That’s Christmas! The Baby in the last place you’d expect…The angels proclaiming His birth…The shepherds coming to worship the Newborn King… Awe! Aah! Ooh! Have you ever experienced AWE? Has it ever brought you to tears? Has it changed your life? I’ve been to Niagara Falls. It was awe-inspiring. I could not stop staring at it, thinking about the thunderous roar, …
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GUEST POST from David: UK Vacation, Sept. 2022 – Day 18
Friday 7th October 2022. We were a little tired when we pulled in last night, so it was no surprise that we had a good night’s sleep. We went downstairs and had a long lazy breakfast. As with all Holiday Inns, there was terrific breakfast offering virtually anything you wanted – British style of course. …
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GUEST POST from David: UK Vacation, Sept. 2022 – Day 17
Thursday 6th October 2022. Woke up to sunny blue skies and fluffy clouds. We had a nice breakfast and headed south down the A12 trunk road for London. Well, we were going as far as the M25 which is essentially the London Ring Road which goes all the way around London and is 125 miles …
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GUEST POST from David: UK Vacation, Sept. 2022 – Day 16
Wednesday 5th October 2022. We left the Holiday Inn at 8:15am got onto the M1 again and headed south towards London. After half an hour, we branched off onto the A14 headed into East Anglia region of eastern England. There we hit a bit of stop – go delay at the start but the traffic …
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GUEST POST from Don: Christmas As A Poor (Rich) Child
Growing up poor along a rural Pennsylvania back road made Christmas extra special. The road was not a shortcut to anywhere except to the homes which dotted its edges. The land next to that road, where there were not homes, had woods, hay fields, or pastures. At the time I did not understand how poor we were. We had a …
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GUEST POST from David: UK Vacation, Sept. 2022 – Day 15
Tuesday 4th October 2022 We both woke up this morning feeling a little lethargic and starting to wonder if three weeks is going to be a little too much. Don’t know why, but there it is. We had a good chat about it and decided to press on and go home as planned. Had breakfast …
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GUEST POST from David: UK Vacation, Sept. 2022 – Day 14
(Note from Sherry: Apparently there is no Day 13 report for some reason. Just how things go sometimes!) Monday 3rd October 2022 Well, this is the day that Betty and myself have been looking forward to since we booked this vacation: a trip into Edinburgh. Edinburgh is a beautiful city full of wonder, excitement, and …
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GUEST POST from David: UK Vacation, Sept. 2022 – Day 12
Saturday 1st October 2022 Overnighting at Perth, Scotland still. Got up around 7am and were getting ready to go down to breakfast, which in virtually Holiday Inns was pretty good and you could choose between a hot breakfast or continental, or both. We set off about 9:30am and headed north for Inverness and the Scottish …
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GUEST POST from Don: Bigger Problems
This pest means you have a bigger problem… Having engaged in pest control for 3 decades, I know how most customers think: “Ick. I have creepy things in my house. Kill them.” However, THESE critters are in your house BECAUSE you already have a much larger problem. You have a leak, had a sewage backup, gaps and holes, a …
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GUEST POST from David: UK Vacation, Sept. 2022 – Day 11
Friday 30th September We left Dunfermline this morning to a thick band of heavy rain. What had we done to deserve this? It gradually got worse and very windy too. We wondered what we could do today instead of riding around in the wasting gas. We looked at the map and found an indoor shopping …
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