It’s his baby. His pride and joy. I’ve made jokes that if he had to choose between it and me, he’d choose the car. He denies it, but I’m not going to push my luck. I’m not stupid enough to ever say, “It’s me or the car.” If he has to have [...]

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Remember this gem?

Um, yeah. We sold it. It’s gone, along with all of the other cars in the background of the pictures from that blog post (except the minvan of course—we just wish it was gone).
In the last four months, all those cars, plus a few others, have been sold or traded [...]

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(Seriously, I mean it. I have never in my blogging life hesitated this much before hitting publish on a post. If you are related to us or perhaps teach one of my children, please don’t read this. It will save both of us a great deal of embarrassment, but then again, so would [...]

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He finally broke down and went and bought (read: financed) a new John Deere riding lawn mower.
Ours was nearly 30 years old. He kept saying he would just buy a new engine and upgrade some parts and fix it up, but he finally reached his limit this weekend after it died for [...]

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My husband is a redhead. This means he has extremely fair skin and is highly vulnerable to sunburns.
He got this one on Sunday, while on the riding lawn mower.

Excuse number 1 for not wearing sunscreen: “I didn’t think I would be out there for very long.”
Excuse number 2 for not wearing [...]

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