Cincinnati: Friday thru Sunday 10am IKEA Trader’s World Skyline Chili Jungle Jims …. a grocery store and more . . . It’s like Disney World! Olive bar! Leaving for church now….at Westside Vineyard — I wonder if Pastor Ryan is speaking today.
First Stop – Pizza
We began our fall ’08 road trip late Thursday morning. First stop: Crystal Lake, IL for some pizza at Lou Malnati’s with 2 of my sister’s and their families. We were there for a couple hours and I think were the loudest bunch there. We’re just like that. Kale. The youngest cousin (nephew) Amy, my … Read More
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Teacher’s pet
Shortly after Kirk and I started dating, we were driving by an elementary school. As we passed by the school he said, “that’s where I went to elementary school”. I responded to his comment with a question. “Who was your 1st grade teacher?” He said, “Mrs. Reiff”. I said, “that’s my grandma!” Kirk replied with: “no way!” When … Read More
Squished Pennies
You can call them pressed pennies, elongated pennies, pressed cents, copper souvenirs, squeezed pennies, souvenir pennies, pressed coins, squashed cents, collector pennies, rolled pennies, flattened pennies, pressed coppers, squashed pennies, or squished pennies. Maybe you’ve seen these “Press-A-Penny” machines at the zoo, amusement parks, national landmarks. They are everywhere! In fact, they are a LOT … Read More
Wasn’t this our goal?
When people find out (or finally realize) that our nest is empty they usually have one of two responses: 1. How are you doing (handling) having an empty nest? 2. So, how is it? (What’s it like?) To which I respond: 1. We are doing great! 2. It’s awesome! The truth is….sometimes it feels very weird having the (quiet) house … Read More
Bunny Rescue
Kirk went out to skim the leaves from the pool this morning and found this little guy sitting in the skimmer. It was a pretty pathetic sight Nate and Kirk came to the rescue but little bunny didn’t like the idea of being moved and kept trying to crawl away Finally pulled out of the … Read More
Are Chickens Chicken?
We can leave our 2 older chickens in the yard and Gabby won’t go near them. However, one of the younger chickens and Gabby tend to “go at it” now and then. I can assure you that chickens are not “chicken” — at least not this one! These two have some anger issues with each … Read More
Pink.
Floodlights turned the north side of the White House pink on the evening of October 7th to raise awareness about breast cancer. The World Health Organization says that 1.2 million people worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer and it is one of the leading causes of death for women. Ladies…those of us over 40….have you … Read More