You all have helped me decide on other stuff, so I’m asking for your opinion here. My pillow picking practices are pathetic. Most usually I see something on sale and grab it. I give myself bonus points if the wrapper happens to say something about it being good for those who sleep on their stomachs. [...]

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I found a dead mouse in the pool skimmer basket this morning and DID NOT SCREAM! Yes, I flinched, but the shrieking thing? Well I’m pretty sure my neighbors will be glad I’ve conquered that. The spouse loves to laugh at me about this issue. I can scoop a live mouse out of the pool [...]

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Years ago I made it clear my idea of paradise would be a geothermal system that heated our wonderful Wisconsin roads and driveways. I am tired of shoveling mine all winter. I am also willing to concede my dream will never come true. The driveway battle will continue. We’ve been in this house 16 years [...]

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I think I found it. Now I have to go see if BB&B actually has it.

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$12 to be exact. Except I bought the youngest a movie on DVD, so that left me with about $5. The books I sold to Half Price Books? They probably cost about $500 from your friendly college bookstore. Just sayin’…

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Because there’s nothing to tell you! But sure as I type those words, you all will come up with something new. So how about you tell me this time? — I worked on Son No. 2′s closet this afternoon. It’s now all strung out across his old room, the upstairs hallway, the downstairs hallway, and [...]

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The only thing left on my list is to clean a certain someone’s closet since that someone won’t come home and do it himself. I hate to tell him, but we’re going to have a bit of a tug of war over who receives the proceeds of that closet’s prized possession. I am quite capable [...]

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That was on a t-shirt my folks gave to Son #2. I’m thinking of digging through his closet to see if it’s still there and making it my new motto. I could accomplish a lot today, really, if I had some kind of labor force who wouldn’t question me. Let’s see… First I had the [...]

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Last Sunday the kids surprised me with tulips for Mother’s Day brunch. The red ones were a little droopy this morning, so I pulled them out and added lilacs. I will confess, the lilacs are a bit towards the end of their time, too, but I managed to find enough from the bush to make [...]

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A quick update: 1) I’m chasing down good coffee today. Alterra is up to $10.99 a pound which makes it a dollar a pound cheaper to import from Guatemala. (My other source never came through!) As a final check, I’m making an Aldi’s run today. I remember they had a Guatemalan blend for a very [...]

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