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A Salute to My Soldiers

I was blessed to have been born into the family and country I was.  Living as close to the Mexican-American border as I do, I have that visual reminder of how fortunate I am to live on this side of that invisible line.  I can’t imagine being in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico with my children and […]

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Things I Miss About My Teens

Seems like I am always running a minute or two, a day or two behind.  While I want to blog on a regular basis, I don’t want it to get in the way of my living life and doing things.  I guess I need to set up a schedule for writing here.  Like my fellow […]

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Sharon, for Lifetime

It is a dreary Monday in far west Texas.  Can’t believe how much rain we have been getting yet the weather service reports that El Paso is still 2.5 inches below normal for the year.  Crazy.  My bff Sharon and I have been texting back and forth this morning as we do most mornings.  Today […]

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Love Language Friday Part 2

Happy Friday, friends! I am super excited today because my youngest daughter and her hubby are on their way to our house for a visit, driving across Texas as I type.  I have picked up around the house and baked her favorite cake which fell apart as I took it out of the pan but […]

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Love Language Friday

  Sweet friends, Several years ago our Sunday school teacher mentioned a book entitled The 5 Love Languages by Gary D. Chapman.  The lesson for that day was about how we all give and receive love differently.  The book discusses the five different “languages” the author has  identified as being the ways in which love […]

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National Be an Angel Day

Hi all… Maybe “all” is a bit presumptive of me as I am probably just talking to myself here! But ‘hi all’ sounds better than ‘hi me’!! I just learned from an article on www.guideposts.org that today is National Be an Angel Day. I love this! How much better would this old world be if […]

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03.28.2023 And then this is going on in the backya 03.28.2023 And then this is going on in the backyard.  Finally, finally, our pool and deck are being made right. Thank You, God, for answered prayers.  Thank you, PC, for not divorcing me over my obsession with getting this fixed. 

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03.29.2023 The place is buzzing!! New roof...thank 03.29.2023 The place is buzzing!! New roof...thank you, @travelersinsurance and @servicioromero roofing. 

Thankful for the repairs and the means to have them done. Grateful to my PC for the working day in and day out to provide for us. 

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03.22.2023 Coming along. Today, the work on the de 03.22.2023 Coming along. Today, the work on the deck begins. I hope!! 

So looking forward to having our pool right!!

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03.16.2023 Watching the pool demolition from the # 03.16.2023 Watching the pool demolition from the #door ... one of the prompts from the #winter2023photochallenge 

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03.15.2023 This is the wall of our hot tub. Does a 03.15.2023 This is the wall of our hot tub. Does anyone have a guess what's caused this streaked, irregular, motled,  rough surface?

Looking forward to having all of the issues with our 2017 pool and hot tub FINALLY addressed. It's been a long fight.

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03.08.2023 While I love fall, I am thankful for th 03.08.2023 While I love fall, I am thankful for the hopefulness of #spring 

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