Our latest home improvement project is finally complete and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out! I intended to share more “in progress” photos here, but never got around to uploading the pictures I took. Here are some before and after photos of the newly painted exterior of our house and garage to show the […]
by Kathy on April 15, 2012 · 5 comments
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This is my third and final post about Titanic this week. Here are links to my previous two posts: Titanic – Part I: It Was Sad When the Great Ship Went Down Titanic – Part II: Haven Exploration Originally I envisioned this last post being about some of my other connections and experiences related to […]
by Kathy on April 10, 2012 · 11 comments
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Let’s do the Time Warp again! Welcome to the eighteenth installment of my blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesday! For those not familiar with Time Warp Tuesdays, which I host on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, here is the background of how and why I came up with the idea. If you are here to […]
by Kathy on March 6, 2012 · 18 comments
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Today I am 37. It feels surreal for me to reflect on my journey to this age. I have been out of high school now for almost 19 years. This year I will have been married for 12 years and a mother for 9 years. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Since I turned 36 my life has had many […]
by Kathy on February 22, 2012 · 8 comments
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Earlier this month I ordered this picture (framed and matted) for the office in our new home, which Bob recently repainted a very nice color that found out about here. I took the photo in August 2008 when Bob and I were in Lake Tahoe for the marriage of two of our friends, one of […]
by Kathy on February 16, 2012 · 5 comments
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Top of the mornin’ to ya! It’s that time of year when we drink Shamrock Shakes, eat Irish Soda Bread and write rhymes for Lori’s Limerick Chick Contest! I was honored to be the 2011 LimChick Winner last year with my entry about our Stirrup Queen Mel’s book Life from Scratch. Many thanks to all who voted for […]