Author Archives: Frog

Occasionally, you impress yourself

The better-half and I made ribs for dinner last night and they were amazing. So amazing, we took pictures: We also had tomatoes and cucumber from the garden. The weeds have pretty well choked the cucumbers so these easy-peasy pickles … Continue reading

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The Show

We made plans with the better-half’s aunt months ago to go see the B52s and Squeeze last night. About three weeks ago his aunt broke her foot. She asked us to find someone to use the ticket and that she’d … Continue reading

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Tossed it back in

I’ve been reading a lot this summer. I don’t know if it’s because I’m increasingly becoming a curmudgeon (being more comfortable with that title, perhaps) or if I’m just lucky in selecting books that have pissed me off. I started … Continue reading

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Food Weekend

Yesterday morning I felt like crap. Some funky stomach thing going on. I started to feel better in the early afternoon and so ate 2 chili dogs. What? Isn’t that what you do after feeling like crap? As it turns … Continue reading

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Just for the record

Not much to tell here. We got power back around 7pm last night so that was about one hour short of exactly 4 days without power. My sister and her family are still waiting. The squash plant in the compost … Continue reading

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Happy Fun Time in Virginia

If it’s Monday, it means we have no electricity. Last Monday we lost power for something like 30 hours. We’ve shot past that now with the storms over the weekend. We made it through Friday’s storm with only a flicker … Continue reading

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Moved

The above photo is the current state of our garage. We packed up the college apartment and brought it home yesterday afternoon. It’s interesting that the photo makes it seem almost orderly. There was a plan as we unloaded, but … Continue reading

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Experiment

The better-half left for Oklahoma on Sunday afternoon. He’s scheduled to be back on Friday. I thought I’d write something every day that he’s gone and then publish on Friday. If you are reading this, then I decided to go … Continue reading

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Garden Update

I had an idea to update on the status of the garden so I took my cell out onto the porch to head out to the garden spot. I dropped the phone. It went end over end and my quick … Continue reading

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Hanging out

This month we give up the apartment in the college town. On one hand we are so over paying rent and utilities and on the other we’re really going to miss being able to hang out here. This weekend we’re … Continue reading

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