. She’s our Florida pet, the only kind of pet we’ll ever have in our home. Annie was gifted to me by Randy’s sister, Lynn, who also happens to be my best friend, and knows me very well. Read more