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The April 2025 Blog Hop

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Yet again, I am missing the quarterly Blog Hop. Despite my best intentions, dealing with the house has been consuming all my time and energy. I’m so tired I can barely think straight any more.… 

A question of grace

Warning! This post covers religious topics. If you wish to skip it, no hard feelings. I’ll see you tomorrow. First off, let’s define grace in the religious sense. Grace is often defined as the free… 

Who moved my phone icons?

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Over the weekend my phone had an automatic update. The user interface has changed. I don’t like it. I’m generally not a big fan of change. My life works better when it runs along an… 

Estate sale, Day 2

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Not quite as crazy as yesterday but still a lot of work. The day started much the same as yesterday – shower, breakfast, dogs of to day care, etc. We pretty much had everything ready… 

Estate sale, Day 1

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Ye flippin’ ghods! Got up early, showered, had breakfast, got the dogs to the pet sitter, and put up signs around the neighborhood. All before 8:00 AM. We had the initial swarm of buyers in… 

Calm before the storm

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It is the calm before the storm. Or perhaps the eye of the hurricane. The troops are prepared for battle tomorrow. All is as prepared as it can be. There are probably many small details… 

I just need to get the box to the car

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“She wants the toybox. Do you think it will fit in the car?” I look at said toybox and make a judgement. “Probably. I think it will fit.” The step-daughter was over to help clean… 

Major Tom to the rescue! (Again!)

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So, when he isn’t generally protecting the house, or making sure the infernal vacuum cleaner isn’t going to kill us, Major Tom keeps a eye on the wife and makes sure she is OK at… 

Raise the alarm! The vacuum is attacking!

Bark bark! Bark! Bark bark bark! Bark! Bark! Major Tom is upset and raising the alarm. My step-daughter has come over to help clean the house and is running the vacuum. Since I am fluent… 

The Tasmanian Devil of Organizing

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As I’ve posted before, we’re working on getting the house cleaned out. It’s a lot of work, sorting and getting things into their proper piles and then out of the house. We’ve decided to do…