Ethan and crew got home alot earlier than planned. Good call on the sponsors part. With all the rain and flooding that is going on here in Kansas, and this particular part of the state, he wasn’t comfortable driving roads he wasn’t familiar with, after dark. He said if it […]
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I have my Explorer back. And we didn’t have to take out a bank loan to pay for all the “fixes”. David was thinking $1000; but when it was all said and done, it was less than $400. The bolts had come loose in the shifter is what was causing part […]
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Living in the Midwest, you often think about the expensive of trying to get the right equipment to your presentation or trade show. If you live on either coast, or in New York, its a given those companies are already there, to serve you. With Projector123.com, you have the priviledges of getting […]
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I know when we think of Hawaii, we think of beaches and white sand. Snorkeling, and surfing. But there is a history there, that we sometimes tend to overlook. The history of Kona-Kailua, on the Big Island of Hawaii, includes royalty, missionaries, and Captain James Cook. The great captain was killed at […]
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For the longest time in my life, I was pretty much “untouched”. Yes, people I knew had died, but none were close family members or friends. And then. My world came crashing down. My mom died suddenly. I knew intellectually, that that day would come; but I […]
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And this is a good thing. He must be having a good time. I did see ONE thing he forgot; but he should be able to work around it. He has contacts — but he only wears them for special occasions, and for when he’s on stage. Hmmmm…. […]
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I never really thought about this — we don’t have insurance (health), and we don’t travel much, so this wasn’t something I was really familiar with. But, it is good to know. You would assume if you have insurance, its going to cover you for most everything, most everywhere. But, apparently […]
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Our Explorer. Its been doing some weird things; but David just looks at me like “yeah. right”. Because of course, when HE drives it, nothing happens. But. Guess What. What I described to him today, it did it 3 times to him. So, he is now totally on […]
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Because I am feeling overwhelmed right now, I am thinking there is no time like the present to analyze our schedule, our finances, and just plan on going away. I can’t help but feel that if we planned more leisuretime holidays in our life, some of the stress and feelings of being overwhelmed […]
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If it weren’t for the newsletter that I need to work on for the church today, I would probably call in and take the morning off. I don’t do that very often; but I am feeling very overwhelmed right now. Too much to do in too short of a time. But, I’ll do what I […]
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My aunt suffered from respiratory problems, so she ran a humidifier a good part of the time. I don’t have the same respiratory health problems, but I do have severe sleep apnea, and sleep with a CPAP machine every night. My machine has a humidifer on it, and so I fully […]
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Its harvest time here. For us, its a two fold thing. My husband’s dad farms, and so very often, we are pulled in to help. But also, as I have mentioned numerous times on this blog, we also manage a trucking company. The trailers have hoppers, and we haul various commodities, but mostly grain products. […]
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My husband commented the other day that he didn’t know how we lived without cell phones. Now granted, he probably has a little different perspective about cell phones than more. He has, at all times, 2 cell phones. The company phone, and his personal phone. The […]
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Hmmmm. This is odd. We bought a camper this spring, pretty much sight unseen. After getting it, its “OK”, but needs some work. But, when you take into consideration that we probably won’t go camping but 2 or 3 times, if that, this summer — we don’t need anything fancy. Granted, for no more than […]
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Oh man. I wish I had seen this earlier. Just last week, we sent off an order for personalized pens for the trucking company we work at. Now I find the company — Gimmees — that has promotional items for trade shows as well as just personalizing your logo on custom […]
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Ethan called this afternoon to let me know they got there OK. There wasn’t any doubt in my mind that they woudln’t, but I still appreciated the call (and no, I didn’t tell him to. That’s just Ethan). Instead of sending cash with him, we went to the bank Monday and got him Travel’s Checks. […]
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When, in the course of events — my aunt moves here to live close to my mom, and then my mom dies suddenly, and my aunt’s care was then shifted to me — my eyes were open to a whole different world. The world of someone who had major health issues. Who was […]
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I tried to not be the hovering mom. Most of these kids drove themselves. There were a few of us moms … hovering. He didn’t give me a hug good-bye. But I have to remember. He’s a Junior in High School. It most definately was an “ahhhh Mommmmm” […]
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I will be the first to admit that our credit isnt’ the best. Several years ago, I did a real number — on our credit cards, our bills, our checking account. But. We got things straightened out, revised a system that might be a bit unorthodox, but it works for us, […]
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…on a jet plane.
Ok. Maybe not. A bus. And only going 5 hours away. But, he is going away. For the whole week. Back in January, the One-Act that Ethan and his team mates performed at the State Thespians Conference qualified to go to Internationals. I know. […]
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My world revolves around office supplies. I work in an office in the morning. I work in a different office in the afternoons. And THEN I come home, and after doing “house” things like normal working wives and moms, I then plant myself in our home office and get to work […]
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When we went clothes shopping for Ethan to go on this week long trip he is going on with the Drama club, he bought several T-Shirts as well as good clothes. One of the T-shirts he bought says “Genuis by Birth, Slacker by Choice”. I hate to admit it, but it does […]
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We haven’t had experience with student loans — yet. But, that is right around the corner. Ethan will be a Junior this year. Just 2 more years, and he will graduates, with high hopes to go on to college. He would like to be a music teacher, and there is […]
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