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Saturday, December 5, 2015

The Wrong Thing

Other than a candy dish and a couple of coffee mugs with Christmas icons on them, today is the first day this year that I have pulled out containers of long-kept family-cherished Christmas decorations. Son #3 was over yesterday asking about them. We had fun going through them and sorting them out... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 4, 2015

Upcoming Informal Shooting/Gun Safety Class

It seems that there is concern everywhere over the multiple instances of multiple killings with guns, as well there should be. But, I'm not sure that the answer to the dilemma is to buy more guns and to teach more people how to shoot them. Today I received an invitation to an upcoming informal... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, November 30, 2015

Where Is The Middle Ground?

It seems the rain has settled over our heads to stay, and it has made my head soggy. It has been coming down heavily for three days now, and there's nothing my brain wants to think about except "what I need to do", and "what I don't want to think about doing". I am overwhelmed just thinking. 1.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Please Take Notice

There is no candy in my Santa candy dish. I am going to be good as long as I possibly can. At the moment I am preparing some crunchy bits of celery, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and radishes to try to tempt myself, until my Florida grandbabies get here on December 22. Actually they are not babies... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 27, 2015

Shrinkflation Is...

At a time when one wishes to stock up at the Mart for special occasions such as a Thanksgiving feast or parties for the Christmas season and Christmas shopping for gifts, our excessive shrinkflation is so, so, so noticeable. Do they really think they are fooling anyone with packaging that is tinier... Sign in to see full entry.

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