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Eyes … …are the windows to the soul

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It’s Spring…in Minnesota.I’ll be darn …snow. Today. Four inches. In-con-ceiv-a-ble! (think Princess Bride). Thankfully my friend Brenda suggested we go for pedicures today! and it helped. Alot. I refuse to wear socks and shoes now. Snow or not.No, I don’t sit around eating bon-bons, getting pedicures, watching re-runs now that I’m not employed. I have … Read More

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You can dress ’em up, but you can’t take ’em out…but that’s exactly what we did… we took the “kids” out to Olive Garden thinking they would act all grown up like. and they did. for awhile. (Danae helping figure out the bill) ok, this is good. No nonsense. but it looks like Nate is … Read More

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Spring will comethat’s what I’m trying to tell myself anyway. Each day I think “today the weatherman will say it’s warming up.” And…”the high today will be 75 with plenty of warm sunshine”. So far, not much warm sunshine. Not much sunshine. Not much warmth. Nothing green. Everything is dirty, brown, blech. I thought I’d … Read More

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I’m sorry……really, I am. But when Danae showed me this picture she took at school — I just knew it would end up on my blog. For those PETA advocates out there…the squirrel is dead..as in roadkill. Leave it to a college student to decorate the campus with it. According to Danae, the rodent has … Read More

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Today …Nate walked in the door and said, “Mom, I found a dog”. Me: “What? A dog? Where?” Nate: “In the garage, a collie, I found it on the road to our house, around the corner”. At the last comment I was pretty sure I knew who the dog belonged to, and the dog’s name, … Read More

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Every day I put on these boots…. and walk out to the backyard…. to gather eggs and to throw whatever “old” veggies or fruits I have to the “biddies” as Kirk calls the chix today it was a mushy tomato…they especially love red food.this is Rose….she is a very gentle and sweet hen. You’d like … Read More

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Sometimes…taking serious, posed, show-off the offspring kind of pictures are a major challenge… Finally. Some things never change.

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Our 1st annual Easter/Spring family weekend is over … but the memories (and photos!) will be with us forever. We were one family shy of all the fam being present, but we look forward to ’09 when my sister, Barbara and her family can join us. As I watched our families interact last weekend, and … Read More

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Friday dinnerEveryone gathered. Thanks given. Food line.(note the affection in the following pics) Kale was Kirk’s best bud on Friday night… Kale asking Kirk: “Why don’t you have hair right here?” Kale thinking about the answer… and loving Uncle Kirk all the same…