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Memorial Day Quilting

May 31, 2010

My big plans for the day — get the purple/yellow top sewn together; get the Memorial Day Challenge quilted and bound. Vince’s big plans for the day — go to Pittsburg, KS, eat at the Chinese restaurant I don’t like; go to Big Lots while I wait in the car because I refuse to go [...]

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Irreconcilable Differences

November 29, 2009

What happens when the husband loves to shop and the wife does not?  I’m betting that most times, it’s the wife who loves to shop and the husband who does not. We’ve about gotten past the point of physically shopping because Vince knows I don’t last long when we wander aisles of stores.  I’m ok [...]

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Bless His Heart

November 27, 2009

My poor husband!  He’s trying so hard.  Will he succeed?  Will he fail?  It must be a rough life for Vince . . having such an unwilling partner! He’s aching to go shopping on Black Friday! Yesterday morning as I began fixing breakfast, he said “Do I have time to run to the store to [...]

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Daylight to Dark

November 6, 2009

Today was such a busy day.  Up at daylight for the chickens. The sunrise is so beautiful and seeing it gives me such a sense of a new beginning . . a new day is ahead of me . . to do with whatever I please (within reason).  Most days, except for a few chores, [...]

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Our Anniversary – Almost

July 31, 2009

Tomorrow is our anniversary and since I have a commitment for tomorrow, Vince took off work this afternoon and we went to Joplin. We ate sushi and then we ate some more sushi and then shopped . . but not so much that I reached my frustration level.  It was a gorgeous, almost fall-like day [...]

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I Don’t Feel It!

December 30, 2008

Vince decided that taking me to Joplin today to eat at my favorite Thai restaurant would be a good thing. There was a price to pay though . . my husband loves to shop! Target, Sam’s, Kohl’s, TJ Max, Steve & Barry’s (or something like that), Academy, Harbor Freight . . and the list goes [...]

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