Question of the Day

Daughter #3:  Mom, what’s in bananas? Me:  I’m not sure.  Maybe chips and corn. Daughter #3:  Hm, I thought so.  This banana is crunchy.

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Barista Wannabe

My mother-in-law works at a hotel near Disneyland with a Starbucks in the lobby.  She’s good friends with the baristas (shh, don’t tell anyone they are ordinary hotel employees wearing green aprons) and they give her free coffee for tips daily.  They gave her a gift basket for Christmas with more gingerbread cookies than I’ve [...]

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Holiday Round-up

If Tracie weren’t waiting on the latest Frectis entry, I might not ever post another one just because it will send the memory of our great day on the beach further into the archives. Life goes on. On the 17th at 2pm we roared south on I-25 toward Albuquerque, or as I like to call [...]

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This is the Life

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I Wore Flops ALL Day. So There.

Can anyone remind me of why I am living on the Front Range?  That is the sun setting over Catalina Island as seen from the Newport Beach pier. The current weather there is 7�F, though it feels like -4�F and here I am just 5 blocks from the water and the weather is 54�F and well, [...]

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