Good night, #cammiesstar
Posted June 1, 2013 | My Kittehs, Today I'm Grateful for..., Welcome to My Life
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I’m missing my Cammie-Cat today. “Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.” — Margaret Wise Brown Good Night, Moon Good night, Cammie. I love you. I see your #cammiesstar twinkling at me. And at your Pepe Love-Cat, too.
Festival in the Sky
Posted May 26, 2013 | Cool Stuff, Photos & Photo Galleries, Today I'm Grateful for..., Welcome to My Life
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This year Roanoke’s Festival in the Park had to be moved from its traditional location in Elmwood Park to the open land along Reserve Avenue across from the Riverside medical complex near the base of Mill Mountain. The festival itself wasn’t much, but it was a much better venue from which to photograph the clouds [...]
You know you’re old when….
Posted May 1, 2013 | Lessons I've Learned, Random Observations, Today I'm Grateful for..., Web Wisdom
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…you look at this graphic and say, ”Yep! [1] There are some advantages to getting older”! [2] * * * [1] If you know where this came from, please let me know so I can give well-deserved credit to her. [2] “But who cares?”
Web wisdom: The best thing ever
Posted February 15, 2013 | Today I'm Grateful for..., Web Wisdom
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@janeson59 spreddin smyls an luvs dus be bestist fing evva .. uggs ..@hergracethecat @thatstripeycat — Henry(@henryandfriends) February 15, 2013
With love from Henry…and me
Posted February 14, 2013 | Holidays, My Kittehs, Today I'm Grateful for...
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Henry – @HerGraceTheCat and Stripey
For $30,969.30 shouldn’t I have ended up with a bionic arm?
Posted January 14, 2013 | Random Observations, Today I'm Grateful for...
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Today I got the claim information for my hospital stay on December 18th. Total hospital and provider charges (in network): $30,969.30 Paid by plan: $18,375.82 My charges – copay: $150.00 So I ponder: Why the hell does hospital care cost so much? If I had gone in without health insurance and been able to pay privately, [...]
Happy birthday, Mom.
Posted January 4, 2013 | Caring for Elderly Parents, Today I'm Grateful for...
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You’d have been 79 today. I miss being able to tell you I love you and stretching out my arms and saying, “I love you {{ t-h-i-s }}} much, and a little bit more,” and you’d raise your arms and say it back to me. Until one day you couldn’t raise your arms up anymore. And soon [...]
For all that I don’t get and all that I choose to give up, I am truly grateful.
Posted November 27, 2012 | Today I'm Grateful for...
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This isn’t a particularly cheerful or uplifting post, but if you’ve ever been trapped by yourself, you might find it liberating. Sometimes learning is angry, ugly, and messy before it brings sweetness and light. I’m so grateful for all times that I asked God for something and He said, ”No.” Sometimes I ask for stupid shit. [...]
Please remember the forgotten at Christmas. You’d be surprised at who they are.
Posted November 19, 2012 | Caring for Elderly Parents, Holidays, Lessons I've Learned, Today I'm Grateful for...
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This is an updated version of a post I wrote last year with current information about how you or your organization can help the patients at Catawba Hospital this year through the state’s Operation Santa Claus program – and why I do it every year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested [...]
When I tell the story of how my beloved spouse and I met…
Posted October 28, 2012 | Today I'm Grateful for...
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…sometimes I fail to mention that he decided to introduce himself to me before he saw my face. He introduced himself to me because he liked the look of my butt from across the Roanoke-Salem Plaza parking lot. Happily, he didn’t feel the need to throw a bag over my head when he saw my [...]
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