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A Typical Morning

A Typical Morning   Wife: “You’re dropping mud.” Husband:  “How am I dropping mud?” Wife:  “Umm, off your hat?” Husband:  “There is no mud on my boots!” Wife:  “That’s because it’s on the floor.” — Rule In Our House:  keep outside shoes for outside, keep inside shoes for inside. Compliance Rate:  25% Females in Household:  [...]

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A Well Woman

A Well Woman December, 2005 Ah, December. The season of holiday music, family gatherings, and gift-giving. The time of year when it’s okay to hope for snow. The month for my annual well-woman exam. It’s definitely not a pleasant part of this season of expectation, but since it shouldn’t be ignored, I go. I go [...]

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XL

XL February, 2008 I’ve been thinking about getting those letters emblazoned across a sweatshirt–not because it’s my favorite size sweatshirt, but because that’s how old I am now, courtesy of my latest birthday. There’s something about that number that puts a gleam in the eye of anyone in the medical profession. “Ah, you’re 40 now. [...]

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I Love My Pets But This Is Ridiculous

I Love My Pets But This Is Ridiculous May, 2008 I’ve got to tell you my latest dog story. Oreo is about 35 pounds, not very big. And for all of her thirteen years, she’s always been very healthy. Until Friday. On Friday, she threw up. I found the watery stuff in the kitchen by [...]

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The Telephone Bill

The Telephone Bill June, 2007 We use a calling card for long distance. It’s just the best deal for our needs. This means that our actual phone bill stays pretty level, so when it arrived in the mail today a handful of dollars high, I looked more closely. On the long distance portion of the [...]

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All I Wanted Was Some Lunch

All I Wanted Was Some Lunch February, 2008 I got home right about noon today in need of a bathroom break and some lunch. Instead I had an episode with the dog. I’m sure you know how it is. You get home, you let the dog out of the kennel, you put her out on [...]

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Wrong Number

Wrong Number February, 2008 I’ve had a new thing happen to me. It’s similar to an old thing, but different. The old thing–and I would imagine that most of you have had this entertaining experience–is a phone call which takes place beginning the day you start your new phone service at your brand new home, [...]

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Liquid Lunchmeat

Liquid Lunchmeat Thanksgiving, 2007 My brother-in-law is a self-styled beer connoisseur. None of that cheap, mass-produced stuff for him. Anyway, since he and his wife recently moved to Ohio, we got to spend Thanksgiving with them for the very first time. They also invited some long-distance friends for the day. Come to find out, the [...]

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The Latest Addition

The Latest Addition June, 2008 Unbelievable. Wasn’t it just last month that I was proclaiming I’d never adopt another dog? Yes, I believe it was. And here we are… The most unbelievable part is the fact that, prior to right now, we hadn’t adopted a dog for 9 and a half years. Never mind that [...]

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The Movies

The Movies June, 2008 We usually watch a movie on Friday night at our house during the winter. It’s just what we like to do. Our two sons like it so much that they have a hard time adjusting when summer gets here and we don’t do it every week. Oh, we will if it’s [...]

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