It Figures

It’s not surprising that the White House is not too concerned about uninvited guests crashing a state dinner considering their stance on illegal border crossing.  They’re just uninvited guests, right?  And so is the robber who enters your home.

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Advise is Free

A new friend of mine recently told me that she is considering going back to school to improve her employment prospects and asked me for advise.  I recommend that she consider online university. 

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I’ve Been Framed

My husband Norm is always taking pictures of me.  We have photographs of us and me all over the house.  Sometimes I feel like I’m looking in the mirror when I see the picture frames all over our house with my face looking right back at me.  Perhaps a digital frame might be a good [...]

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I Want That Job

These days with the economy the way it is and jobs being scarce one would think that employees would think twice before upsetting their employers and getting themselves fired.  Well, apparently, if you’re a city manager, it’s not that big of a deal because you’ll get a fantastic severance package costing over $120,000.

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Back Side

Karen and I saw Blind Side yesterday and I have to tell you I enjoyed it from the very beginning to the end. I know what I’m about to say, might make you laugh, and there are, I’m sure some of you out there who will think I’m nuts, but each time one of the [...]

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Christmas Cats

Ever since I can remember I’ve always been a doodler.  My mother, who is a fantastic artist, taught me basic drawings skills at an early age.  Over the years she taught me three dimensional drawing, watercolor painting and design and color theory concepts. 

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As If We Had Nothing Better to Do

For the average person, November and December are the busiest months of the year.  If you’re a college student, you’re busy preparing for exams and thinking about going home for the holidays, as well as Christmas shopping and all the fun activities involved with that.  If you’re over 65 you probably don’t have to worry [...]

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Say Uncle

The other day I was recalling a family reunion trip many years ago when I was maybe 13 or 14 years old in which I met my grandfather’s brothers and sisters.  We went to Oklahoma and spent a couple of days there getting to know relatives I never met before.  One of my grandfather’s brothers, [...]

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