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Category: On the Lighter Side

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A consolation prize

August 30, 2018.On the Lighter Side.#aging

 Super Seniors Day —  As a rule there is not much super about being a senior, aside from the old age pension and seniors discounts at a variety of merchants. Today is a super senior day at the drug store – yay!  I only had to give up youth and vigor to qualify to participate, […]

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The old girl introduced herself

August 21, 2018.Momentos.#Classic cars

Here is the new ‘old girl’ in our neighborhood.   She is a 1967 Mercury Caliente.  And she is a beauty!   #blog #mystory  #movingforward #classiccars #oldtrucks  #oldgirls      

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Old Girls

August 21, 2018.Momentos.#bonding

My neighbor up the street has acquired a classic car – I have no clue what make, model or year it is but it rumbles like all good old classics and I appreciate a good rumble. My husband, like most men, loved old cars – in the same fashion women appreciate nice shoes – he […]

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Excitement in the morning

August 16, 2018.On the Lighter Side.#Granddaughters

I had to pull our family tooth fairy out of retirement last week.  I’m not sure if she was excited or flustered to be summoned on short notice after twenty-five years of laurel sitting, but she answered the call.  The fairy-ing business has gone high finance over the quarter century ours has been enjoying her […]

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Memories are made of this

August 14, 2018.Momentos.#grandmother

We had a lot of stuff to carry; two sleeping bags, two pillows, two yoga mats, a backpack, a purse and an overnight bag; a LOT of stuff.  Between the two of us we had a pair of six year old arms and some old gramma muscles.  One of us was too excited to focus, […]

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A harsh reality

August 10, 2018.On the Lighter Side.#Body image

I was shopping with my daughter the other day – she was looking for something funky and summery to wear to work and I was looking for underpants that would cover my increasing countenance and not create a muffin top.  She shared some valuable information with me. Apparently a “muffin top” is not actually a […]

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Chester is still a challenge

July 28, 2018.On the Lighter Side.#Chesapeake bay retriever

He left me with his dog. Not that I’m complaining, I love this dog but I didn’t choose him.  I have written about Chester several times; his antics, his challenges and my commitment to him. I love Chester.  That doesn’t change the fact that I didn’t choose him — he was, and still is, my […]

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Tweaking the website

July 26, 2018.On the Lighter Side

I’ve never liked jigsaw puzzles, they are torture in my books, I don’t have that type of patience. My husband and kids could sit for hours on a quiet evening and sort and place tiny pieces of a picture that, even when complete, would never look as good as it did the moment prior to […]

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Little things

July 24, 2018.On the Lighter Side.#coping

Times have changed in a hundred small ways around the house. I don’t turn the dishwasher on until I’m running low on coffee mugs, wine glasses or cereal bowls. My dinner plates haven’t seen the light of day for weeks.  I do the laundry when I run out of clean underwear and even then I […]

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The Husqvarna

July 17, 2018.On the Lighter Side.#Gardening

My husband was always more of a logger than a gardener, I stopped appreciating his help around the yard the year he pruned everything with a chainsaw. He turned our clump birch into a forked birch with one swipe of his husqvarna.  “Go big or go home,” was his motto. He could clearcut a garden […]

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