12 loads of laundry
11 trash bags of empty toy packages
10 days of intermittent headaches 
9 days of chocolate cravings
8 days of sore throats 
7 days of raw ground up hamburger meat like tonsils
6 days of heavy bleeding 
5 days of fatigue and cramping
4 days straight of crying
3 children sniffling and coughing
2 days of pink eye
and one emp————-ty bank account.
P.S. the sore throat still ain’t [...]

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The last several days have been very difficult for me.  I feel like I’ve been crying off and on for four days straight.  A lot of it has been hormonal.  Some of it has to do with issues associated with holiday grieving and the ongoing disappointments I’ve experienced with my step-mother’s family since my dad died.  Also, this was [...]

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Just an update from an earlier post.  Robyn Hertz has been found–alive and is now receiving care at an area hospital. Click the links for details.
Thanks to Carmi for posting the update, this family has been in my thoughts and prayers for nearly two weeks now.  I’m so glad they had a happy ending–many families [...]

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On Saturday we left home to travel to Wichita.  We made it to the state line before we received the phone call that everyone who was traveling was turning back to go home due to the white-out/near blizzard conditions on the roads.  We had already seen at least 5 vehicles go off the road and a [...]

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I’ve always wanted to read more classics.  I just don’t have the time.  Today I stumbled upon a website that will let me “read” some of the classics I’ve never had the time to–for free! 
It’s called Free Classic AudioBooks.  Just to name a few of the audiobooks they have available for free download:
The Adventures of [...]

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