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Entries from June 29th, 2009

The Great Road Trip of 2009 – Digression #4

June 29th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Uncategorized, View From the 80's

 View From the 80s: A Philosophy of Life at 87 Saturday, April 4th – Mom’s Present View I last left The Great Road Trip of 2009 saga with Tom taking Mom, Laura and me shopping in Slidell that Saturday afternoon at the mall.  Penney’s, to be exact, to buy knit shirts.  (See that post here [...]

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Good Medical News; Good to be Home

June 24th, 2009 · 7 Comments · A Home Complete, Health, Medical, Perspective, Tom & Me

We’ve just returned Monday evening from five days away and were so happy to be home, you know?  I’ll show you some photos below of some of the reasons we so love coming home. We saw the neurosurgeon in Birmingham (a gorgeous city, by the way – at least the south side where we were) [...]

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Brief Hiatus in Biloxi, Mississippi

June 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Families, Friends, Our Kids, Tom & Me

I’m writing to you today from Biloxi, Mississippi from the Beau Rivage Casino Hotel Resort where we are attending the 143rd annual Mississippi Press Association’s summer convention.  That’s a long time, folks, for newspapers in Mississippi (and newspapers in general) to have been such a big part of American life.  I mean – we’re talking [...]

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The Great Road Trip of 2009 – Saturday, April 4, Part 1

June 15th, 2009 · 5 Comments · A Home Complete, Dee's Family, Families, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Tom & Me, View From the 80's

April 4th – The Girls (& Tom) Go Shopping Saturday was our second full day at home together and another day full of fun, too, thanks as always to Mom.  It was a busy one, but not too.  We tried our best to rest and relax in between "fun stuff," but then, it was all [...]

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The Great Road Trip of 2009 – Friday, April 3

June 12th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Humor, Inspirational, Photos, Videos, Reflections, View From the 80's

April 3rd – First Day Back Home With Mom & Laura: Wiped Out, But Fun My first day back home with Mom & Laura in tow after our adventurous, but also grueling (from my perspective, as coordinator and sole driver) 750 mile road trip found me totally wiped out, so we decided to just take [...]

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Surprising Interlude

June 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Humor

I’ve surprised myself today.  It’s now 5:37 p.m. and I’ve not even gotten on Facebook today . . . as yet!  Aren’t you impressed?! Second, I’m feeling a good bit better the past several days and am looking forward to the Mississippi Press Association’s Summer Convention the end of next week over in Biloxi!  From [...]

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The Great Road Trip of 2009 – Thursday, April 2, Part 2

June 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Health, Inspirational, Reflections, View From the 80's

[Note:  Sorry I've been "absent" all week.  Had Dr. visits with Cardiologist & Nephrologist, but all is well with my heart & kidneys, so that's good news.  My pinched nerve pain is better, as well, from sitting in traction, so I'm a bit more hopeful about that after 2+ months.  Did I tell you we're [...]

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