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Day 1: My Day
I ended up taking off a day early for vacation. I really needed this day for me. It started out wonderfully. I slept in and was in no hurry to get moving. I had a leisurely breakfast and then thought about what I wanted to do. Rick had class and didn’t return until noon. That […]
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TuF Enough
Summer dwindles down. Can it already be the end of August? I feel like I hardly enjoyed this summer enough. This week was out of the norm for us. Tuesday afternoon, I had to drive down to Southern Indiana to handle some business for my sister. The drive wasn’t too bad. I only hit a […]
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Night at the Circus
In the spring, I was planning my summer activities. One of these would be to attend the Peter Frampton Guitar Circus. It would be a blast from the past sort of thing in one part. The other part was to see B.B King. I’ve not taken an opportunity in the past to see B.B., but […]
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Day 3: Return of Hostages
Well, we knew this day would come. We would be required to return the hostages to their parents. It has been a fun couple of days though.We started out with breakfast. We fixed cinnamon rolls. Cael and Sophia had cereal besides. Then with the dishes done, the troops headed out to the river for one […]
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Day 2: Hostage Negotiations Continued
Rick has been really wonderful helping out with the kids. I really appreciated that. I had planned to some of the heavy lifting on the trips, but work was going stronger than ever. Rick stepped up and went along to help herd kids. Thanks, Rick, for all your hard work. Dad couldn’t have done it […]
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Day 1: Hostage Negotiations Begin
When Rich first suggested to me that he ask Vanessa to keep her kids for a week, I had some thoughts about what that meant. Three kids under the age of 7 for several days. I hadn’t been had to work with small kids on a voluntary basis in a while. It was always easier […]
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Day 9 We’re not in Kansas anymore?
We made it home. We were in no hurry again this morning. It’s vacation, right? Our last day of lazy mornings and no need to be anywhere soon. I started out in the passenger seat. I wanted one good day to brown my right arm. Since I do a lot of the driving, my left […]
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Day 8 : Little house on the prairie
Tuesday morning. It’s time to drive from just north of Oklahoma City to Des Moines, IA. Rich wants to pronounce it, Des Moines and not Da Moin. Boys, what can you do with them. We grab breakfast and head on down the road.I totally forgot to mention that we drove through Moore, OK. This is […]
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Day 7 Hasta Luego, San Antonio!
Well, that day has come. It’s time to head back on up north again. This means my vacation is almost over. How can that be? Didn’t I just leave? As is my usual habit now, I got up early, grabbed my Nook, and headed down to the pool to read until others began to stir […]
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Day 6 Butts Up!
Addendum: I don’t know how, but I forgot to thank Rose for sacrificing her waterproof camera to get the shots in this blogs. Thanks for showing all the fun. It was worth the camera getting waterlogged! Sunday was another slow day. Rich and I went out to get breakfast burritos from Bill Miller’s BBQ. Rose […]