Here’s a message dialogue between me and Jeff who’s out of town this week. I feel old.
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Whitehorse trip, flowers, and summer!
Flowers I was visiting Ontario during the spring plant sales in Dawson City. That one time of year when sellers bring trucks of plants up to town, local growers set…
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Spending time with Julie’s family
My sister Julie came to spend a few days at Mom’s house, and then I moved to her house for a couple of nights. Her kids are such kind, cool…
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Grandma Stock’s funeral
It was really nice to stay with my Mom during the week of her Mom’s funeral. She had some of her cousins come and spend a few nights at her…
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May 2-4 in Ontario!
I flew into Toronto a week early for Grandma’s funeral, because the summertime Air North flight through Yellowknife is so much nicer than flying through Vancouver (and usually needing to…
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The end of times
Am I referring to it being day 17 of this ridiculous cold? Or the 24 hours we spent thinking the geomagnetic storm cut us off from the rest of the…
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April Updates
I’m so sorry I’ve been woefully neglecting you, my loyal blog readers. I’m just finishing up week two of a fitness challenge I joined, so that means outside of working,…
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I love Asheville, North Carolina!
I’m home after 5 days in Asheville, North Carolina. I loved Asheville! Now I want to go back and see more of the state! My division at work was recently…
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I spent a week with my Mom!
Last week was brought to you by Celcius Energy drinks. Shortly before Grandma passed, I had a few tasks on my list of things Mom had said, “Next time you’re…
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Spring is here!
Thaw di Gras was last weekend and I didn’t participate in any of it 🙁 It was cold, windy, snowy, and for some reason we just didn’t get into it….
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It’s March already!?
Is the winter flying by for anyone else? It’s FLYING! Maybe going to Florida helped? Jeff had another trip planned within a week of returning home from Florida. A friend…
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Reflecting on our Florida vacation
On our final morning in Florida, we returned the rental car and checked-in for our flight. Our flight was delayed for a few hours and they had rebooked us on…
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Sanibel Island
We woke up on Tuesday morning in Fort Meyers at the Holiday Inn and peeked out the blinds to see a beautiful day! We enjoyed our free breakfast at the…
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The Daytona 500
Yeah, you caught my hints earlier, didn’t you!? We bought tickets for NASCAR’s Daytona 500! The superspeedway race, on the 2.5 mile track, with the restrictor plates and the draft…
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A rainy Saturday at Universal
You just haven’t lived until you spend a day in the rain at an amusement park. It was Saturday and it was raining. But we went ALL IN and updated…
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Disney World
We had 3 days planned for the amusement parks, and we had already bought 2 days passes for Universal. For the other day we decided we needed to see the…
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We went to FLORIDA!
When your friends claim they need a trip to Disney World to get away for awhile and ask if you are interested, you’d be a crazy fool to say ‘no’,…
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Grandma Stock
My Grandma Stock passed away earlier today. A day we all knew was coming, for decades I suppose, yet it feels very surreal to start thinking of her in the…
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I think I froze my eyelashes off
When I was rubbing my eye to get out a piece of grit, I noticed my eyelashes are super short!! Did I break them off, pull them out, or snap…
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Hiking in cold weather
I stopped my daily hikes for the dark, cold, Christmas season of snacking and hibernating. And it would be really easy to just keep on hibernating until spring, but NO!…
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