August has arrived and that means summer is nearly over. We’ve had an eventful summer. It’s been a bit of a study in making the best of the good and the bad that occurs while you are just living life. We’ve had some really fun “ups” and some really frustrating “downs” and all the in […]
Read MoreLet’s talk about yard work and gardening, shall we? I seem to post a lot on social media about the work I do in and around my yard (so if you already get your fill of my lawn woes on Facebook or Instagram, feel free to bow out now), but I think I need to […]
Read MoreHello friends! It’s been a little while since I’ve been here on the blog. Ok, more than a “little while”; it’s been a little over a year since my last post. You may have noticed that some things have changed around here. First, the name of the blog itself. “How ‘Bout Them Apples” is a […]
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Day 61 I started daily (nearly) a COVID journal here on this blog at the beginning of the Coronavirus stay at home/school at home order. Today is officially the last day of school. Illinois is still under a stay at home order, but my daughter and I have left the state and taken up residence […]
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Day 56 It is Mother’s Day. I am sitting in my room waiting for my daughter to wake up, because I’m not supposed to leave my room until she comes in to tell me I can. Don’t tell her, but I got up and got coffee 2 hours ago, because I’m old and I wake […]
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Day 54 I’ve been quiet for a while. A week actually. There just hasn’t been much to report. There still isn’t much to report, but I worry if I put off writing much longer I won’t come back to it at all or at least not for a long time. So here we are. There […]
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Day 46 Well, all the little fat birds are dead. I had one more left after the massacre earlier this week, but I walked into the kitchen today and saw this little guy laying on the floor. There were flower petals covering the living room rug and multiple picture frames were laying face down on […]
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Day 44 For the first time in several weeks, I got the urge to organize and clean some things today. I don’t want to give the impression that I cleaned out closets or junk drawers. Nothing that elaborate! Let’s not get crazy! I cleaned off the kitchen table. I know, that doesn’t sound very ambitious. […]
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Day 43 Another Monday. I took a long weekend from writing the blog. I wrote other places, but didn’t really have anything fit for public consumption to say here. The weekend was OK. I made my weekly trip to the grocery store to pick up my order. I even braved another store, while wearing a […]
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Day 39 I seem to be on an every other day posting kick right now. I’m not sure why. Yesterday I sat down to write something several times throughout the day, and got distracted each time. I would apologize for that, but really this is a journal for myself to remember this time of quarantine, […]
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