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I recently returned from visiting my parents in Wisconsin to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. My youngest sister was married on my parents' 35th anniversary, so she and her husband have been married

Since I've moved to the Houston/Galveston, Texas, area, this is the first time we've had a Shelter in Place order. No, it's not because of COVID, it's because one of the refineries has reported some sort

Today is Brother and Sister Day. I have four siblings. There are only two of us left in the same area in which we grew up (Wisconsin), #3 (a brother) and #4 (a sister). I have a brother about a five hour

Well, this is day 4 of HiveBloPoMo and I missed the first three. Well at least I won't feel the pressure to write something/anything each day. I would have participated, but I had gotten rather ill this

It has been quite a while since my husband and I had a decent vacation. We took a short cruise. Our goal was to just relax. Our first day on board (last week Monday) was cold and misty. I hated that Disney

Source Yesterday, our wedding anniversary, brought us home from visiting our children for Christmas (well, three of the four). When we were half way driving home, we got a phone call from our pastor telling

Today is our wedding anniversary. We are celebrating 42 years of marriage. We married a year after we met, working it out through a long distance romance. It has been a wonderful 42 years! Was it all fun

Four years ago I took my youngest child on her first cruise (Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas). She was still young enough that she could go to the teen group on the ship. Since she is an introvert,

Source The November 2022 HiveBloPoMo challenge was truly a challenge for me. I was very busy this month, but I made a post each day this month - this is my final one for the 30th - 30 in all! I've learned

I thought I'd take a look at what "holidays" there were today and what do you know, it's Chia Pet day. I was at a store a couple weeks ago when I saw this Chia Pet for sale: I remember watching

Source After a long holiday weekend, I'm always busy. Today is no different. It's even worse than when I'm on vacation and return? Why? As a business owner, certain things are expected of you from your

My husband and I consider ourselves very fortunate. Not only do we love each other very much, but we actually like each other - and there is a difference! We enjoy each other's company and are best friends.

Source My husband and I got up this morning at 6:00 am to leave by 7:00 am (we left at 7:10 am) to drive back home. We left the Dallas area with rain and gray skies. We arrived in the Houston area with

Today, in the US, is Black Friday. This is the day that hopefully puts a company "in the black" and earn a profit for the year (if they haven't, yet). Some of us, though, would consider Black

This Thanksgiving Day (and every day), I'm thankful for lots of things. I'm thankful that today we will be sharing the day with three of our children (and my youngest's boyfriend). I'm thankful today that

I am just being lazy today. I don't feel like doing anything. Source I'm sure everyone gets that way from time to time. I've got to clean the house, get the laundry done, start cooking for Thanksgiving

Forty three years ago I moved away from the Milwaukee area to the Chicago area. I was transferred for my job. I was young and alone in a strange area. I was still living with my parents when I accepted

It's Thanksgiving week here in the United States. I believe Thanksgiving is the time most families will get together more than any other holiday here. Yes, Christmas is a big one, but since Thanksgiving

I was looking back at some old photos to create a Christmas card for this year. A number of years ago my sister created a card for my parents to send out with a picture of their young family from fifty

I apologize that my pictures are old. When my children started growing up, I wasn't able to get them all together for photos anymore. All are now grown. The above picture was taken by one of my sisters.