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That big ‘ol 6-0

Posted on June 22, 2025June 22, 2025 by Mark

The big 6-0. I guess you could call it a milestone of sorts. Every time I have a birthday, it’s…

Posted in Age & Ageism, Family History, PlayTagged #60, #birthday, #life and living, health and wellness
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Tornado?

Posted on June 5, 2025June 15, 2025 by Mark

Honey, this a’int Kansas! Monday night, after a long day at work, I had heard that we had some reportedly…

Posted in House, Play, WeatherTagged #extreme weather, #old houses, tornado
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New Menus

Posted on June 4, 2025June 4, 2025 by Mark

When my wife and I were still engaged, and in the process of discussing the nuts and bolts of how…

Posted in Cooking, Healthy Cooking, PlayTagged #cooking, #meal kits, #meal prep, health and wellness
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Spring, Sprang, Sprung

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Mark

Spring arrived a little under a month ago, and we’re well into the transition between Winter and Summer. The trees…

Posted in Finances, Home Repair, Play, SpringTagged #japanese knotweed, #neighbors, #spring, lawn maintenance
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Dunce

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Mark

Omg, I don’t believe how idiotic I can be sometimes. For the past couple of months, I’ve been having issues…

Posted in Computers, Play, TechTagged #Coming Soon Page, #wordpress, dunce, non-elegant solutions
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Milestone

Posted on January 24, 2025January 24, 2025 by Mark

I was checking on my investments the day before yesterday and happened to go to the website where my 401k…

Posted in Finances, PlayTagged #401k, #finances, #work, retirement planning
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Budgets

Posted on January 23, 2025January 22, 2025 by Mark

Here we are in the middle of January, and we just received our first winter utilities bill. A couple of…

Posted in Finances, Heating and Cooling, HouseTagged #heating-and-cooling, #HVAC, budgets, money talks
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Hello, 2025

Posted on January 17, 2025January 17, 2025 by Mark

Well, folks, here we are, it’s 2025. Or a quarter century into the 2000s. Turning over the calendar for a…

Posted in Health & Welfare, Life & Death, PlayTagged #2025, changes, health and wellness, new year, resolutions, weight loss
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Merry Christmas ’24

Posted on December 25, 2024December 25, 2024 by Mark

Just wanted to take the time to wish everyone on my subscribed list (and anyone else that happens by) a…

Posted in PlayTagged #2024, #Christmas, #holiday
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Here’s Blood in your Eye

Posted on December 9, 2024December 9, 2024 by Mark

I was at work this morning and one of my coworkers said “What’s wrong with your eye?” Not sure what…

Posted in Health & Welfare, Play, WorkTagged #eye-health, #kidney-stones, health and wellness, Subconjunctival hemorrhage
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