Buried

I’m dazed and scatter brained.  Many of you will say that this just describes my normal state of mind.  And to you I say "meh"! How about a list?  It is probably your only hope of getting any sort of a lucid post. 1.  We went to Washington and arrived to find our house buried […]

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Weekend Update

How about a list? 1.  Dana’s sister Michelle was in town this weekend.  It was nice to visit with her. 2.  We went to Deland yesterday to see Dana’s folks and Michelle. The three of us Anna Grace and Dana’s parents Anna Grace playing in the yard 3.  Watched college football…. the BCS will probably […]

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10 Years

Today is our anniversary.  We had big plans but life interrupted.  Instead we did something simple and we had a great time.  The something simple…. we went over to Florida’s Nature Coast (west side of Florida) and stayed at my mother’s winter house.  She’s not using it right now so we took over the joint.  […]

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Not Exactly “Santa’s Elves”

Today we took a bit of a field trip and we had a great time.  Hammy, Hampy, Lisa and I rode over to Brooksville to visit Rogers Christmas House  (I’d link but alas…. they have no website).  Rogers is a Florida landmark.  It is a complex of several Cracker-style buildings all filled to the brim […]

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Roll Your Own Pumpkin

On Saturday we took Anna Grace to downtown Franklin where they were having a fall festival and a Pumpkin Roll. What’s a Pumpkin Roll?  Its where everyone in town buys a pumpkin, goes to the highest hill in town, rolls their pumpkin  down the hill and see who gets their pumpkin the furthest. Anna Grace […]

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Combinations

1.  I’ve been eating Lean Cuisines these past few days.  Thought a few less calories may do me some good.  By combining them with a big ol’ bag of potato chips I seem to have missed out on the desired effect. 2.  I have combined…..     a. Dana being out of town thus causing […]

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Bless My Florida Soul

We left North Carolina this morning (Thursday, Sept 6) and Anna Grace and I headed out by ourselves.  I wondered how she’d do with the long ride to Florida.  She was fantastic.  No fussing, no problems. We crossed the Florida state line early this afternoon.  We were greeted by warm breezes, blue skies and wonderful […]

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More South Dakota

Prairie Homestead: A home still remains that was set up by a man who took advantage of the laws allowing homesteading.  You can now tour the home and farm.  It is a sod house surrounded by prairie dogs.  We had a ball. The house which is built into the side of a hill. Anna Grace […]

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