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Monthly Archives: November 2012
I am NOT bah humbug!
I don’t think I am. Bah Humbug, that is. I really DO care. Sometimes I think that others see me as a “don’t care” kind of person because I am restrained and laid-back. I am the person in the crowd … Continue reading
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Tagged bah humbug, high blood pressure, holiday stress, Paul McCartney, stress, The Price is Right
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Originally posted on Writing Sisters:
The Pomodoro Technique is a time management system developed by Francesco Cirillo who based his theory on the normal productive work span of a human being and Francesco’s kitchen timer — which was a large…
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Tagged blog, blogging, reblog, The Writing Sisters, time management, write
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Farmin’ Ain’t No Picnic (Part 4)
My brain is pretty well fried for various reasons so I went to my online thesaurus to describe Harvest 2012! Here goes: accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring to fruition,bring to maturity, call it a day, cap, carry off,close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine,develop, discharge, do, do thoroughly, effect,effectuate, elaborate, end, equip, execute, fill,finalize, finish, fulfill, furnish, get through, go thelimit, go through with, go whole hog, halt, makegood, make up, perfect, perform, put to bed,realize, refine, round off, round out, settle, sewup, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up,wrap up (Thank you Thesaurus.com) We finished late Wednesday evening and luckily this year … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, blog, Corn, farm life, Finished, harvest, John Deere Combine, soybeans, Thank, thankful
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Share Your World – Week 47!
Well, Cee as you can see I am a slow starter since I am just jumping in for the first time at Week 47! In reality, I am still recuperating from knee surgery and pretty much going “stark raving … Continue reading
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Farmin’ Ain’t No Picnic (part 3)
It’s been exactly 3 weeks since my last “farm” post. Unfortunately, we have not made a lot of progress in those 3 weeks. In our little part of Ohio, we received a couple drenching rains that have left the fields … Continue reading
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Tagged after dark, agriculture, blog, Blogger, Corn, harvest, soybeans, weather, weather forecast, wet fields, writer
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That’s quite a rack, ma’am
The rack is commonly considered the most painful form of medieval torture. It was used to stretch human appendages far beyond their normal capacities. Of course, it’s common knowledge that medieval torture evolved into the procedure that modern-day man now … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, knee, medieval torture, pain, physical therapy, PT, stretch, The Rack, writer
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Six Word Saturday
Thankful for help From my friends
on my last leg… er… knee
My home is starting to look like a medical supply store. This is new territory for me. I know it’s inevitable that your body starts to betray you as you age. I know I have been lucky with few health … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, bath seat, cane, elevated toilet seat, joint replacement, knee replacement, patient, right wing, surgery, walker, Wong Baker pain scale
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