Far Side of Fifty
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Wistful Wednesday: 48 years ago

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It was cold…about –20F or –6C eh!  We were married in the afternoon and had a reception afterwards.  We had cake, Christmas cookies, coffee,...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Christmas List

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I finally made a list.  I had to.  With less than a week until Christmas I need to see that MOST of the bases are covered. The Christmas Car...
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Monday, December 18, 2017

Monday before Christmas

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I made some more white chocolate and cherry fudge to deliver in tins to a few of the neighbors.  We delivered one tin and had a good visit. ...
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Sunday, December 17, 2017

Jinx The Lumberjack

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You have heard of the Elf on a Shelf?  Well we were looking for one and couldn’t find one. Lo and behold a package came in the mail from Ka...
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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Christmas Flags

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I finally got the flags changed.  Chance supervised. It keeps spitting snow…all week…it is very dreary weather. The Lionel flag is fun to lo...
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Friday, December 15, 2017

Shiny Brite Progress

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The Shiny Brite tree is in progress.  I go upstairs and add a box or two of ornaments to the tree from the stash a couple of times a day.  T...
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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Chance update and Snow

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We finally got a little snow.  It has been snowing off and on since Sunday night.  We have about three inches total.  We are a Nusing Facili...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Wistful Wednesday: Christmas 1969

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Christmas Day in 1969.  Far Guy and I had been married five days.  We spent Christmas Eve with my family and Christmas Day with Far Guy’s fa...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Sauna Delivery

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My baby brother ordered a Sauna and it was delivered last Friday. It was made in Royalton Minnesota and it is a all Cedar hand made product....
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Monday, December 11, 2017

Grands: Adam

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Far Guy took a few photos of Adam’s VEX Robotics Tournament.   Adam Relaxing Competition Adam’s father was asking him why the robot quit?  ...
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Sunday, December 10, 2017

Chance: Uffda

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It’s me Chance…that handsome kinda sick Border Collie.  I don’t know what I ate…french fries with bad grease no doubt….and french fries are ...
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Saturday, December 9, 2017

Rescued Santa

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We stopped by the antique shop in town one day…we didn’t have too much time to explore but as we walked quickly through I happened to spy a ...
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Friday, December 8, 2017

A Flag

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A few weeks ago my baby brother gave me a flag.  He said I should have it.  I said “yuck it has a snake on it”… of course Far Guy knew all a...
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Thursday, December 7, 2017

Oh Fudge!

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What an adventure.  I picked three different Fudge recipes to make for the Christmas cookie exchange.  I was nervous because some of my atte...
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