A Little Time Off and Preparing for Father’s Day

Last week was really nice. I took some time off of work to celebrate my wedding anniversary. The week before our anniversary flew by, then we took Friday and Monday off work to make a long weekend. We tried to work hard the week before our anniversary so that we could truly relax and enjoy…

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A Lot Has Happened In the Last Two Weeks

We spent the first week getting ready for family to come into town. It has been a struggle just to keep up with things at home, so it took me all week to prepare for company. My sister and brother, with their respective spouses, arrived on Saturday afternoon from Pennsylvania. My husband and I were…

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A Summer Cold Front in Texas

What’s a cold front doing coming through Texas in August? I don’t know, but I’m sure was glad we had one! Last week we got a lovely break from the 100+ degree temperatures, but it came at a cost. Still, it’s hard to complain about cooler temperatures and a little rain. And this time, we…

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A Week of Epiphanies

The last two weeks have raced by. I can’t really tell you what keeps me so busy that I miss deadlines on writing assignments such as with my blog and newsletter. My other writing assignments only have personal deadlines, which is probably a mistake to not put them on the calendar in pen; I am…

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A Week of Unexpected Events

It all started with the check engine light on my car at the end of last week. As I was making a quick trip to town, the check engine light of our car came on. It wasn’t running rough or making any strange noises so I wasn’t too concerned that I wouldn’t make it back…

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Allowing Myself to Change

Perspectives change. I’m going to go so far as to say that they should change. Perspectives are merely viewpoints about that which we believe to be true. Life’s experiences very often change our perspectives. Although perspectives are intangible, they are very powerful; they can actually alter the direction of your life. Sometimes, perspectives are nothing…

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Allowing Peace to Pervade Uncertainty

When I was younger, I had to have everything in order. Things needed to be the way I wanted them or I was a very uptight and unhappy person. I was cranky and sometimes unpleasant to be around. I was known to fight the process as it was happening just to make it the way…

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An Excuse–I Mean Reason to Celebrate

A couple of days ago, one of my coworkers returned to work from having shoulder surgery. It was both reparative and preventative surgery. There was damage to tendons and ligaments that caused pain in his shoulder which is what he had repaired. The doctor told him that he should have the surgery before those tendons…

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Ants, Ants, Ants

Periodically, around the farm we have problems with ants. Up until a couple of years ago, it was rare to even get ants in the dog food or cat food; and they were pretty easy to get rid of. Rain always seems to make the ants build new homes. Unfortunately, the fire ants build giant…

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Armadillo Day Instead of Groundhog Day

When it comes to the weather in Texas, it can be unpredictable and it certainly changes fast. Temperature swings of 30 to 40 degrees in one day is not uncommon. Neither is it uncommon for it to be raining when the sun is shining. Texans often consider their state to be a country of its…

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