Thursday’s Theme: Pretty

I took this picture 9 years ago (ack!) on a standard 35mm camera, but I think it’s gorgeous.  Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has provided me with 100’s of photo opportunities because each season has it’s own beauty.  This shot was taken just North of Marquette on the Dead River Basin.  We were driving along on a [...]

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Katrina, 2 years later

I thought that since this is the 2nd anniversary of Katrina that maybe I would post a couple of the pictures I took when I visited that area 4 months after the hurricane. Steve went down there to work for 6 months and I flew down to see him over New Year’s. The [...]

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Analyze This . . .

Last night I had a dream that I went to the moon.  It was a short journey but I remember landing and getting rid of our fuel source (an SUV).  Then I was living on the moon, in a house and it was dark out.  I kept trying to see the Earth but I couldn’t [...]

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Stacie’s Baby Shower

(today is the first day of classes so I don’t have much spare time, sorry so brief)
Yesterday was Stacie’s baby shower.  Stacie is a girlfriend of mine from high school that, thanks to the wonderful world of email, has remained a great friend of mine.  She and her husband, David, are expecting their first child [...]

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The Newest “Captain Comeback”

May I just take a moment to brag on my nephew, Dominic? He is the world’s biggest NFL fan, ask him any stat and he knows it. Anything. It’s amazing. He was just announced as the 1st string quarterback for his 6th grade team this year!!! Aunt Vic is pretty [...]

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Thursday’s Theme: Fade

Ok, I normally don’t do the picture theme days but I had time to today.  This is a picture I love that I took at my friend’s wedding last summer.  The sun is fading in the background over Lake Michigan with the lovely new couple watching

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Eight Wildly Exciting Jobs I’ve Had

My friend, Care, tagged me to tell you all what exciting things I’ve done in my life that, in return, I was paid for.
 1. Customer Service at Slim, Trim and Tan:  I actually don’t know what my title was there but I worked for my mom at a tanning and exercise place she owned.  Come [...]

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Learning That Everything Doesn’t Have To Be Done “Right”

That’s an issue I’m having right now.  Since Steve isn’t working he’s starting doing a few things around the house.  I can get more done in an hour than he can in 10 but at least he’s doing some things.  He will load and unload the dishwasher, he doesn’t do it like I do, but [...]

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Steve, the fashion expert?

For those of you that know Steve you know that he doesn’t give a darn about what he wears and NO sense of fashion at all.  I’m not saying I’m an expert because I’m not, don’t want to be, but I have a little more fashion sense than him.  We are both jeans and t-shirt [...]

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Let The Insanity Begin!

It’s officially “back to school” time and I wonder where the Summer went.  For someone that did nothing but work this summer you would think that time wouldn’t fly but it did.
Yesterday was the first day for faculty to report to campus for a day full of “welcome back” meetings to try and fire them [...]

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