Jul

28

See You on Facebook

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July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Yes, I have a Facebook account but I don’t spend a lot of time using it. I did find an old (I use the term old loosely) friend on there last night, and we emailed back and forth to get updated on what the other one has been doing the last few years. We moved [...]

May

30

Susan Boyle Does it Again!

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May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Susan Boyle has done it again. She does another incredible job singing in the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent. See it for yourself on YouTube. I don’t know how much longer this show goes on, but I think Susan Boyle certainly has the talent to win. Even if she doesn’t win, she should be able [...]

Mar

28

Empty Nesters Once Again

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March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Well, the kids have gone back home so we’re back to our empty nest once again. It always seems so much more empty right after they leave! We had our big breakfast and then a quick stop at Wally World and then they finished packing their car and off they went, only 7 minutes later [...]

Mar

27

Japanese Cooking Techniques

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March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Well, today we went with our daughter, son-in-law and grandson to a Japanese restaurant that features a chef at your table cooking your food. Our one-year-old grandson was in awe of this fellow as he whipped his cleaver blade round and round and then smacked the bottom of the metal salt and pepper shakers each [...]

Mar

26

A Day at the Beach

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March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We took our empty nest fillers to Clearwater Beach on Tuesday. It was necessary to drive around for probably half an hour just to find a parking space. Whoever said tourism is down apparently hasn’t visited Clearwater Beach during spring break. We finally found a spot with a two-hour parking meter so then we had [...]

Mar

22

Fill’er Up!

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March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Yes, the empty nest is now full for a bit. The young’uns arrived about noon on Saturday, we had lunch, went shopping and went for a golf cart ride and were all exhausted! The baby is a blast. Today, Sunday, we went to the flea market, they went to the pool while Grandpa and Grandma [...]

Mar

20

An Empty Nest Refill

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March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We’re on the verge of refilling the empty nest for a week! One of our daughters and her husband and just-turned-a-year-old son will be here in approximately 12 hours. The empty nest is all cleaned up, the extra bedroom cleaned out and tidied up, we’ve taken our junk off the back seat of the golf [...]

Mar

14

Happy Birthday, Albert Einstein!!

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March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

photo credit: eheçatzin:. Happy Birthday, Albert. You would be 130 years old today had you not died of an aortic aneurysm in April of 1955 at the age of 76. Best known for his “theory of relativity” and his hairdo, Einstein’s name is in our daily vocabulary, synonymous with someone of great intelligence. My grandson’s [...]

Feb

22

Happy Birthday, President Washington

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February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

In February, there are several birthdays of people important to America’s past. Today is the birthday of George Washington, our first President. George was born in 1732 and died on December 14, 1799, of a disease almost unknown today, epiglottitis, which is an infection of the small tissue flap at the back of the throat. [...]

Feb

15

Happy Birthday, Susan B. Anthony

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February 15, 2009 | 4 Comments

Today, February 15th, is the birthday of a great American woman who fought most of her life to get American women the right to vote. Born in 1820, the oldest of seven children, she could read and write at the age of three. Fifty-two years later, in 1872, she became the first American woman to [...]