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Day 121 – Washing Machine (Give) and Shelf and Computer Cabinet …
It’s the start of spring break for us so we need to get some work done around the house and see if we can really get this place sold. We are hoping to get the garage roof replaced and do some other odds and ends and then have an open house next weekend. It was a beautiful day, so I started work on the garage – the inside. It’s worse than the outside. I wheeled out an old washing machine to the curb. We ended up with an extra washer when we moved to Columbus and have had an extra one in the…
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Day 120 – Change Buckets from Vegas (Throw)
MGM Grand. Caesar’s Palace. The Venetian. Mandalay Bay. I’m not even sure which trip to Vegas these cups represent. I think I’ve been three times. I don’t gamble, but I do get a big kick out of just walking around Las Vegas. It’s a people-watcher’s paradise. And a bizarre Disney World for adults. No place else compares. These cups were just sitting on a shelf in my closet and I went looking for something easy to throw since I was tired and didn’t feel like dealing with the whole Throw, Give, Sell thing – but also didn’t want to break…
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Pray for Beka in Burundi
Our friend Beka is in Africa for a couple of weeks and I’m sure she would appreciate all the prayers she can get. She works as a journalist for One Mission Society in Greenwood, Indiana, and they have her on a journey to get a closer look at some of the ministries attached to OMS in Africa. I got to know Beka when she joined our church’s mission team to Haiti back in October. We have thoroughly enjoyed getting better acquainted with her ever since. She is a favorite of the whole family – especially The Princess (age 4)! Anyway, a day or…
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Day 119 – Three Stooges Video (Sell)
I bought this two-tape set years ago when Caleb was just a toddler. It may have been one of the first (of many) times when I tried to introduce one of my kids to something before he or she was old enough to truly appreciate it. I had always had fond memories of the Three Stooges from my childhood because 1) I’m a guy and 2) my brothers and I used to watch the Stooges on a little black and white TV after school in the upstairs of my parents’ Five and Dime Store. (The store was housed in an old…
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Day 118 – More Letters (Throw)
Can’t write much tonight. Too tired. Threw away more old letters. Heading to bed early so that I might actually have some energy tomorrow. We got a call about the house today and they asked to see the place Friday afternoon or evening… so we’ve got a lot of work to do! We certainly haven’t been keeping the house in showing-shape. Pray for us!
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Day 117 – Pacer’s Cup (Give) and Fat Tuesday
I got this Pacer’s cup when we took the kids to Disney on Ice a few weeks back at Conseco Fieldhouse. I paid a little extra in order to get refills since we had four kids and two adults sharing a drink! I think it was around $6 (not sure exactly since I tried to block out the memory of paying that much for what my Dad used to always call “sugar water”!). If I understood the deal correctly, part of what I was paying for was UNLIMITED refills – for the entire basketball season. If you know me, you…
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Day 116 – Birdhouse (Sell)
Just another unfinished project. I think I bought this last summer thinking it would be a fun project with the kids to paint it up and hang it. I think I’ll try to take it back to Hobby Lobby for a return, but I doubt they’ll take it. If not, it can go in the garage sale. I apparently paid $5.99 for it! You want it? Help out some homeless bird in your neighborhood?
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Day 115 – Moose Antler Straw (Throw)
Got this straw at Six Flags in Southern California many years ago. Not sure of the specific timing, but it seems to me that my good friend, Mark, was attempting to hook me up with his (then) girlfriend’s best friend. So I know it was more than 10 and a half years ago… I do remember I was living in Iowa at the time, working as a youth pastor – and I came back from CA with my ear pierced after a dare from Mark. But that’s another story. But back to the straw – I believe we at at…
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Day 114 – Obnoxious Neon Yellow Shirt (Give)
This past week at school was “spirit week”. On Thursday we were supposed to wear neon colors – and that’s what reminded me of this shirt and how I’ve only worn it once. Over a year ago.The teachers’ association provided them to all the local teachers before we walked together in a parade. I guess they wanted to make sure nobody missed us.I’m one of the few teachers in the building who is not actually part of the association – I sometimes enjoy swimming against the current. But I’m not going to get political here and my feelings about teachers’…
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Day 112 – More Letters (Throw) and Day 113 – Chuck E. Cheese Crown (Give)
Trying to get caught up on my days, so not planning to write much here. Thursday I just sorted through another stack of letters and tossed a bunch more. In the midst of them I found two things of interest – a copy of my birth certificate and a notebook with a copy of all my letters I wrote back to these folks. I had almost forgotten that for a long time in college I had used carbon paper to make copies as I wrote letters. Those I’m not quite ready to toss yet – may be some interesting tidbits…