Feeling blah

I finished two books this morning and I started to review one, but the with the time of day it is already and the need to get some other things done and the desire to take great care with one of them, I think I’ll save it until I can do it justice. I was [...]

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Of lists and marriage

Some time after posting about the Marital Rating Scale from the 1930s yesterday, I remembered making my own list when I was dating (not in the 1930s! More like the 1970s). It was kind of a popular thing to do when I was in college, to make a list of what you would look for [...]

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Marital Rating Scale

Carrie at Reading To Know recently posted this Marital Rating Scale from the 1930s which she saw at Crooked House. There is an article in Monitor on Psychology about it here. It was developed by a psychologist to help marriages based on interviews with 600 husbands about wives’ positive and negative qualities. I thought it [...]

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The indirect way to get your carpet in your car cleaned…

1. Buy a large rather than the usual medium root beer. 2. Take a sip and put it in the cup holder. 3. Turn a corner while your hand is off the cup. 4. Watch it topple over onto the floor just beyond your outstretched hand.

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Ups and Downs

DOWN: Late Saturday afternoon I went from feeling fine to a full-blown head cold in the space of an hour. UP: My husband offered to get breakfast out Sunday morning, the only time we usually have a sit-down family breakfast, and we had some “buy one, get one free” breakfast sandwich coupons for BK. DOWN: [...]

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Food for thought

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Book Review: Every Now and Then

Every Now and Then is the third in Karen Kingsbury’s 911 series dealing with various people affected by the tragedy of 9/11. Though the major characters from the previous books are also in this story, it can be read and enjoyed as a stand-alone book as well. Alex Brady’s father was a firefighter who died [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details, and you can visit Susanne to see the list of others’ favorites. 1. This was our first week of summer vacation! [...]

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Booking Through Thursday: Memorable Books Meme

The weekly Booking Through Thursday question for today is I saw this over at Shelley’s, and thought it sounded like a great question for all of you: “This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can [...]

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Odds ‘n ends

The colors in the dress I am wearing today… …remind me of sherbet. I am up to almost a half-hour at a time on the Wii Fit. When I started I was doing good to last ten minutes. I told Jason and Mittu that if they wanted me to I would address the wedding invitations [...]

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