Still no pictures. Very little sewing going on. Just a bit of knitting happening here and there.
I had lunch with my old boss, John, today at DeAngelo’s. It’s a new restaurant that wasn’t here when I lived here. We had some kind of yummy shrimp appetizer and then we both got [...]

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. . Always a Chicken. But .. maybe not!
I’ve always been the biggest fraidy cat and I suppose I always will be. Tonight I was watching Hannity’s America and Sean Hannity had a segment on about “America’s Most Haunted House”, The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana. I can’t believe we did [...]

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These past five days have flown by! I’ve been able to see my niece and her family almost every day. She has three precious little girls and I just love spending time with them. She may have a little boy by the time I leave but I’m betting he’ll be born a [...]

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688 miles, 12 hours, 3 minutes, 3 stops for gas/visit to the bathroom while the gas was pumping . . how’s that for multi-tasking? I had Cheese crackers, mini white Oreo cookies, Dr. Pepper and water in the cooler so there was no need for food stops.
Mom and Dad aren’t even home and . [...]

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Does anyone remember when I was a quilter? It seems like forever ago that I had a quilt related post. I do have a partial quilt on the design wall but there’s not even enough to show. I’m taking “Santa on Speed” to mom’s to work on but I don’t even know [...]

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The satellite is working! I thought it was off til October 27. I was so happy! Vince was having withdrawals. He talked to a satellite dealer in town today who thought he knew what was wrong but he doesn’t do service under our contract. He had the part he thought [...]

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Photo by Frank Dutton of Toledo-Bend.com
My dad’s brother, Force Miller, of Shreveport, died Thursday and the funeral is Monday in Shreveport and the burial is right near mom and dad’s farm/camp. Dad was concerned that I might get to their house before they got home from the funeral so I mentioned maybe I would [...]

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I had several errands to run today and since Chad had no school, he went with me — not because he enjoys spending time with his loving mom but because there was mention of free food. We both had our cameras, hoping to find some leaf color along the way (didn’t happen) and before [...]

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Actually, the storms weren’t too bad at our house. Just don’t tell that to our satellite dish! The last round came through about 11 or 11:30 last night and BAM! Lightning got the Dish. Not sure if it’s because of the damage in the surrounding areas or purely because we live [...]

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Here’s a closeup but it’s almost too big if you click on it.
Isn’t this a beautiful cake that my son made? He loves to cook and he likes to make things that are pretty, where I like to just throw things together that taste good . . without regard to presentation. Chad needed [...]

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