morning chat

Got up much earlier than usual this morning. Oscar had some sort of bug up his butt (not literally, hopefully) and started scratching at our bedroom door before 7am. He trots out into the kitchen, and then stares at me. Then goes out the doggy door for a few minutes, comes back in, and stares [...]

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Thanksgiving synopsis

Am freakin’ pooped, so I’m (cheating) summarizing with lots of pictures. Roll over the pics for captions…
Ok, let us begin:
Wednesday night, Sue and I started cooking massive amounts of food. The cooking continued on Thursday morning when Jennifer joined us at 9am, and we only missed our estimated completion time by one hour… ate by [...]

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murkiness

Been a weird couple of days… I keep starting posts, and not finishing them. Looked in my queue, and I have 5 unfinished posts sitting there. Kind of indicative of my brain – keeps starting and stopping in spurts, intersected by reading a long-ass book (“Prince of Tides”) and puttering about this weekend.
Our meeting with [...]

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Two little girlies

On Friday afternoon, we took pictures of Maggie in our front yard… she’s such a little ham. We took 150+ pictures, but this one is my favorite, I think. It’s the facial expression and her little rotund belly poking out… just makes me laugh.
Saturday, friends Marlena & Tim came over to watch our beloved Clemson [...]

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full disclosure

I’ve just thrown the whole “my dad’s talking about getting remarried” thing out there very casually… so now I shall elaborate. This is a very, VEEEEEERRRRY lengthy post. Be warned.
My dad. Um, yeah, that’s a very complicated subject. He’s South Carolina-born and bred, with all the baggage that goes along with that. But he also [...]

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Happy Boo Day!

Just wanted to add a few more WW recipes we’ve tried this week. I’ve been doing better… as Susanna said, she “hasn’t even had to mix things together” to make them edible!
We’ve tried turkey enchilada pie. Tip: it works MUCH better if you don’t forget to put the tortillas in it. Also, we’ve had chicken [...]

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Yaba Dabo Doo!!

My Clemson Tigers have been struggling this season, but right here, right now, we’re beating Georgia Tech on national television. Dunno if we’ll actually win… but right now, with 8:51 left in the game, we’re winning.
Yay for my Tigers and Dabo Swinney’s first game!!
And just a random fact: Dabo’s nickname was given to him as [...]

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Gooooo Tigers!

I had forgotten how much I love Clemson football. It’s good from the couch, but nothing compares to actually sitting in that vast sea of orange. Of course, today was hellishly hot, so the sea of orange was also a sea of sweat. But it was fabulous… so, so much fun.
There’s one particular tradition [...]

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Day of little indulgences

This afternoon, I paid a visit to Lisa the Wonderful for a cut & color with a side of therapy. She’s great – honest to the point of tactlessness, but remembers everything you ever tell her and each visit, we just pick up where we left off the last time. We met Lisa a year [...]

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A Pictorial Guide of the Maggie Bash

Maggie’s party was a complete success… lots of friends, sunshine, cupcakes, and pink tubs of Capri Sun’s…. I mean, what more could you ask for a first birthday party!?! :)
1) In the backyard while guests were arriving. The Clemson tent was to wish our Tigers good luck!2) Maggie Sunshine’s cake… of course :)3) What [...]

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