Living in a one-horse town

Most of the time I like living in a small town.  Really, I do.
Today is not one of those times.
Our post office was apparently only open from 8:30 to 10:30 this morning.  Not only did I have book orders to mail, but they’ve been holding our mail for the past week, and I’d dearly love [...]

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Trip report number 1

Our flight out of Newark was fine.  Our flight out of Minneapolis was 2 hours late, so we ended up with a 6 hour layover.  We could have rented a car and been home before our plane even left.  Oh well.  We made it.  The luggage made it.  The dog was happy to see us.  [...]

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Quick update

We are waiting for the pizza delivery guy to bring our supper. My brother-in-law, nephew, boys, and I spent the day in the city at the Natural History Museum.  My husband took a trip to the doctor with my sister.  We were afraid he had strep throat, but it is apparently just a virus.  [...]

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Christmas Journal — days 20 and 21

The 20th says:
Just a few weeks ago, I wouldn’t have believed that I would have a picture of  my boys with their Smeigh cousins to put in my Christmas Journal.  David’s phone call telling us that he and his family were coming  — all the way from Tunisia! — to spend a few days at [...]

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A funny

I was sending an e-mail to someone and just remembered this funny from this morning.
At some point, possibly after the Wii got opened, but maybe before (I can’t remember, it was such a blur…) Will said, in a very thoughtful tone:
“It doesn’t look like I’m going to get a plasma TV.”
Ya think?
Happy Holidays!
Suzanne

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Reporting in from Snowdrift Central

Woo-weeeeeeeeee
It is still super, super windy here in Iowa.  We can’t even go south of our house, the road is drifted shut.  Mark is out plowing our driveway (for the…3rd? 4th? time today) in order to allow us to get out and make a trip to check on my Mom.   I’m not really sure how [...]

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Faux Christmas Eve

Because of our impending trip to see my sister, we decided to e-mail Santa and ask if he could come a few days early. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize we’d be getting a snowstorm this evening when we made that request. He seems to think it won’t be a problem, though, so tomorrow [...]

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Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

Susan asked if I would share the recipe for the coffee cake recipe that is a Christmas tradition in our family:
First, you need to turn on your smell-o-vision.

Second, here’s proof that this is a well-loved recipe:

Can you see all of those buttery smears? LOL
The picture is more legible than I would have guessed, but [...]

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New jammies plus Christmas Journal Day 19

This is normally a Christmas Eve thing, but since my niece and nephew won’t be here then, we decided to give the kids their jammies tonight. They were playing Mouse Trap, and I tried to get some pictures, but mostly what I got were big blurs of silliness.
This one turned out pretty well:

The [...]

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Christmas Journal — Days 17 and 18

 First, I must report that my brother and his family did arrive safely right at supper time last night.  We are having a lovely visit:  the 4 cousins seem to have bonded pretty well, and the adults are having a nice time visiting and catching up.  They went to visit Great-Grandma Humphrey today (plus my [...]

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