Author Archives: Mrs. DoF

Co-workers, be nice to them

This morning, Husband and I had the pleasure of the company of a friend during breakfast.  We agree that the pancakes are quite tasty at the Garden of Paradise. Plus, she picked up the tab! She told an amusing story … Continue reading →

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Report of Grade

Dear Ones, The chapter 7 test in Algebra came back with a 40 / 100. Two missed were because I went too far—I put the real answer over the other number and made it into a fraction.  Three were because … Continue reading →

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Speakers at the Banquet (part 2 of 2)

Had lunch of leftover vege-beef soup and leftover fruit salad.  Good Eats.  Then I put load number four into the dryer, and started load number five.  Seems like the laundry piled up whilst I was working a banquet.   Where … Continue reading →

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Events towards the banquet (part 1 of 2)

A write-up about the Women and Girls banquet at the church last evening.  It is going to read as if I am writing to my friends Cindy, who couldn’t be there because her daughter was sick, and Carrie, who is … Continue reading →

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Filling Time

I am sitting here waiting for fruit to thaw.  There is no better way to take a breather than to decide to be trivial and understated.  The calm before the stroke. The dinner this evening is to be a carry-in … Continue reading →

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Oh. My. Word…..

The sign-up list for the Women and Girls Salad Supper has a count of 80 names. That’s EIGHTY!  and to think we have put it together in less than two weeks. Yo’all Y’all pray for us planners and participants.    … Continue reading →

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Looking online

So I have used up quite a bit of today looking online and through books for good reads about women/ motherhood/ friendship.  This is just in case the other folks who come to the Salad Supper get a bit shy … Continue reading →

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Takin’ it easy

There might come a post later, or not. The Series Finale of JAG is on TV tonight, and I surely don’t want to miss Harm and Mac on their last adventure. While I’m away, you might try to learn what … Continue reading →

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Getting it done

The only exercise I have gotten today is walking from the parking lot into class, then back out to the car.  I always park near the same tree, no matter what time I have the first class.  That way, I … Continue reading →

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Swans in Alaska

When I returned from Algebra class, I found an e-mail waiting from my cousin who lives in Fairbanks, Alaska. “Hi folks, It is spring time at my house.  The snow is melting and the ice on the river is slowly … Continue reading →

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