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Winterizing the House

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What an eventful week for me, so I am not surprised unbeknownst to me, that a real cold front is on the way. With the weather being severely crazy in south Texas this winter, going from hot to cold then back to hot then cold again in less than twenty-four hours, I just put off doing the close in around the house thangy. The problem is that my house has a pier and beam base which means it sits up off of the ground. Of course, not high enough off of the ground for an average size person to crawl under it. Why would that be logical? Also, all of the water pipes are under my house, not in the...

What’s Going On Here?

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As you all know, I have been spending a lot of time typing on a Memoir but I also like to do Widow’s Blogs, some funny, some just thoughts. Well, here’s the deal, I decided the best place for me to write the Memoir and Blogs was to relocate my computer to a table in my game room. The game room was a large detached garage which we converted to an apartment then later took out a wall to make one large room as a game room and it also has a full kitchen and bathroom. My husband’s full-size pool table sits in the middle of this room. It also has a treadmill, weight machine,...

Are There Secrets to the Polar Plunge?

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I watched several videos January 1st. shared on Facebook by The Geneva Shore Report, a newspaper based in the town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. These videos were of the crowds of people in Lake Geneva getting ready then actually doing the annual Polar Plunge. Even though I live in Texas, I love this newspaper. They share the news, weather, and special happenings of their town in videos daily and in their paper published once a week in print and online. The newspaper is owned by James Strauss who is a gifted author of many books and totally admired by his readers. He can absolutely write...

What Was I Thinking?

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People are gonna quit inviting me places. I have no doubt that this is true unless they are in for some new comic relief of some kind. Being sixty-nine years old has had its challenges but I have tried to make sure that others do not know the absolutely dumb things I do. When you get my age you realize that everyone is looking for those telltale signs of dementia. Of course, in my case, I have never remembered names, just faces, so that should be acceptable for a while. I have a system that helps though, it’s called the ABC system. To use this system, you just start saying the...

Some Assembly Required, Really?

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What does the word “some” mean? Unknown or unspecified? Evidently, “some assembly required” has changed since I last put something together. Maybe I expect too much or don’t understand how it all works. Why would you ship a product in a box that is big enough for it to be fully assembled, if it needs to be put together? Just shove those pieces in a smaller box! The picture of the play kitchen I ordered looked like a “one-piecer” to me. Dang thangy is made of plastic, just make a mold big enough for the whole “shebang” and pour in the...