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January

Sunny compromises

West Texas experienced some gloriously warm winter days last week with temperatures sometimes reaching the high 70’s and even low 80’s at times. I shamelessly took advantage of that fantastic weather by shucking my clothes and soaking up some of those warm winter rays. But because of all the hoopla about how bad too much [...]

22

January

Nomadic acceptance

As I watched the swearing in of our 44th President, I felt a wonderful sense of pride to be a citizen of this great nation. Yes, Obama himself reminded us there are dark stains upon the history of this great nation. Yet the fact that he stood before We The People taking the oath of [...]

15

January

Butterflies and cookies help soothe the monster within

I’m quite proud of myself right now. I have managed to stick to my resolve, and limit myself to only two Coca Colas per day. The ever present red and white can of coke has been replaced by a yellow butterfly pattern thermal cup. The colorful butterflies on my thermal cup remind me that transformations, [...]

8

January

Transformations

The remodeling that began in 2007 was finally completed during the beginning of 2008, so in many ways, 2008 was the year of the house for me. I spent the next few months happily redecorating and thoroughly enjoying our newly remodeled home. Oh, and cleaning my lovely remodeled house. The change in my [...]

1

January

Baby Sign Language

Happy New Year everyone. I hope everyone reading this had as wonderful a Yuletide holiday season as I did. Despite the fact they spent the whole Yuletide singing themselves hoarse, the batteries stayed up in all three of the caroling critters, so I really did have a Holly Jolly, Make You Want To Shout, Living [...]