July 2008

Thursday Thirteen #46: Cholesterol, Crochet, and Country Music

July 31, 2008

No, they don’t have anything to do with each other. However, all are on my mind this week, as well as a lot of other things. I’ve been doing a lot of “pondering and piddling” this week, y’all. I’ve had plenty of time to think, because I’ve been all by my lonesome. I look out [...]

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What’s A Baseball Player Got To Do With It? Part II

July 29, 2008

Yesterday, I told you that my husband’s Aunt Cleo wrote on the Christmas card this year. She said: “Shelly, I’m sorry I never got to meet you.” What? I read the Christmas letter she had enclosed, and it shook me to my core. My heart went numb. Did I mention that there is a baseball [...]

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What’s A Baseball Player Got To Do With It? Part I

July 28, 2008

Our vacation this year to South Carolina was precipitated by a Christmas letter. It was tucked inside the card from my husband’s favorite aunt. I had never had the opportunity to visit with Eric’s Aunt Cleo except by telephone. I was enchanted by her Southern drawl and her easy laughter. Have you ever talked to [...]

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Getting Lost In The Story, With Audiobooks

July 24, 2008

I’m not a very “trendy” person, especially when it concerns these new-fangled electronic thingies. I don’t own an iPod. I don’t lust for an iPhone. About the time I got interested in using my VCR to play movies, DVDs became popular. In fact, I only began using my computer in earnest a few years ago. [...]

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Historic Savannah, THE Most Elegant City

July 23, 2008

When General Sherman marched the Union Army across the South, the soldiers burned every Southern City in their path (hoping to end the Civil War). Every city, that is, except Savannah, Georgia. Residents of Savannah proudly proclaim that their Southern Hospitality so charmed General Sherman that it stayed his hand and he spared their fair [...]

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Bulldog “Ghost Tours” Bite!

July 22, 2008

Come explore The Holy City’s streets, cemeteries, back alleyways, churches, and join our experienced and fully-licensed tour guides on a 1 1/2 hour walking tour through the dark edges of Charleston’s Haunted Historic District. You’ll hear fun and chilling stories of Charleston ghosts, haunted houses, voodoo, and Lowcountry superstitions. This is the only Charleston SC [...]

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Jonesing for Blogging

July 21, 2008

It’s a sad thing to be on a journey to places you have never seen, and spend half your time trying to connect to the internet! We are on the final leg of a journey to the Southland. Y’all know how excited you get to go on a trip? How for days you plan and [...]

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Around Town

July 14, 2008

We’ve been busily packing for our vacation the last few days. We head out in the morning for South Carolina, and then down to Savannah, Georgia. Before I go, I thought I’d share a couple of images that I saw around town. I’m practicing with that new camera, but I’ve got a lot to learn. [...]

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A Classic Problem for Packrats

July 13, 2008

My husband had grand plans for this classic 1961 Volvo (it looks like a much older model car, doesn’t it?). He bought it in 1996 and began acquiring the parts to re-build the motor, rework the interior, and give it a complete makeover. He dreamed of mint green fenders and a cream color body. It [...]

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KaBoom, You Say?

July 12, 2008

There was a “bomb scare” at a local mall yesterday. I saw the story about it on our local evening news. It seems that a “suspicious package” had been reported in the Macy’s Store at Willowbrook Mall in Plano. The news featured footage of the police team’s special robot retrieving the package from the store [...]

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Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner.

July 11, 2008

A trip to Dan’s Meat Market, here in Denton, was required today. That’s the best place in town to get some Texas beef! I needed some. You see, I was just sitting here checking my e-mail when out of the clear blue sky (of Chicago) an e-mail came to me. A fella invited me to [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #45. My New “Baby!”

July 10, 2008

It’s Thursday Thirteen time, and I want y’all to be the first to know: I HAVE A NEW BABY! Well, not really a baby. In fact, it’s only a camera. A Canon Rebel XLI. I had to have it finally. And, I have the same problem with it that I have with new babies: I’m [...]

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Dealing With Stress

July 8, 2008

I find the process of de-cluttering to be very stressful. If I could hire someone to just swoop in and do this for me, I seriously might. Sometimes, it’s just overwhelming. Like today! This morning I’ve been sifting through a closet, trying to decide what stays and what goes, and it gave me a pounding [...]

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Afterglow

July 8, 2008

I’m still giddy. I can’t show you many of the pictures, because I can’t show recognizable faces of the children. You can see them on my Flickr page (if you will tell me to “friend” you), or tell me to send you a “guest pass.” Seeing the pictures is good but being there was awesome! [...]

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Special Delivery

July 7, 2008

Yes, I cried. We delivered afghans today. There was my sister Renice and my friend Rebecca. Behind them, it’s me, Sherry, her daughter Amanda,and my husband Eric (who wasn’t in the picture). But, he was having a good time, because I let him ride the golf cart with the cute volunteer. Hmmm. Does he look [...]

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Blogging Award Time

July 7, 2008

I’m headed out to deliver those afghans to Camp Sanguinity today. I thought I’d give you something to do while I’m gone. I’m passing along a blogging award, and I’ll tell you about it (but bragging about me is a yawn). Let me first show you the folks upon whom I bestow the “Arte y [...]

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Anticipation

July 6, 2008

Isn’t anticipation delicious sometimes? You know what I mean. You can remember it. Perhaps it was the night before a first date with someone who made your heart go pitter-pat. Maybe it was as you awaited the birth of your child. Maybe it was while you planned for your dream vacation. I’m experiencing something like [...]

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Walkable Neighborhoods

July 5, 2008

It’s amazing to me that so many of us spend years trying to get to that home in the “Burbs.” We are conditioned to want that lovely, huge house on a tree shaded lot with an expanse of St. Augustine grass in front. It’s the American Dream! Yet living in the suburbs is so impractical. [...]

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Cancelled Due To Lack Of Interest

July 4, 2008

Aw, heck. I had posted about a writing contest called Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall. I wanted you to tell me about the most hideous beauty experience of them all! Obviously I am the only person I know who has had one of those, because I’m the only person who has posted about an awful [...]

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The Three “Magic” Questions

July 3, 2008

This business of de-cluttering is a difficult one. Especially when one is genetically engineered to be a pack rat! I come by my hoarding tendencies honestly: my Momma was a packrat, her momma was a packrat. I don’t know how many generations it goes back. See? That’s a family picture right there! Actually, if you [...]

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