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Dollar Tree
When Alex got home from his day program his aide was talking about Dollar Tree. Alex got his treats and Ben felt left out. Ben said “Dollar Tree, please,” and words have power. It’s only a few blocks away and we went on a walk the way we usually go. Sadly there was a very…
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Fresh Air and Weird Al
It’s been a beautiful day out. Last year my mom got us a couple of folding canvas chairs. They are worse for the wear but still mostly functional. So I set them up in the lawn and set up Ben’s phone to play Weird Al through the YouTube app while I played my mobile game…
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Corn and Tomatoes
Stephanie has a garden. We are both keeping an eye on it. The corn is growing very well as are the tomatoes. We’ve got a few beans and one long squash vine. It’s a pretty good attempt.
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The Lint Trap
Today I am doing my laundry. I have 12 good pairs of slacks and I like to wash them all in one load. So if I get dressed every day I have to do them every 13th day while I wear the dress pants I don’t like. The pants are done and folded. I just…
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Productive
I have a bad case of imposter syndrome when it comes to my personal productivity. I know logically that I contribute to my household and by doing so contribute to the world. But I just don’t feel it. My habit tracking app helps. When I hit publish on this post I will have accomplished all…
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Christ in the Immigrant
A friend challenged me to see Christ in the immigrant. There is good Biblical sense in that. “For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in” (Mt 25:35 KJV). But mostly I just see Lamanites. The Lamanites…
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Time for Books
I go through phases where sometimes I read voraciously and others where I have to push myself to read. I’m currently working slowly through three books, one chapter a day. The first is Doctrine & Covenants. I’m about a quarter of the way through that but still in the 1830 chapters. I got a book…
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New Printer
I got a new printer. It works on 4×6 photo paper. I accidentally put the glossy side in wrong for the top one. New Printer
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Case of Mistaken Identity
My wife has been telling me about a person in her childhood for years. He was kind of a jerk to her. A guy with the same name from around the same period in her life married her best friend. But she didn’t realize that they were two different guys. Now she is having an…
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Big Couch
Last week Stephanie took Ben to pick out a new couch. He found one he liked and we’ve been promising he would get it today. The delivery people brought it in the house and up the stairs, but sadly it was too wide for the doorframe. So they brought it back downstairs and it’s our…