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Vacation plans

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

So after last year’s expensive family vacation, we our plans set on a lesser expensive trip for this year.  Perhaps an overnight stay at Motel 6 down the road playing Old Maid. Instead this email comes last week about the … Continue reading →

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Fun rolls

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

As I pulled the covers from my head, my chin jutted out and my nose poked in a southerly direction towards home, like a horse to the bar.  Today we were heading home.  If only for one day. We decided to stop … Continue reading →

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Grown up fantasy

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

The last time I saw the nine-year-old Bug he was sitting on the sofa at his house.  He looked a bit disillusioned.  “What’s the matter?” I asked. “I just found out the tooth fairy is my mom,” he announced, still … Continue reading →

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New and different things

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Traveling means lots of new and different things… Lots of rain here in the Bay area, new hotel with indoor pool (of course), new bed (oh, my aching back), lots of new restaurants (oh, my aching stomach), new five pounds … Continue reading →

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The journey of the traveling swim suit

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Years ago when I traveled across the country with my young children, the only words out of their mouths each night as we bedded down in a different campground were, “Is there a water slide?” So when Couponman worked his … Continue reading →

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You be the judge

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Right at the threshold of Fresno is one of the world’s marvelous wonders — Yosemite.   Neither Couponman or I were ever boy or girl scouts.  You could tell.  As we started out our 4.4 mile hike from Glacier Point … Continue reading →

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Gnomeman’s land

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

So there I was a couple of days ago in Gnomeman’s land with three cute grandkids on a scary, starry night, and now just a couple of days later, I find myself in no man’s land…  that being beautiful downtown … Continue reading →

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I see the party lights

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

By now if you know me at all you’ve probably gathered that I don’t drink or smoke.  Knowing that I’m married to the anti-risk-taking, penny-saving Couponman, you might even make a safe guess that I don’t gamble.  So when I … Continue reading →

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Remember when you were young

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

This afternoon Couponman called to say he had a treat for me.  I was already enjoying my Cold Stone Luv It sundae.  For once he could read my mind.  “It’s not food,” he said.  “I had an old roll of … Continue reading →

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Optimistically slanted

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Penny Print This Post Print This Post

Yesterday I went to the ophthalmologist.  She had discovered a rare form of quick on-set glaucoma.  A simple procedure would prevent blindness.  “Will it hurt?” I asked. “Just a little flick that feels like a rubberband against the back of your … Continue reading →

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