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The Day I Met the Police
We had a perfectly good freeway intersection where we could enter and exit with ease. Back a few years ago they decided it needed reworked. No one can figure out why. It’s quite confusing and it doesn’t even make sense. Money wasted. Case in point about how confusing it can be to us locals… I was headed to the town adjacent to the freeway junction and came to the sign that said Phoenix straight ahead or Flagstaff to the right. The little town I wanted is not on the sign and not thinking, I took the Phoenix route. It was a wrong decision. Flagstaff was the road that would…
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A Non-Sterling Experience at Sterling Restaurant
Sometimes the spice of life is the unexpected and other times the unexpected brings the worst kind of surprise. That was the case when we went to visit my parents recently and dad was taking us to breakfast after our plane landed. Bob Evans was supposed to be where our stomachs received their first nourishment but dad couldn’t find it. But he did see a sign that said “Breakfast All Day” and his car whipped right into that parking lot. We gave each other questioning looks as we pulled into our parking spot since the sign and grounds looked a little in disrepair but hey, our papa wanted to eat…
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A Pile of Mismatched Socks and Something Else
It was a lovely fall day, the windows were open with a cool breeze wafting through and after our recent hike to Havasupai we were enjoying a leisurely day with the houseful of young people that had stayed over. Some of the boys were playing a game of RISK. And some of the girls were cleaning. I can handle houseguests like that! 🙂 A few were cleaning bathrooms and a few were doing some laundry. Enter the pile of socks. I have a pile of socks …make that a few piles of socks. One pile is in the folding basket and takes up half of the basket(!) and then…
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A Detox Plan Gone Wrong
“We’re going to change what we have for breakfast,” I announced. That’s what happens when you get to reading health books. Radical changes come down the pipe and your family gets caught up with you and is so excited for change is caught in the middle of it all at quivers at what that may mean for them. “We’re going to be having green drinks each morning,” I continued. I reassured them that it would be great. Breakfast wouldn’t take so long and we could get about our day much quicker. “What do you mean a smoothie won’t give you enough energy? Okay, maybe a few times a week we…
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The Night Things Didn’t Go As Planned
Which picture best represents your life? This one that is orderly and perfectly manicured… or this one in it’s wildness – maybe somewhat planned but a little impossible to keep contained in a nice and tidy way. As you probably know by now, my life is not picture #1 but #2, a very unordered life that is impossible to control and to keep in a nice orderly box like some. Case in point was Tuesday night. We have been planning a trip to Canada for 2 months. The departure day had arrived and our plane was not to leave until midnight. We had all day to get ready but for…
