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Good News at Weight Watchers and other pertinent (?) remarks

I weighed in on Wednesday and, I'm happy to say, I was DOWN two big ones!  YES!  I've been knocking around in a four-pound range, gaining and losing, for a month.  From what I hear at meetings, this is typical.  So, anyway, I am definitely happy about this particular...

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Winners and….I’m baaaaack!

Whoop-de-do, I'm back.  I'm myself again.  My doctor took me off my ADD meds and the fog has lifted--hallelujah! Our winners, who should have been announced yesterday, are Kim Rudisill and Darlene Holley.  Apologies and congratulations, ladies.  As soon as you've...

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Weight Watchers Report, Etc.

This morning I was down 1.2 pounds, so I'm happy.  🙂 Last evening, while Bernice and I were returning from our walk, I caught a glimpse of red on some tomato plants over by the greenhouse--yeehaw!  I scored some nice ones, and carried them back to the house.  Made a...

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Winners and the Apparent Summer Blog Schedule

First, last week's winners are: Bev Evanger and Linda Wilson--congratulations to both of you.  Everybody else: there's a new contest starting today, so never fear.  All you need to do is comment, and new winners will be chosen, notified via email in advance, and...

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Winners, songs I sing to my dog, my kind of prepping

First, the winners of last week's contest are: Brenda I. and Valdi McCoy.  Congratulations, both of you!  (If you didn't win, no worries.  A new round starts today, and all you need to do to enter is comment.) Second, yes, I confess, I sing to my Yorkie, Bernice,...

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Long time no blog OR: And you thought I was dead

I'm alive and well, and down 3.6 pounds as of last Wednesday's Weight Watchers meeting. I'm not sure why I haven't blogged this week--it just seemed that something popped up every time I wanted to start.  🙂 I'm writing, of course, and deep into the study of THE...

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The Big Reveal 🙂

First, however, I'll announce last week's winners, each of whom will receive an autographed copy of THE MARRIAGE PACT.  They are: Alice Johnson and Violette Ruffley.  Congratuations, ladies!  As for the rest of you, hang in there.  The new round begins today, and all...

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WOW!!!

A huge THANK YOU to Linda Lattin for the GORGEOUS mustang figurine!!  He's prominently displayed on my office book shelf, where I can look at him often--you really shouldn't have, but I'm sure glad you did.  🙂   (Please send your snail mail address to [email protected]...

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Fridge-Magnet Wisdom and assorted ramblings

I've been thinking about refrigerator magnets lately.  (Don't ask why, because I have no idea.) Still, one can tell a great deal about a person, I think, by studying the various items affixed to their refrigerator door.  The most obvious example: children's art,...

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Home again, home again, jiggety jog

Well, my friends, the trip to Boonsboro, Maryland, and the fabled Turn the Page Book Store, was just plain magical.  Jenni and I flew out of Spokane early (very early) on Friday morning, stopping briefly in Salt Lake City before jetting on to a landing at...

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Part 2 or until the glitch, whichever comes first

Moving on from yesterday's blog: What I'm reading, in actual print: A wonderful new memoir called WITH OR WITHOUT YOU, by Domenica Ruta.  Reviewers have compared this book to one of my absolute, all-time favorites, THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeanette Walls, and while I...

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Whoopee, it’s Monday! (No, I’m not kidding.)

I love me a Monday.  A whole lovely week ahead, like a blank sheet of paper, or a fresh canvas, or a book I know I'm going to love but haven't started yet...or.... Well, you get the idea.  I do enjoy a beginning.  🙂  (As long as it's the beginning of something good,...

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