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Source: Uploaded by user via Chris on Pinterest Another reason I love the fall is FOOTBALL. I loved high school football and have always loved college football, at least rooting on the Beavs and the Ducks. My family is what–here in Oregon–we call platypus. Don’t know the plural. The dictionary doesn’t like platypii. Half my family are Oregon grads and the other half minus one […]

Source: swagbucks.com via Chris on Pinterest Maybe I love fall because of the beautiful change of colors on the trees. Maybe I love it because my birthday is in October and it signals the beginning of holidays: halloween, thanksgiving, and christmas. Maybe it is because of college football and the smell of autumn in the air. But I love fall and I suppose it doesn’t really […]

Source: google.com via Jacki on Pinterest No IKEA today. Guess we will go tomorrow. So…I’m writing blogs and working on Sharks today. Love the new twist. Will Jacob find the courage to ask Lilly to marry him? Or…will Lilly find true love with a most unlikely man? Hmmm… And with either choice how do I make it plausible. It’s coming along and I hope it […]

Source: google.com via Donna on Pinterest Today is a double duty day. I plan on finishing 2 blogs for my Virtual Tour beginning November 28th for Highland Honor. Then I need to write at least 2 pages on my April Fools Day anthology. I know how I want it to end, but I’m just not sure how to pull it all together so it seems […]

Source: craftily-ever-after.blogspot.com via Chris on Pinterest The house is freezing for the third day in a row and will most likely be the same tomorrow. The tile guys are here again and finishing the tile and the backsplash. Still can’t find handles and knobs for the cabinets so we’re off to IKEA again on Thursday. Geez, it’s been so busy. I never knew that remodeling […]

Source: google.co.uk via Vicky on Pinterest It never ceases to surprise me how much I depend on electricity and how much at a loss I feel when I have none. Yesterday the power went out at about 9:00 AM. We were told a car hit a power pole and the estimated time the power would resume was about 11:30. Okay I can deal with that. […]

I slammed on my brakes. The first deer dashed across the road. I knew there would be more but it was so dark and rainy I couldn’t see. I barely missed the second deer but when I saw the third one I knew I would  hit it. The car wasn’t slowing fast enough to miss. The guardian angel on my shoulder must have sent out […]

Source: goodlightscraps.com via Chris on Pinterest My husband and I have the pleasure of babysitting one of our little angels for the last three days. She is such a pleasure and a joy. The sweetheart is always laughing. We are working on our kitchen and she loves to put the screws into the holes and will have every hole filled. She also likes to hide […]

Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very”; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.Mark TwainI really liked this. My first critique partner always told me to get rid of the word “very” which was quite a few times. I hated omitting the word and many times I did not. Now when I reedit older books […]

I’m off to school again. Well, you say, “I thought you retired.” I tell the kids at school when I come back that “no matter how hard they try I will keep coming back to haunt them.” I’m teaching in the math department. Tomorrow looks like a pretty easy day. Teaching transformations and fractions and will enjoy seeing my colleagues at Stayton High tomorrow. I’ll […]