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Friday, July 17, 2020

A Book Review

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I love curling up with a good book and non-fiction is my favorite genre, motivational/inspirational books topping the list of fun reads for ...
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Friday, July 10, 2020

The Support Desk

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The following is an actual response I received from the Support Desk of TikTok yesterday. I emailed them that when I created my account, I a...
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Monday, June 8, 2020

My Bathroom Walls

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                                      Today I smelled pee when I walked into our guest bathroom.  I guess the technical term is "uri...
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Monday, June 27, 2016

Batman!

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I was in the middle of a tiling project when my daughter Kate wandered by.  "You look just like a villain from Batman," she com...
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Friday, June 24, 2016

Judge Not, Lest Ye be Judged

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I was standing at a crosswalk waiting for the light to change. Across from me was a family. Dad, mom in the middle, daughter.  As I looked a...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Down the Lazy River

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Last week I had the pleasure of accompanying Jerry on a business trip to Amelia Island, Florida.  The area is gorgeous and April was the per...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

A Girlfriend

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"Grammy, can I have a dark cookie?" said Grayson. "Of course, Dear," said I.  (That's what Grammys say.) ...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

It's Winter!

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Yesterday evening  a frigid north wind blew ice and snow into our Carolina world. We welcome you, winter weather! Trust me, there ...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

Ugly Words

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I read an interesting article on Facebook about Lee Marvin, Captain Kangaroo, and Mr. Rogers. Interesting, but not true. Lies! Lies! All li...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

All's Well that Ends Well

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Yesterday Jerry The Superhero rescued a damsel in distress yet again.  That damsel was ME. It all started in 2015 when I decided to learn to...
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Friday, January 1, 2016

Too Good to be True

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I was feeling mighty proud of myself for having the presence of mind to check out the "Mark Zuckerberg is giving away millions to Faceb...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Epic Fail!

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We were having friends over for supper and I was making an easy meal I've made many times - a mushroom main dish, fruit salad and pumpki...
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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Deer

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I just saw this pic of a friend on Facebook:   Greg in his gear.  Practically invisible. He is decked out in his camos - I thin...
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Friday, October 9, 2015

My Dinner Companion

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This week I am in beautiful Banff, a national park in Canada, accompanying my husband to an AHTD conference.  Although one guy told me it me...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Crystal Clear Instructions

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My cousin Nancy had this lovely ginger jar for many years before she looked inside it. When she did, she found these directions: ...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

New-fangled gadgets!

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Last week, Jerry and I were in Denver visiting my cousins and their families.  We had a blast - because vacationing is fun and because...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

At Three

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This is the exact conversation I had with my favorite three-year-old: Grayson:  "Levi is funny." Me:  "Does Le...
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

A Day at the Beach

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For anyone out there in the great, big world who doesn't yet realize that I, Chris Zimmerman, am married to a superhero, here's a tr...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015

My Pets

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Toby, my pet SCOBY This is Toby.  He's alive.  I know that Toby looks like a placenta but he's actually a SCOBY - a S ymbiotic...
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