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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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Check it out on the blog. Joining friends from all over the planet for a #globalwritingchallenge "Let's Talk About..." - gardens. 

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05.19.2023 Weekend getaway to Austin, a belated bd 05.19.2023 Weekend getaway to Austin, a belated bday celebration for my PC. Staying at the beautiful @bravahouseaustin -photos to come. 

Happy birthday,  baby. I love you so. May we celebrate many more years together.

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05.18.2023 After much ado, one post published. It 05.18.2023 After much ado, one post published. It is going to snow!! Joining the gals for Tell Us About 05.2023...gardens and gardening.

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05.18.2023 What to do when your blog post is all r 05.18.2023 What to do when your blog post is all ready but won't save or publish and your @WordPress says your laptop is not connected to the Internet but it is. And your @acer is running at 158*. 

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05.05.2023 Road trip, baby. Monahans, Texas to w 05.05.2023 Road trip, baby.  Monahans,  Texas to watch @ehstroopers play Frenship in the regional game for the State Championship. Stopped by Balmorrhea State Park for a dip on the way. 

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05.05.2023 Happy anniversary (and Cinco de Mayo) t 05.05.2023 Happy anniversary (and Cinco de Mayo) to these lovely birds.  So glad they found each other in orientation at UTEP. They have weathered some storms. But like a good Timex watch they've taken a licking and kept on ticking. 

I love you both and those precious babies you've cooked. 

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