Category Archives: Misc.

Thanksgiving

We had a really nice Thanksgiving at our house this year which was exactly what we needed. Just Rick and I, Devon and Jenny,  Vivienne and Del. Liza was on the east coast with all my extended family having a great ole time, but we missed her here. Rick does all the cooking at our [...]

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A crazy week

It’s been kind of a crazy week at our house. Last Saturday night our car was sideswiped in front of our house. We came home from dinner with friends to find this: Amazingly, the man who hit the car stopped and gave our neighbor all his information; license, registration, insurance info and phone number. We [...]

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Gratefulness

Tomorrow morning I head into the hospital for my eleventh surgery battling this cancer of mine. It’s been five years since I was first diagnosed and as much as I didn’t want it to be, cancer has been a life altering experience. It’s made me realize that I have a wonderful life and the best [...]

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Old Friends

My best friend in high school was Miss Kitty Finklea. We did everything together. We got into trouble together, saw each other through lots of teenage angst and were around for some big milestones in each others lives. After high school, we went to the same college for the first two years.  These are our [...]

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Fun Family Visit

Rick’s youngest brother John has been here visiting along with his twelve year old son Spencer. We’ve been having a really fun time. We’ve been to the gorge, the zoo, the coast and places in town. Rick and John are ten years apart in age but they look so alike. Still silly brothers. Rick is [...]

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