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St. Anthony, St. Anthony Come Around

February 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment

First of all, I hate mumbling. That’s what I got on the answering machine – my son mumbling on not just one message, no. He left two consecutive rambling mumblings. Seems he lost his notebook. Couldn’t find his notebook that he insisted is on the living room floor.  Here I set on that very living [...]

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Tags: Pet Peeves

Key To A Humble Spouse

October 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I lost my keys between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning. That’s pretty amazing considering they weight about 5 pounds and can displace 1/2 cup of water in sheer volume. My husband was chiding me, making me feel inferior for always misplacing things like he is so perfect. Yes, the guy who can’t match his shirts [...]

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Tags: Mates

He’s Giving Me Direction

July 31st, 2008 · 13 Comments

I had to drive my son to an overnight event that was about 50 miles away yesterday. I Mapquested the directions and my husband lent me his GPS unit so I thought I was pretty safe. Hmm. I decided to take a shortcut and unwittingly threw the Mapquest directions off. No problem, I thought, I [...]

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