Category: Shorts
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Sometimes You Just Got Nothin’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re at my mom’s in Manitowoc again, and Friday morning rolled around much faster than I imagined this week. I’ve got several blog post ideas rolling around in my head, but none seemed to work for the short post this week. Usually I work under pressure, but this morning I just… Read more
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Change of Scenery
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI love living at the beach but as I’ve said many times before, sometimes you’ve got to travel away from the paradise you live in to see people you love. That’s what happened this week. We’re spending time in the mountains with Randy’s siblings and their spouses. This is the view… Read more
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I Just Can’t Do It
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou know how it is when you neglect picking up little things around the house? You stop seeing them, these little things lying around that aren’t in their place because you left them in the last place you used them? One day you wake up and with new eyes see your home… Read more
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Yes, I’m Ready for Some Football
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast August I wrote a post titled Football, the Packers and a 955-Year Waiting List. You can read it by clicking on the link here. I love that the seasons don’t change much in Florida, but September is notable year in and year out because it’s the start of the football… Read more
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5 Days is Not Long Enough
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re wrapping up our visit this morning to the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri where we lived for 23 years. We flew in Monday morning and we’re flying out this morning, Friday. That’s just a hair over 96 hours to spend in a place we loved, with people we care about… Read more
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Aqua Walking
Reading Time: 2 minutesnally, FINALLY, I found a way to exercise that I absolutely love. Since my cancer diagnosis early this year, I’m starting to really understand that exercise, which I’ve avoided like the plague most of my life, is vitally important in preventing a recurrence. As is losing weight and eating right, all things… Read more
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How Hot Is It?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s so hot the chickens are laying hard boiled eggs. It’s so hot that hot water now comes out of both taps. It’s so hot the ocean only has heat waves. It’s seriously warm in Florida. Duh…..you say. I know. But honestly, I don’t remember this kind of heat the first… Read more
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Summer of Love (Redux)
Reading Time: 4 minutesUsually my Friday post is a short…but today is the 54th anniversary of the day Randy and I met so I’m rerunning the blog post about that. Excuse the fact that this is longer than my normal Friday post. ********************* I see references to “Summer of Love” all over the internet these… Read more
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5 Frogs on a Log
Reading Time: 2 minutesFive frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off. How many are left? A few years ago I conducted the great Malaise Experiment. The idea was to go 21 days (in a row!) making good choices about what I ate, how and how much I moved, and choosing activities… Read more
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A Blast From the Past
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRandy and I are heading back to Camdenton in a few weeks. While there we’re going to attend a Doobie Brothers concert, featuring Michael McDonald. We can’t wait to experience a blast from the past seeing one of our favorite bands from our formative early adult years. When Randy and I… Read more