Category Archives: friendships

What do you think?

What do you think? Can men and women be friends or does sex always get in the way? Do you have a friend of the opposite sex that you do things with, without your spouse along? Does your spouse? Would … Continue reading

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Love at first sight

Over half of us believe in love, love, love at first sight, the majority of which admit to having experienced it. Have you? If so, was the feeling mutual? And, did it result in an enduring relationship?

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A Season To Remember

As many of you already know, my son plays baseball. This fall he played for the MYAS (Minnesota Youth Athletic Services,)  him and his team represented our town. Jason, my husband, coached. He had four 11 year olds, and the rest were 9 and … Continue reading

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TGIF

Happy Friday All. So how’s your week been? We’ve had a strange week here weather wise. It rained all day yesterday (Thurs) and the ground is saturated. It’s the kind of weather that’s chilly but humid so I haven’t really felt … Continue reading

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Free Chat Monday

Happy Monday all. Laura’s been on a weekend holiday so it’s my turn to do the Monday chat. I went to a craft fair on Friday and I got some really cute stuff for my back garden. I love the … Continue reading

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Free Chat Thursday

This week I am writing this on Tuesday night. Tomorrow, Wednesday Bailey and I are getting up and heading out to Paul and Joys. I normally clean every other Wednesday, the bathroom and kitchen. The hard stuff, the scrubbing and … Continue reading

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Free Chat Thursday

We drove down to Rochester Friday afternoon for a baseball tournament. It took us about 2 hours, once we got out of the cities. It was a beautiful drive, who knew southern Minnesota was so hilly, and scenic?! We were … Continue reading

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Fair is fair…or is it?

Well. Where do I start? We’ve had a very interesting last 5 days. As you all now Bailey is on the traveling baseball team for our town. This was something he had to try out for. Something we had to pay for. … Continue reading

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Happy 2nd Blogversary

Happy 2nd blogversary to us. It’s been 2 years since we’ve opened up shop. 2 years. I can’t really believe it. Well, I can actually but it seems longer to me. Paul thought it was our first and I thought … Continue reading

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Free Chat Thursday

Morning all! I’m just a mixture of emotions this week. I apologize if this gets too negative Nelly on ya! Laura’s post from some time ago , When Tragedy Strikes, keeps coming back to me. I’m sending you to the part II of … Continue reading

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The END!

What’s wrong with me? Do I have sucker written on my forehead? Is there some neon sign on my back I don’t now about? I’m telling you I have thee worst luck when it comes to meeting normal people. I … Continue reading

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Reason for falling out of love

I’ve been in recent contact with an old friend. I have to admit that I haven’t talked to her in about 6 years and in that time both our lives have really changed. We got reconnected quite by accident. Someone … Continue reading

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A very odd couple

This was to cute not to share.

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Being honest or being mean. Is there a difference?

I’ve been thinking of this post for most of the week and trying to think of wording it the right way. I guess to me, it comes down to either being nice to someone or telling a little white lie … Continue reading

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How long do friendships last?

How long have you had certain friends? Do you have any from childhood? This was a Good Question the other night and I found it fascinating. I’ve got one friend, Kerry, that I’ve seemed to know all my life. Since 1st … Continue reading

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What mask are you wearing today?

I quite often get good idea’s for some of these posts from other people. Pam and I were talking about this and she said I should write one about all the different masks that people, including us, wear.  You know … Continue reading

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Nibbles goes golfing

Nibbles had quite an outing last night.  I knew s/he (nobody seems to know the sex of this one) had a little “running” problem so I wanted to wear “her” out.  The guys wanted to golf so we rode along. … Continue reading

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Getting more aggressive as I age

Aggressive is the only word I can think of but I wouldn’t really call it that.  For the better part of my life, I never said no to anyone.  Not for almost anything.  If anyone from school, church or the … Continue reading

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Kreativ blog award from JavaQueen

In order to receive this award I have to list 7 things I love then pass it on to 7 blogs I love. But guess what, we hate to follow the rule so if you are here reading this, consider … Continue reading

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YooHooooooo in Minnesota

First let me start out by saying that this innocent looking little thing has quite the attitude. We were talking about going to our local Business Expo and I knew there’d be wine there and I KNOW how she likes … Continue reading

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Friendly blogger award

We got this cute Friendly Blogger award from Starla in honor of our blog anniversary.  Thank you so much Starla.  We appreciate it so much.  I’m in turn handing it to javajunkee because, well, she cracks me up  and makes … Continue reading

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Happy Anniversary to us…Let’s ParTay

We’ve got the fire going so come on, enjoy the music, movies, games, food and do whatever you want to do. Joy’s Stuff javajunkee Pam Luisa Doraz Sue         Nikki Laura (LS) Ok… here we go. First, … Continue reading

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We love us some YooHoo!!

YooHoo had a great visit with me. It was nasty outside so we thought we’d brighten the house with some beautiful orange lilies. YooHoo kept smelling them!! I think she really like the flowers. Felix my man cat got jealous … Continue reading

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We’re having a party

Okay dear blogging friends and family.  Our one year blog anniversary is coming up on March 30 and we’re having a pajama parTAY.  Yep, an all nighter.  So, send me your pj’s and I thought we could each bring a … Continue reading

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Bongo’s day at work

Bongo had a very good day at Buffalo Veneer and Plywood today. Toby said he had to keep his eye on the little guy but he was good in general.  Here is how he spent the day. Here is what … Continue reading

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