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  • Such a Good Thing

    Taking a sabbatical was such a good thing – good in ways that I didn’t anticipate. I thought that I’d feel an urge to check in online, log time on work projects here and there and have various “to-do’s” pinging around in my mind. Not so. I’m not going to lie and say I didn’t […]

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  • Hakuna Umeme

    Heading home from work Thursday night, the weather gave some clear indications that our part of Texas was in for bad weather. We prepped as best we could – the car gas tanks were full, we had plenty of food in the house and we turned on all of our water taps to prevent our […]

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  • Changing My Colors

    Operation Paint the Front Door is complete. Here’s where we started: And here’s where we finished: It wasn’t a hard project, just a little time intensive and more coats of paint than I’d expected. Step One: Clean the door. Step Two: Knock down build up with sandpaper.   Step Three: Wipe door with liquid deglosser […]

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  • Come Outside!

    Come outside! The Boy said to me, sticking his head around the edge of the front door. Hurry! You’re missing it!! Missing what? I wondered. The leaves are falling. How often do you get to stand outside and see the leaves falling? True enough. And the holly is starting to bear fruit. Fall is on […]

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  • Saturday

    We’ve just experienced the most deliriously relaxing Saturday. A late night Friday at the basketball game (our first one to actually attend this season) could have set us up for a dreadful Saturday. After all, we had to get up early for our last group run. Doing that without having gone to the game was […]

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  • Progress By the Yard

    The Hayley House feels always feels like it needs a lot work. I suppose that’s true of any home. But during October we made some serious progress on the exterior. Behold: I can’t believe I’m sharing this disaster. We raised the canopy, cut out dead wood, removed limbs threatening our roof and cleared away sucker […]