Gold Country Meets Big Sky

 Having gone to bed unreasonably early, it wasn’t a surprise when I woke up promptly at 4:00 am.  I made myself stay in bed another hour, trying to compromise as much as possible between ...

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Also known as, No Swimming for You. We landed upon the steaming shore of Oahu, stepped off the plane, and began making immediate plans to join a nudist colony. Montana sweaters were cast ...

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Note: The following tropical series is from October. It is now January. No one who knows me will be surprised, since my Christmas letters alone are running more than a decade late. Besides, I th...

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You would think after Grandpa that I would've given up predicting - incorrectly - the ETD (Estimated Time of Death) of anyone in the family. You would be wrong. After that sweet and loving good-...

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She was born on my bed. It was awkward. Jack, aka The Cat Whisperer, is used to all the family's felines glomming onto him like a giant fur blanket. But even he was unprepared for Squishy's d...

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At long, long last, P90G has come to an end. By the time I got done repeating numerous weeks due to illnesses and tragedy (the kids’ grandpa on Jack’s side of the family died unexpectedly...

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DAYS 39-49: The book is blazing right ahead (though I didn't type even a single word for the week Jack was here - so much for finishing by New Year at the latest!), and the workouts have continu...

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DAY 32: Some mornings I really don’t want to get up, but as soon as I hear the music, I’m ready to get some blood circulating! Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps, a brand new workout. Since it wa...

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It was almost time to go. I waited, bundled in pajamas covered by sweat pants and jacket, ready to go and sing carols for some of our neighbors in town who aren't able to get out very often.  ...

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DAY 25: Today marks the beginning of Phase II. I’ll be moving on to the next round of workouts, some the same and some different. Apparently a program is more effective if it incorporates “m...

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DAY 18:  Since it’s Sunday, I got to sleep in all the way to 6:15! I used to be able to make it till 8, if nobody else woke up and started racketing around. Working out is better than sleepin...

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DAY 11: Jack is home, and it’s harder than you might think to sneak in a workout when he’s not looking. I managed it, though, while he was in his Special Office with Running Water. You might...

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I’ve been needing to resume a regular exercise program. With the many unplanned events of the summer, a whole bunch of important things fell by the wayside, and that was one of them. With some...

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...Without Becoming a Prepper Pitiful descriptions have made their way into news articles about the 15-state EBT system crash. Women stood in the supermarket, weeping because they couldn't buy ...

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Last year, for the first time ever, Mom, Tiggy, and I attended a women's retreat. Held at the Rock Creek Resort just outside Red Lodge, MT, it was so near to perfection that the only improvement...

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Ok, so in retrospect I probably should have done this a little closer to the actual event, but if I accidentally forget what I won for some of the pictures and end up showing more first place ri...

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Cousin Pat June 23, 2013 One day and two nights, that was all the time we could allot for our visit. Far from ending our day, the conclusion of the services in the cemetery signaled the s...

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Disclaimer #1: You all know me, right? You know that I would never advocate killing sweet (or not so sweet) little (or not so little) animals illegally, right? Or breaking the law at all, RI...

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June 23, 2013 Mom, Dad, Tiggy, Tina, and Caleb all rode together, leaving early Sunday morning as we had originally planned. They missed the worst of the weather, and arrived in due time late ...

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June 22, 2013 Our thoughts were too fuzzy to realize this at first, but we wouldn’t have been very nice if we woke the funeral director up at 3 am Sunday morning to collect Grandpa. Yes, col...

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June 18, 2013 The departure for Wisconsin was scheduled for early Sunday morning, so there was plenty of time to make our way back. We spent the night in Hardin, so we’d be right on the...

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June 17, 2013 As we left this fantastic caverns the day before, we wondered aloud if we would be able to show it to Mom and Tina next year, or whether they would still be caring for Grandpa. I...

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June 10-15, 2013   Phase II: Camp Meeting, etc.   Camp meeting is always a big blur, with no time to post during it, and no brain cells left to remember the full story of what happened...

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VIEW FROM OUR PILLOWS June 9, 2013                                         Certain adults in the party could barely move the next morning, so we ...

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June 8, 2013 Sometime during the night, Clancy woke me up. At first I thought he needed to go to the bathroom, but he didn’t get excited when I asked if he wanted to go out – he just ke...

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