Chivalry is not dead.

I found my place at the end of the line, after I had finally parked in the Denny’s lot across the street.  The end of the line at that point (8:15 am) was on Brookshire about half way between the Civic Theater and Mimi’s Restaurant.  The person behind me in line was a man well prepared.  [...]

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What is the fascination?

I don’t know what it is, but every time I see a woman, either in person or in a photograph, that is significantly younger than I, but looks (to me, at least) significantly older than I, it totally captures my attention.  It’s probably the old, not very admirable tendency to feel better about yourself, if someone [...]

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SO worth it!

The private lesson was GREAT!  I highly reccomend it.  The new student special is a steal.  Usually a half hour private lesson is $85.  For $20, you get the private, a group lesson and an evening dance.  No-brainer!  The instructor was excellent.  I’m betting that will be the highlight of my entire week.

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Today Tomorrow Yesterday Now

Today I heard our grandson’s heartbeat.  Cool.  Last time I heard that sound, it belonged to his mother.  The grandson’s mother.  My daughter.  (Just in case you were having trouble following)
Today I did not make it to my Pilates class…..since I was busy listening to heartbeats.
Today we are making a rather large financial decision, hoping [...]

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Julia Child would approve.

Weird Car News:  Butter on Bridge Prevents Suicides
Government officials in Guangzhou in southeast China ordered workers to smear a 1,000 foot steel bridge with butter to prevent suicides.
Several attempts had been made at the bridge each month, backing up traffic for hours, a story by Metro.co.uk said. Officials say the butter makes the bars hard [...]

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What do you all think about this? (other than the fact that it’s too long to read)

An article I just read:
Republicans are evil
Marcia Segelstein – Guest Columnist (One News Now)- 8/25/2009
Living in a part of the country that is most definitely “blue” (as opposed to “red”), it’s easy to begin to feel a little isolated, and certainly out of the mainstream. So it was especially fun reading Harry Stein’s latest book, [...]

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What the Heck? 2

It seems that person(s) unknown have decided that Everest Street, specifically in-front-of-our-house-Everest Street,  is the city dump.  We have a mattress, and a broken wooden round table on the sidewalk in front of our house. Oh, and this morning there was a new addition just across the street: a TV on the sidewalk there. Any [...]

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Advances of the Technically Challanged

I’m quite pleased with myself. I have managed to purchase and download music from the itunes store AND burn it onto a CD. I now have a very nifty CD with 6 of my favorite swing dance tunes.

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It’s good to be a mother….

I think your chances of being a good mother are directly proportional to having been mothered by a good mother. What makes a good mother? Someone who takes the responsibility seriously, who would literally lay her own life on the line for her children if need be, and who figuratively does so, on a daily [...]

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What the heck?

On my way home from walking this morning I noticed something about our lemon tree. There weren’t any lemons on it. Where’d they go? Last time I looked there were about a dozen. When did the lemon bandit come into my yard and harvest my lemon crop?????

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