Have you ever used the phrase “out the wazoo”? I don’t use it often, but it is a very apt description of my cookie baking during December. Out the wazoo is slang from the 1960’s and means “in great quantity or great abundance.” Did I bake cookies out the wazoo during December? Yes, I did. …
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Tough Guy David Clymer
Who is your favorite tough guy? When I think of tough guys I often think of action heroes such as Harrison Ford or Arnold Schwarzenegger. I know those particular choices date me, but I don’t know any young actors that I think of as tough guys. A tough guy is someone who gets beat up …
Full Fall and Christmas
Tom and I have been back in Ohio since the middle of September and it has been a very full fall and Christmas. Here are just a few of the things that I have done in this full fall. The end of September was spent preparing for my hip replacement surgery. Tom and I cleaned …
Merry Christmas and New Year
I hope that you had a Merry Christmas and are looking forward to a happy New Year. We had a very laid-back Christmas compared to some years. John and Jackie were in Pennsylvania visiting her family during the week of Christmas. We had talked to them before Christmas about gifts. None of us really needs …
Six The Musical
As a birthday present this year, John and Jackie gave me tickets for Six the Musical. We went to see it the week before Christmas at the Palace Theater in Columbus. Six the Musical is a pop-concert-style musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss that reimagines the six wives of Henry VIII. The six wives …
Holiday Lights and Delights, Ashland
On a recent wintery day, Tom and I took my parents to see Holiday Lights and Delights at the Ashland County Fairgrounds. This was the first year for the display. We are always looking for drive-through light displays to enjoy together. Ashland isn’t very far away, so we thought we would try it. We started …
Wonderful Thanksgiving
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Whether it was one meal or many. With friends or with family or both. A small gathering or a bust-the-doors-down bursting house. There are so many ways to do Thanksgiving and so many things for which we can be thankful. Our wonderful Thanksgiving was at my sister’s house. …
Skechers Hands Free Slip-Ins
I recently bought my first pair of Skechers Hands Free Slip-Ins. In case you have missed the thousands of commercials on them, these are athletic shoes. Before my hip replacement surgery I tried to think of things that would help me recover. Now that I am one month post-surgery, I know which of those things …
Tweaks to the RV
As I was preparing for and recovering from my surgery, Tom made a few tweaks to the RV. He made a big change when he took out the dinette in May and we were very happy with the change during the summer. That made him bold enough to try a few other things while he …
Rehab is Job #1
Right now, for me, rehab is job #1. I have to keep reminding myself of this because I am feeling pretty good and have a lot of things on my to-do list. I am two weeks post-op as I am writing this, but you will be reading it closer to three weeks post-op. A few …