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  • Two and Two

    “way back in my day” (am i that old!) … I spent a whole semester in college where i’d rush home in time to make it to the couch with 2 hot dogs and chips and watch the last 15 mins or so of my buddy Chuck Woolery with some folks tryin to match up… Read more

  • You’ve heard of Christmas in July …. Welp, that’s where this one led me, so, let’s go tell it on the mountain đŸ˜Š … Where i come from we call these things “hills,” but, i guess here in North Carolina, they decided to upgrade them to “mountains”, so, i’ll be nice 🙂 … When we packed… Read more

  • A few days ago the US celebrated a pretty significant birthday …. 250 years (and we don’t look a day over 249, right?) 😊 …. But, bein’ a history buff, sumthin’ i’d learned was that one of our cousins across the pond helped us out a bit during that time decided they needed a bit… Read more

  • “My Better Half”

    Got one today that, for a math guy, just don’t add up (ha!, see what i did there!) … Even with that new fangled “New Math” they teach, 1+1 still gets ta TWO … So, 1/2 + 1/2 should get to a whole … But … After 22 years of bein married to my Better… Read more

  • What We Need 

    Robert Frost may have had the “Road Not Taken,” but, evidently, we did NOT 😄 …. Ya know, if i was a salty kinda of guy, this could be a totally different kind of post about a 10 hour drive taking over 13, but, that’s not me 🙂 … Instead, Toni and I found the… Read more

  • When starting this in my head it literally started playing like a highlight reel of trips and fun we’ve had … Which makes this both enjoyable and, actually, difficult, to write … ‘cause i gotta try and stay on track 😄 … You see, today we’re packin’ up the ole family truckster and headin’ on… Read more

  • Make It Memorable

    Ya know what’s kinda cool about going around the sun enough times ??? Things that used to be “cool” that then go “lame” eventually go back to being “cool” again … So, for nitwits like me that never really follow the fashion train, actually fall “en vogue” every few years 😀 … Ahh … Nothing… Read more

  • Soul Food at the Ready

    There used to be a TV show on (TV is something that us old folks used to watch before streaming existed :-D) called “Name That Tune” where folks would be given clues about a song and then hear just a few notes of that song and have to guess it … The more you knew… Read more

  • LadyBug

    Ok … We don’t do sponsors, but, if we did, this one may as well be sponsored by Kleenex, ‘cause i needed them and you may too … Just a warnin!!! While my beloved was learnin’ how to patch a hole in a wall yesterday (i showed her cause we have a toddler in the… Read more

  • A couple days ago my sweetie and i were layin in bed with a toddler that had decided to see if a sleep number bed could double as a trampoline when she turned to me and asked “when did he become a LITTLE BOY!!!!” … This being said not 24 hours after i’d been on… Read more

  •   When I was 10 years old, my Pappaw John joined the Church of the New Jerusalem. I’m sharing this 46 years later because that little mini Bible they gave me that day still sits in Pappeye’s china cabinet right next to Mammaw Ruth’s china. You needed 10-year-old eyes to read the tiny print! It… Read more

  • Miles and Smiles

     Alrightyroo … We’re a week away from our annual vacation extravaganza around here … It happens every year at the same time we celebrate (my case) and commiserate (Toni’s case 😂) the hitchin of two folks to each other’s wagons for the rest of their lives together in Holy Matrimony … Of course long before… Read more

  • Line the Table Up

    Yesterday while hangin’ out with my best bud and best girl i took a look at our coffee table (why do they call them that when i would get strung up by my toenails for even THINKIN about puttin a cup on there?  … but i digress) …. When i realized sumthin … It’s never… Read more

  • Under God Indivisible

    I’ve shared with y’all before how the Lord’s Prayer really changed for me after teaching that one series of classes. (Cliff notes version: the kids were learning about Exodus and manna… I will NEVER say “daily bread” the same way ever again when you think about how God can literally provide for us every single… Read more

  • It’s neat havin a toddler around again … Sure there’s now songs stuck in our heads that co-workers laugh at and toys that are obstacles for lower extremities … But we CHOOSE to look at those not with frustration but with laughter and joy of seeing our little man “leveling up” each and every day… Read more