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In the last couple weeks I've found 2 gospel tracts in my card racks at work. I think someone from Falls is leaving them around because one of them had Falls' address on the back. I don't mind personally, being a Christian myself. One is actually a useful one because it has a calendar on one...

Dan sent me out shopping yesterday. I went alone and with a notebook in which to write notes about what I looked at. It was time to buy that new stove we've been needing since, well...forever. I looked at three different stores and diligently took notes on what I liked and disliked, jotting...

I was at work today and I saw a woman in the blue uniform that I had never seen before. We passed each other a few times without speaking. I decided that I was not going to appear to be a snob and greet her. So next time she passed by me I said, "we've never met, my name is Lucy". She said...

Last night's dream: I was at someone's house, I think the Hake's. The Hakes were fixing up the patio in back of the house. The patio was made of cobblestones. In order to fix the patio they'd spread some kind of stuff that looked and felt like concrete all over the stones, but it was not...

1. I am a slow reader. I used to be a faster reader, but I've discovered that I enjoy savoring the words more. This can be a good thing, but also a bad thing. I read fewer books because of this. 2. I do not like creativity thrust on me. By that I mean, I do not like it when I am given...

In the past I used to dream a lot about fish for some reason. It's been a long long time since I've dreamed about fish, until last night. In this dream we were at mom's house, but she lived on a lake in a beautiful lake home on a very wooded and shady lot. That's pretty much the scene. There...

I thought I post some thoughs about my dream last night. In the dream Kerstie and I were out doing some errands and just enjoying getting out of the house (reminiscent of what we really did last night - went to the mall to get out of the house and shop and eat). I thought we'd stop for dinner...

I've made a few posts in the last couple days here. I guess I'm thinkin gabout becomeing active again. I don't know though. I was happy enough NOT coming here every day. Maybe I should consider limiting visits to a couple times a week or something. I don't know what I want.

I've never had significant back pain, but today I do. It's probably more in my neck, but it is radiating into my upper back, and it is debilitating. It woke me up at about 5:30 this morning when it kept spasming off and on. I took some Advil and that took the edge off. But it is still bad. I...

Whew! First my drama from last weekend, and now more drama from last night at Kerstie's Bible study Christmas party. I sat there feeling embarrassed for some of the greedy, over-excited little girls and some of the moms who were behaving similarly. Good grief. I WANT THAT. STEAL IT! YOU...

...you can still be wrong;). I know that's no big revelation. Everyone makes mistakes. Not everyone can be right about everything all the time. So yeah, I was wrong. It's humbling to find out you were wrong after insisting and practically betting your life on what you were so certain...

We were at the annual Christmas party last night, and participating in the annual white elephant gift exchange. We played with the usual rules - a gift can only be exchanged 2 times and on the second exchange it is no longer exchangeable. That person gets to keep it. It was my turn to open a...

Today I had a lab appointment and things didn't go so well. I suspect at least one person did not do their job correctly and it fell on me to fix the situation. Dr. O's ladies told me I needed to have such-and-such authorization in order to have the lab test done. NO ONE TOLD ME THIS. I...

America just made a huge mistake.

Last night while bumming around the house I noticed a backache coming on. Pretty soon I was feeling shivery. Upon getting ready for bed and then lying there feeling my face buring and my hands ice cold it was t hen obvious that I was running a fever. Could I find the thermometer to make sure...

It's been a fast 2 weeks. Two weeks ago the cousins from Minneapolis came for a visit. We all had such a good time. Dan had to be out of town for it which seriously bummed me out, but I forced myself to be thankful for his job in spite of the inconvenience it causes us at times. I developed...

Last night I had two dreams involving travel. Nothing super special as usual, nothing outside of our usual travel zone, MN, WI, IL, IN, and MI. In the first dream Dan and I went to some event in Chicago (I think), a seminar at a church there. I thought it would be interesting to visit...

I really miss my little Callie cat a lot more than I would have thought. I miss our conversations. I miss the way she came out at night for some bonding time. I miss seeing her curled up on top of someone's jacket or on top of the radiator. Come summertime Sweet Callie will not be here to...

Well, the waiting is over. She died while we were at church this morning. We found her in the basement, apparently she'd been trying to crawl under the couch at the time because that is the position she was in. So we all had a good long cry, some final pets and kind words, and then put her in...

Two days ago the Callie cat started dying. Jim was home from school with a sore throat. He was lying on the couch and said he wished Callie would come snuggle with him. So I went and found her in the basement on the laundry room floor, a rather odd place for her to be chilling out. I picked...