Picture Day! June 17, 2025 Edition

Quite a mish-mash of photos this week! Tuesday, June 10th: I took a photo of this beautiful little bushy plant/shrub when we were out and about, because I love it and don’t know what it is but I want one – or more! Can you ID this for me? Wednesday, June 11 Saturday, June 14 …
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GUEST POST from Don – Not Worth Extra

NOT WORTH EXTRA The following is about how we THINK and how to change how we think.  I will use money to illustrate. I’m working through this saying…  β€œSome things are worth the extra they cost”  Ask 50 people and you’ll get 50 answers.  They’re all wrong, but they are adults and they have equity retirement investments and their …
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GUEST POST from Don – Food Safety Explained

FOOD SAFETY EXPLAINED Neither my wife nor I have ever experienced food-borne illnesses.  Maybe that is pure luck, or maybe it isn’t.  We know people who have gotten sick from bad food and they may have made some preventable mistakes.  For instance, my niece got sick after eating cookie dough.  It had raw eggs in it and people aren’t …
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Picture Day! June 9, 2025 Edition

Posting this a day late…sorry…. This first group is from my granddaughter Lyra’s birthday dinner (Golden Corral, Saginaw MI); the first photo was taken on her 11th birthday which was also graduation day from elementary school. These pics are from granddaughter Luna’s birthday dinner; she chose the Mongolian Grill in Midland. Just some fun photos…a …
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GUEST POST from Don – I Want a Car

I WANT A CAR Driving home after dark from Tennessee recently, my wife touched a button on the steering wheel by mistake and exclaimed, β€œI don’t know what I just told the car to do.”  Nothing showed up on the dashboard, but if you change a radio station a light on the dash tells you.  Why would …
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