Tag: messy
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Too Many Cooks Make One Heck Of A Party
Celebrating men looks a lot different than celebrating women. Women get excited about flowers, fancy decorations and chocolate. Men are easy. Bacon. It makes everything better. And anything fried. That’s the manly way to eat. For Father’s Day, we had the privilege of having most our kids with us, except our son and his family.…
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A Meaningful Mess
“Hey babe, where are those reports you ran for me?” “On your desk.” Very few three-word combinations strike as much unrest in me as these three. Maybe “You’re dead meat.” Or “I hate you” followed by a sneer and growl. Possibly “You owe me” depending on what the presumed payment needed to be. “On your…
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There’s Way Worse Than Wet
There was a point in my life where I loved a good rain. I was a puddle-jumping, raindrop-dodging, joyously-drenched kind of a kid. Even when my kids were little, we’d be outside in a storm, jumping in ankle-deep puddles and not caring a flying fig about mud. It was the perfect prelude to a hot…
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Clean or Chaos–It’s All The Same
We’re well into spring. Cleaning is not even close to being on my mind. My philosophy is that living spaces need to be clean enough to not spread contagions to all who enter. I’m relaxed enough to know a little dirt never killed anyone. Maybe a few. We’ve recently had a lot of family come…