• Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 12.16.2012

    December 17, 2012 /

    Outside my window…is another Sunday evening winding down.  We are 9 days away from Christmas….15 days away from 2013…or if you are one of the believer’s of the doomsday prediction, 5 days left.  Either way, this year has flown by…and at the same time, it seems like it has lasted forever.  So much has happened…..so much still happening in both the entire world and in my little part of the world.  And I hesitate to think what a year ending with 13 will bring….do you believe 13 is an unlucky number?  And if so, what kind of year will it be?  Something to ponder I think.  If we make it…

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  • Life In General

    A Weird Week

    August 24, 2011 /

    It has been a weird week…and it isn’t over yet. On Sunday, I found out a dear friend had passed away the night before… On Tuesday, we had an earthquake ~ 5.9 magnitude ~ the strongest quake to hit Virginia in the last 100 years.  Yes, Virginia has earthquakes ~ however you normally don’t even notice them.  I felt this one yesterday…it was the second time I have experienced an earthquake.  I didn’t particularly enjoy it either time. We were in one of the “strong” blobs near near Newport News. And coming attractions ~ Hurricane Irene….closing in on where?  Hurricanes are interesting I think…you watch them form and then march across the ocean…

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  • Life In General,  Miscellaneous

    Patricia

    August 21, 2011 /

    She was PJ to her friends…. …a beautiful soul… …I have no words to express… …how much I will miss talking with you… …how much I will miss laughing with you…sometimes until we cried. There are no words…only tears for now. They will be replaced with laughter and smiles…memories of things we said…things we did…memories. I will miss you forever my friend. Patricia Jean Floyd November 9, 1952 – August 20, 2011 Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep, I am a thousand winds that blow I am the Diamond glints on snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain I am the…

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