I had a troubling moment last evening after I went to dispose of the box from the DiGiorno three pack box of pepperoni pizzas I purchased from Sam's Club recently. As I was deconstructing the pizza box for recycling I noticed that the best by date stamped on the box was November 4, 2015. Whoa...back [...]
It only took about two and a half years with my Kia Sorento for me to start looking for an exit strategy. I am not sure exactly where it started going downhill, but once I started talking about my lackluster appreciation for the Kia to anyone who would listen, I knew I already had one foot out [...]
A 17 year old teenager in the West Fargo School District committed suicide on Wednesday. West Fargo students were informed of the suicide yesterday. My daughter Cheyenne told me about it when she came home from school and after my initial shock my first question was, "Why?" Cheyenne did not know the answer to this [...]
I never imagined I would be an Ethel, until I was. I believed for a long time that being an Ethel meant doing what was expected and safe. Frankly, being an Ethel seemed dull. Not that anyone saw me as an Ethel, everyone assumed I was all Lucy, all the time. But the line between [...]
I have enjoyed many performances at The Stage, but my hands down favorite to date is the musical comedy The Addams Family directed by Lori Koenig. I had the distinct pleasure of catching last night's performance and I can only gush about the tremendous performance the cast, crew, and orchestra put on! The set design, [...]
March 24, 2015, I had a fairly unique experience at the dollar store in town. Perhaps the most unique part was the location, because I do not believe the dollar store experiences such a thing with any regularity. I figure I caused a bit of psychological scarring for dollar store manager Travis that day. For [...]
Well, hello there. You may not remember me as my last blog entry was in late 2014. Prior to that blog entry I amassed over 1,800 blog entries over a five year period. I guess you could say blogging was "my thing" - until it wasn't. Moving from daily blogging to periodic blogging to no [...]
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