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Read-a-Thon tomorrow!

I took the day off from work today so I could do most of the housecleaning I usually do on Saturdays. Tomorrow, I’m going to be READING! Or at least that’s my plan. Even if I don’t read a TON, it feels good to have a good amount of cleaning done, and a block of

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My productive weekend

I got LOTS done this weekend! I’m writing this quick post so I can reflect back on it when I’m tired at work tomorrow (ha ha), and then running around like a crazy person for the next couple of weeks. So many things on my Google Calendar, I keep getting confused about whether a specific

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Short birthday post: list of things to do

I’m hoping that if I type out this list real quick, it will help me keep in mind what I’ve done today and what I still need to do. It’s my birthday, and I took the day off work, which is great, but instead of just a relaxing day doing only what I want to

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Post-pulled wisdom teeth post

About ten hours ago, I got all four of my wisdom teeth pulled out. I don’t think I’d ever had any teeth extracted before — certainly none of my adult teeth, but I don’t remember having any baby teeth pulled, either. The first four or five hours were hard, my mouth and jaw and tongue

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My mom no longer on hospice

I got a call from Jerilyn, my mom’s hospice social worker, in the second week in December, letting me know that my mom’s condition had been stable for six months, and she was no longer eligible for hospice services. Hospice coverage was to end on December 18th, and Jerilyn said she’d be sending me papers

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I really *do* have a sense of humor

Lest any casual readers get the impression that I take myself, and life in general, too seriously (and I confess that sometimes this is true), I have to share something that had me laughing quite a bit. A couple weeks ago, we got some junk mail from Geico. (We don’t have Geico insurance.) On the

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