The Thursday Three

Posted on April 26, 2012 by OneMom

  • What year were you born?
  • Did both of your parents work outside the home when you were growing up?
  • What book are your currently reading?
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The Thursday Three

Posted on April 19, 2012 by OneMom

  • When’s the last time you rode a bicycle?
  • Do you wear a helmet when riding a bicycle?
  • Do you use a camera or a cell phone to take pictures?
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Patriots’ Day

Posted on April 16, 2012 by OneMom
  • It is Monday, April 16, 2012. In Massachusetts and Maine it is Patriots’/Patriot’s Day (respectively … the two states spell it differently). In Washington DC, it is Emancipation Day. Bostonians know it as Marathon Day. In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan it is just another winter day. Currently it is 28 degrees with a windchill of 14 … snowflakes have been falling while the wind gusts to 40mph.
  • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was photographed drinking beer and dancing in a Cuban bar in Colombia. The media is thrilled that she is enjoying herself and letting her hair down. I don’t quite see it that way.
  • Last week our gas prices went from $4.10/gallon down to $3.92/gallon (such a deal). Over the weekend back up to $4.02/gallon. Not sure how the price of gas already in the storage tanks changes so quickly or so often.
  • The so-called Buffet Rule is nothing more than political fodder for both sides of the aisle. It would produce less than a tiny drop in an entire ocean of debt. Even liberal Jack Cafferty on CNN has taken note of the absurdity of the Buffet Rule.
  • Roger Clemens is facing a 2nd trial about allegedly lying to Congress about steroid use as a Major League Baseball player. In the big scheme of what US families are struggling with tonight, why are Congress and our court system wasting time and money on the steroid use of baseball players?
  • I know God is still on His Throne, but I must admit that I’m tired today.

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The Thursday Three

Posted on April 12, 2012 by OneMom

  • What kind of shoes do you usually wear?
  • What is one food you will not eat?
  • Do you have a subscription to a newspaper (physically delivered or electronic)?
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Friday Flyer

Posted on April 6, 2012 by OneMom

  • One week of each year the nation is bothered that Augusta National does not allow women to be members. I wonder why that’s only a problem for one week out of 52?
  • Personally, Augusta National is a private club – they make the rules.
  • What bothers me about Augusta National is the extreme poverty in the neighborhoods that surround their grounds. Funny how CBS cameras never venture beyond the inner boundaries.
  •  27 degrees with a wind chill of 20 this morning. Snow in our forecast for Tuesday. Lots of false starts to Spring here in Michigan’s UP.
  • Gas prices $4.13/gallon in our small town.
  • Very grateful for my health insurance as I needed an eye exam and new glasses. Without insurance it would have cost me almost $800. With insurance it was $180. My glasses are a complicated Rx thanks to severe myopia, astigmatism, and a buckle around one eye from surgery to repair a retina detachment.
  • I remember my first pair of glasses at the age of 8 – I was amazed to see individual leaves on trees and not just a fuzzy green blur. I was just a kid – I had no idea what I was missing.
  • Although the retina detachment left me with a couple of shadows in my peripheral vision, I am grateful everyday to still have my sight.

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