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Army Communications
During these first few weeks of Cy's basic training, my emotions have ebbed and flowed all over the place. Sometimes my feelings are only as high as the most recent communication is near. If several...
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Her First Car
Our family has gone through the normal car sharing/juggling/scheduling that most families encounter when the number of drivers exceeds the number of vehicles. Some days, the calendar doesn't revolve...
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He Likes Playing With Guns
During our highly-anticipated Sunday afternoon call today, we heard Cy say,"Yesterday was the best day of my life!"Actually, on speaker phone, I misunderstood at first and I thought he said, "worst,"...
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I don't think I have any photos to stir up May Day memories - they're all just treasured up in my heart and mind. When I was a little girl, we made May Baskets - paper creations filled with popcorn and...
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Tiaras and Tactical Training
While we enjoyed a dress-up night out, Cy was pushing himself to run 2 miles in 14 minutes and craving the chance to get his hands on some Oreos. In fact, he told us last week: "When we get a four-hour...
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Don't Be Impatient for the Impatiens
All over the country, there are people fighting severe weather. As Mother's Day weekend approached, we had a couple sunshiny afternoons that turned to sudden dark clouds and rainstorms, followed by...
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Our nephew and his fiancée encountered some travel trials this week. On Tuesday night, she was trying to fly from Omaha to Washington State and they encountered severe storms including softball-sized...
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Summer Bucket List
Once Annie and I felt the relief of her college and co-op classes being completed, we sat down one morning and made a bucket list. I have never really been one for keeping a bucket list, but I thought...
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Tattered Cover
One evening last week, we all headed downtown to do some scouting around at the locations we plan to use for Annie's senior pictures. After taking some practice shots at a garden, railroad tracks, and...
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For the past couple months, we have enjoyed weekly phone calls from our Soldier-In-Training. We have turned on the speaker phone when we had company over on a Sunday afternoon, I have dashed into a...
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Back in the Garden
I had a (comical) scare a couple weeks ago.My daughter laughed at me while my heart pounded, and facebook friends rallied around me with dozens of comments offering sympathy, encouragement, advice, and...
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Filling That Bucket
As July appeared and the freshness of summer moved into the height of the season, Annie and I have really had a fun time doing things together. Now that she's been off to a week of mission camp and we...
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Old School Trip Planning
No smart phone in my pocket. But I do love me some Mapquest printouts. Our big vacations require a travel notebook, complete with itinerary, reservations, maps, and attractions.We have our official...
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Renaissance Girl
She trekked 100 miles round trip each weekend the past two months.She forged a new friendship with an old family friend while spending Saturday nights at their place each weekend.She stood on her feet...
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He's A Soldier
After being gone five months at Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training for Military Police, we had the great pleasure of attending his graduation two weeks ago!When we first arrived in...
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The Show-Me State
After Cy's basic training graduation, we had to take the opportunity while in Missouri to do some sight seeing. I took on the role of tour guide and mapped out a few days of excursions for our little...
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A Better Way To Spend Sunday Afternoon
A perfect almost-Fall day, I decided to hang out in our back yard this afternoon instead of watching the Broncos game. I did end up rooting for them through the 4th quarter, which was pretty exciting...
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High School Reunion
It's been a monumental number of years since I graduated from high school. No need to get specific, just a special number. So over the summer, we had a reunion. It was just a one-day thing -- tour of...
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A Different Kind of Halloween
I felt old this afternoon. But it was okay - it was a happy, empty-nest kind of old that made me feel good because of friendship. Leslie, mommy to two and a half kiddos, called me up to see if we'd be...
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Christmas Shopping Money
This story would seemingly have nothing to do with Christmas, except we just sold a pile of (what I would call) clutter and it covered most of what we spent tonight finishing up our Christmas...
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Celebrations of the Season
The weeks leading up to Christmas have held a lot of activity for us - performances, visitors, entertaining, and celebrating. We were so happy to have my parents come for two weeks at Thanksgiving...
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Christmas Morning Musings
The sun as long been up.I have put my french toast creation into the oven, read the Word, written Christmas notes to my family (which I'm sure will be treasured for posterity, right?); and I just read...
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Last of the Chores
It's all done. My chores are completely finished for 2014.The last sink full of dishes has been washed. (Annie! Come put them away, please!)Our bed has been made with fresh bedding for the last time...
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He Turned Me Into A Fan
Twenty-five years ago, I didn't really get football. Yeah, having grown up in Nebraska, I was a Husker fan. But I distinctly remember trying to figure out the difference between pro and college ball;...
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