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With blood thundering in my ears

June 19, 2018June 27, 2018 barbara 0 Comments cool, Momoa, woof

“How’s your day?” the Walgreen cashier asked me in pleasant voice despite toiling away totaling up purchases at the store

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Rebel scum flag
Family Photos 

Rebel scum!

April 24, 2018June 19, 2018 barbara 0 Comments family, flag

Star Wars. I first saw a Star Wars movie in December 1977 when two friends and I went to go

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Easter cookies 2017
Cookies Family Holidays Photos 

Easter cookies 2017

June 28, 2017September 10, 2017 barbara 0 Comments Easter, family

A few months late but here’s our Easter cookies! I can’t find the list of who won what (it’s around

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Christmas ornament
Cookies Family Holidays 

Christmas cookies 2016

December 11, 2016September 7, 2017 barbara 0 Comments Christmas cookies, family

Each year my family decorates Christmas cookies. Seems harmless enough, right? Well, not the way we decorate them. We usually

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Dyson dirty vacuum
Annoyances Appliances Family 

DC-41 disgusting

November 1, 2016September 7, 2017 barbara 0 Comments Mom, vacuum, YouTube

How often do you think about your vacuum? I think about mine often because I detest it. It sits in

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Family Humor Stories 

There’s porn in the VCR: A Thanksgiving story

November 30, 2015 0 Comments

In 2000 my daughter was home from her college stint in Seattle and had decided to make Thanksgiving dinner for

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Family Gardening 

Goodbye to summer – weddings and tomatoes

August 29, 2015 0 Comments cats, garden, tomatoes, wedding

Only a handful of days remain in the summer of 2015. For me, the end of August is the end

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Family 

A new cowgirl at the Bar B

July 19, 2014 0 Comments Emma

Few things are better than a new addition to the family. I’m not talking about a snow blower or a

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Family Photos 

Randomness

March 14, 2014 0 Comments family, mitigation, wood

I can be a little random at times and I’ll see something that catches my eye but it really doesn’t

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Escapes Family Photos 

Play time

November 26, 2012 0 Comments family, shooting range, Winchester

All work and no play makes a homeowner grumpy. I love to shoot and own a Remington 870 slide-action shotgun

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Night plow
Photos Snow Weather 

Night plow

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 barbara 0

Sometimes the plow guy comes in the early, early morning. I get up and go start my car and move

More trees
Photos Trees Woodshed 

More trees

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 barbara 0
Ugh. The bathroom
Bathroom Contractors Floors Good contractors Leave or Stay Photos Remodel 

Ugh. The bathroom

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 barbara 0
The Rainbow Bridge
Animals Family animals Photos Sad 

The Rainbow Bridge

December 21, 2020 barbara 0
Jingles
Foster kittens Photos 

Jingles

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 barbara 0

Bar B cats

Petticoat outside in deep snow
April 17, 2016 – Petticoat wanted out. I let her out.
The last picture of Buzz
Buzz, hanging out in his favorite spot in the yard. September 2016.
Ragdoll
Nina 2009
Jack in sunlight
This is one of my favorite images of Jack. He loved sunshine and sought it out any time he could.
Jack and Little Buddy
Little Buddy and Jack in 2011.
Skeeter in the sun
Skeeter enjoying the morning light
Christmas ornament
I have lots of "B's" for all occasions and holidays.
Nina in the dark
Nina in 2009
Hummingbird at the feeder
Hummingbird August 2013

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