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Smartcar mileage

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I forgot to put my last gas mileage on here from right around Thanksgiving so this post has two of them .  December gas mileage: 313.7 miles ÷ 8.559 gallons = 36.651mpg Around Thanksgiving gas mileage: 268.6 miles ÷ 6.901 gallons =38.921mpg

Friskee the Fabulous

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This cat hates getting her picture taken. She will stare right at me (gorgeous, calendar worthy photos), but as soon as she sees my camera come out, she looks the other way. She will sneer and snarl  at the camera though. She almost always turns her head. Sometimes, if I pretend to take the picture … Continue reading Friskee the Fabulous

Christmas surprise

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The old mean hen set a clutch of eggs and hatched out four little chicks!  Technically, she hatched three, and then she left the nest with the peeps, but Ted found a pipped egg while cleaning out the nest box. He brought it inside, and we put it in the incubator, and it hatched that … Continue reading Christmas surprise

Jake’s open tabs

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I grabbed Jake's iPad this morning from the kitchen table to look something up. I had to laugh at the tabs that he had open in Safari ( keep in mind that he's 11 when you read these): Fandroid music pictures which look like little monitors laughing A Google search for "football hair" (what the … Continue reading Jake’s open tabs

Elfie and Elfis, Days 2 and 3

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These little stinkers have been all over the place this weekend!  First, on Saturday morning they were in mugs with hot chocolate packets so Jake could enjoy a yummy treat. Then when he left the room, they moved to hideout on top of the piggy bank and the coffee pot!  It took him awhile to … Continue reading Elfie and Elfis, Days 2 and 3

Guy trip!

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These guys have been friends since freshman year of high school.  The years have seen them go their various ways in life - Air Force service, overseas deployments, colleges, marriages, births of children, moves out of state, etc, but once a year they make the time to come together at Thanksgiving for their annual "guy … Continue reading Guy trip!