Nearly a year later…

No, I’m not really talking about the last time I posted, but that works too…
About a zillion years ago, I came across a blog called The Northwest Ladybug.  Something about this blog, just sucked me right in so I marked it in my Bloglines (no I haven’t managed to switch to the other one that [...]

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A walk through the swamp

I’ve always lived in tourist areas.  There is always, always something fun and interesting to do.   So visiting somewhere with pretty much nothing to do is rather interesting…especially when those you are visiting still have to work during the day.
My parents, who drove their RV up here just to see my brother and his [...]

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Our plane had a flat tire

If all was going as planned, I would be in South Carolina now.  Instead,  Mimi and I are stranded in Billings, Montana.  (I guess I can cross this off as being in yet another state?)
On the plus side, Northwest Airlines is generously putting us up in the tallest hotel in the entire state! If [...]

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Lost in the Monster Closet

When we first moved into our house, we were fascinated by the tiny little closet that had been built under our staircase.  It looked like a normal closet door, but when you opened it, the room was long, narrow and sloped down towards the back.  This special closet was also the only room in our [...]

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It’s Uncle Ricky!

My baby brother has always been a bit of a goof.  (Ohhhh the stories I could tell!) One of his strange quirks is to call and pretend he is somebody else.  We always know that if a strongly accented cowboy or a little old lady or an Asian delivery guy or…well whoever it would just [...]

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