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I heard that from more than one direction this morning from my active facebook friends, when I was getting online to check for news alerts that had nothing to do with terrorism; rather, I was wondering if the all-night rain had caused any flooding that would affect my daughter’s school opening, the only road leading [...]
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John flew in last night from San Francisco to the Cincinnati airport, non-stop, with *only* a three-hour delay. That darn fog!
One round-trip ticket: $490.90
shuttle from base to airport (round-trip): $69.00
Thank you shuttle for your services, without which John would have paid almost $300 to park at the San Francisco airport. And that seems like a [...]
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I mentioned in a recent post that we started using our credit card for transactions that we were making anyway, but instead of waiting until the monthly bill is due, I’m paying off the balance every week.
For me, this method keeps away the mentality of, “I’ll just use the credit card for now and figure [...]
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…when you discover that one of them is actually a stalk of corn.
Corn and Life and Loose Metaphors
I have no idea how a corn seed blew into that our yard. None of our immediate neighbors have gardens. We aren’t terribly close to any fields. How did it flourish? We’ve barely had any rain in weeks. [...]
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As I mentioned in my last post, my husband is TDY right now, which is military-speak for a business trip. I don’t envy him being in West Texas in August! Although it hasn’t exactly been roses and rainbows up here in Ohio, either. Blech.
Military Per Diem: Excuse to Spend? Or Opportunity to Save?
When John [...]
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I’ve had these papers taunting me from the pile in the corner where I stuck them when my focus turned to getting this house put up for sale. Guess how many late bills are hidden in there?
Apparently, at least one. At least, I was assuming my phone got disconnected for a reason. I never paid [...]
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Wow, I hate to say I told you so. But I told you so.
We have an offer on the house. It’s not acceptable as-is, so we will counter. If they don’t accept our counter, that’s that. If they do…
We’ll be looking for a place to live for six months. Because here’s the kicker: The Hubs’ [...]
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Many, many years ago, in a tiny coffee shop on a corner of Alvarado Street in Monterey, California, just down the hill from a military language school, a young Army linguist-in-training spied a young Air Force linguist-in-training at a table with some of her fellow linguist-in-training friends. The young Army man was quite taken with [...]
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Hmm… You might notice a few things are missing. Like the base board, some quarter round, some grout in the tile… Oh, and a TOILET and some TILE ON THE WALL. You know, little things.
This is a problem because we need to sell this house. Yes, we are moving. Surprise!
Anyone wanna buy a wonderful family [...]
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