May 2007

Just Piddling Around

May 31, 2007

We spent the evening car shopping. Living in a small town is funny and I never realized how different things are in small/medium/large cities. I’ve never lived in a large city like New York or Atlanta but to me, Lake Charles, Louisiana was large. There were car dealers with lots of vehicles (not that I [...]

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Cheering Myself Up

May 30, 2007

I’m not going to sit here and cry over some ugly piece of red steel but that’s surely what I felt like doing. I remind myself that none of us are sick, we have the means to buy another vehicle, so . . get over it. OK. OK! I’ll get over it but first . [...]

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Goodbye S-10

May 30, 2007

The poor truck — blew the engine. A new one will be between $3,000 and $3,500. I don’t think we’re going to fix it. Guess we’ll dig a big hole and have an S-10 funeral . . not sure what else to do with one that looks almost new but doesn’t run. Not to offend [...]

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Truck Update

May 29, 2007

I really let things like this bother me. Vince doesn’t worry about anything .. he truly doesn’t, but I worry about things over which I have no control and that’s crazy. I guess I haven’t been really worried about the truck but it’s kinda been in the back of my mind all day. I truly [...]

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Back in the Routine

May 29, 2007

I love my family so . . this isn’t really a rant . . as may seem. This all sounds whiney even to me so for those of you with bunches of children, you’re probably thinking she needs to get a life! That’s probably true but, what can I say? Chad graduated from high school [...]

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A Memorable Holiday

May 28, 2007

Why didn’t we just stay home? I had planned to quilt and sew today. Vince wanted to go to Joplin. At first I said I didn’t want to go but then I realized that he really wanted to go. I’m off every day and Vince is off only on holidays so I said yes .. [...]

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