My husband was in the Navy when he was in his 20s. He stayed in for four years, with the express goals of getting enough GI Bill money to go to college and to learn everything he could about mechanical engineering while he was on active duty. He turned 47 today, so it's been quite …
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So I have a couple of friends at the pool. They are pretty small guys, and they really don't talk or anything. They just like a cool drink of water now and then. At first, I thought they were just pesky little creatures trying to drive me away so that all of their buggy friends …
My grandmother used to tell a good story about swimming that I remembered when I was in the pool today. She and my grandfather lived on a lake. They had a great corner lot, so both sides of their gigantic yard backed up to the lake. They bought the place in the 1960s when real …
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July 27, 9:30am After what seems like a whirlwind exam over the past 12 hours or so, I am finally finished with my oil and gas exam and can enjoy some downtime before fall semester starts. It was a take-home exam. I can't imagine if we had to do it in three hours at school. …
Today, for the first time ever I think, I did 60 laps. Now, mind you, this is not an Olympic-sized swimming pool, but it is long enough to count. It was really cool to count those laps as they passed. I went late today, because it was raining on the way home, and since the …
It feels good to be me today. About six months ago, we made a plan to pay off everything we owe except our house and one vehicle. We are well on the way to doing that today, as I have made the last payment on the only credit card we owed anything on. We never …
I had a wonderful grandmother. I called her Mamaw. I had two grandmothers growing up, but I was much closer to Mamaw than the other one, just by the nature of Mamaw being my Mom's mom. It's like that, you know. She was the very best cook I ever saw, and to this day, that …
When I was a kid, Fisher Price, legos, and Lincoln Logs were king. Thankfully, I have always liked building things and putting things together, so I loved the Lincoln Logs. I also had several FP items, and some hot wheels cars too. A lot of my friends had Barbie dolls, but I never liked them, …
Ken Gilbert. He inspired me to get out of my shell and not be shy. Without him, I would not be as successful as I am today. He was a salesman for a national seed company, and we would go to trade shows and meet tons of people. Since I was a little, or a …
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Some of the questions I get on tours make me wonder if they are just messing with me, or what. After giving about 72 tours, I have come across a few that I thought I'd share. Enjoy 1. There are two pipes sticking up in the middle of the hallway floor on a floor that …
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