Monthly Archives: January 2013
Modern Education
Apparently the U.S. is doing a major revamping of its elementary education right now — the idea is to prepare the kids for the 21st century. Since there isn’t time to teach everything, a lot of schools have dropped cursive … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning
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Surprises
Andy had no trouble going up to the attic Thursday morning, but when he tried it that afternoon the stairs were completely stuck. They wouldn’t budge. His first reaction was he would have to cut a hole in the ceiling! … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning
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Mission Accomplished!
Let’s hope I’m not as overly optimistic as George W. Bush was when he announced Mission Accomplished! So what has been my/our mission? To get Andy back to working on his own projects up on the land. He’s really been … Continue reading
Posted in Life As a Shared Adventure, Living Fully
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More “Not Agin ‘Em All”
In June, 2010 I wrote Years ago “I’ve been agin’ ‘em all” was my husband’s and my favorite joke. The world has probably deteriorated even more since then, but at the moment I’m having too good a time to … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Lifelong Learning
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Interesting Challenge
The sink continues to heal itself, and Andy is building more bookcases, but the refrigerator is an ongoing problem. The pilot light keeps going out and the refrigerator shuts itself off. It will be interesting to see if it can … Continue reading
Posted in Life As a Shared Adventure, Living Fully
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Poor Baby
Montana’s carpal pad is still not healing correctly so she will have surgery Tuesday. Wish her luck. I’m being lazy today and am staying home from the Y. I usually go every other day to use the weight machines, … Continue reading
Posted in Living Fully
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Moving On
The refrigerator still keeps shutting itself off, so Peter will come up to adjust it when he finishes his current job. The sink is gradually getting better by itself, so probably nothing will have to be done on that—saving the … Continue reading
Posted in Living Fully
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Learning New Things
I’ve learned a lot the past few days. The new monitor I had ordered—an Apple 27″ Cinema Display— came Friday, so I spent some time reviewing how to unhook and rehook cables, etc. Then I learned the new monitor doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning
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It’s Not Just the Dogs
I thought I was being ridiculously early making arrangements for our trip to see Kaitlin, Torben and the grandbabies this fall. But we’re going by train, we want a sleeping compartment, and when we went in Spring, 2011 we didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Focusing Our Attention, Living Fully
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