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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
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- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
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- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
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- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
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- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
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- Camping on Little Pigeon River Makes Up for Being Canceled by Our RV Park on the Mighty Mississippi – Which Flooded Her Banks This Year – Here We Are on Another Riverbank – Enjoying the View –
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Tag Archives: Humor
Many Times I’ve Baked Egg Custard – But This Time Something Went Terribly Wrong –
The evening hours were dwindling away when I decided to make a batch of egg custard. This is a recipe that is simple and the entire process from start to finish should have taken only 45 or 50 minutes including … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Humor
Tagged Boiling Water, Custard Cups, Egg Custard, Hot Water Bath, Humor, Nutmeg, open oven, Second batch, Sliding, Slipped, Something went wrong, Water bath
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Mystery Remains Unsolved – The Case of the Missing Ground Beef Patty from Olive Garden – Chelsea – Our Bichon Frise Pet – Appears to be Innocent But Remains as a Person of Interest –
Circumstances: Steve ordered a takeout ground beef patty at Olive Garden restaurant for Chelsea, the household pet. Said ground beef patty was transported in a Styrofoam box from Olive Garden to the home of Steve and Carol Ann. Half of the … Continue reading
Ravioli – Gluten-free – YES – After Seeing My Expensive Gluten-free Flour Land on the Floor – After Washing Flour from Between my Toes – We Finally Had Ravioli with Hamburger/ Parmesan Filler – Delicious – But No Confirmed Gluten-free Recipe Yet – Here Is What Happened –
I wanted ravioli. My gluten-free noodle recipe may also be used to make ravioli. But before starting, I needed to reduce the recipe to half. I wanted to make only enough ravioli for two. I began the process of creating … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Hee Haw Series, Humor, Memoir, Uncategorized
Tagged Between Toes, Carol Ann Hoel, Cooking, Disaster, Dough, Egg Noodles, Flour, Flour on Floor, Gluten-free Flour, Gluten-free recipe, Hee Haw, Humor, Ravioli, Ravioli Recipe, Toes
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Duck Finds False Pond – Chelsea Finds New Toy – Steve and I Find Fun Watching – Hee Haw Series – Based on True Life Event – Just Ask Chelsea –
Duck – Looky there! A beautiful pond for me! Dog – What’s that? Duck – Oh oh! A dog or something! Dog – Never saw anything like that before. It could be dangerous! Duck – Maybe I should leave. Dog … Continue reading
Posted in Hee Haw Series, Humor, Pets
Tagged Algae, Based on True Event, Bichon Frise, Dog, Duck, Funny, Hee Haw, Humor, New Toy, Pond, Pool, Silly Story, Story
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The Fat Green Frog – HEE HAW SERIES
(This is the beginning of my HEE HAW Series of nonsense posts meant to make you laugh. It will continue as long as I can think of silly stories. I hope you enjoy the first one. If not, there may not be … Continue reading
Posted in Hee Haw Series, Humor
Tagged Anecdote, Comedy, Fat Green Frog, Frog, Fun, green frog, Hee Haw, Humor, Laugh, Make Friends, Neighbors, Pond, Silliness, Story
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Home from Vacation – Cooking Chinese Chicken – Recalling Great Vacation Memories – Including One Hilarious Escapade and One Humorous Moment
My husband and I flew to Florida to visit my family. We met with the whole gang, and we all went to Sea World, Universal Studios, and spent a day at New Smyrna Beach on the Atlantic. Let me share a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Humor, Memoir
Tagged Atlantic, Chinese Chicken, Cooking, Florida, Gun Point, Handcuffed, Humor, Humorous Moment, Memories, New Smyrna Beach, Sea World, Stolen Car, Toddlers, Universal Studios, Vacation
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Am I Losing Weight? How Can I Tell? Really! Take this Simple Test…
There is a well known way to tell if weight rolled off or crawled on, like this. Pull your jeans off the rack, and put them on. First, open the zipper and shake them well. Lift your right leg and … Continue reading
Laughter Please…
Yesterday I made macaroni and cheese for our supper. My recipe called for layering, first the macaroni, then the cheese, next the chopped butter, then the salt and spice mixture, and next combined milk and egg. After the milk and … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Humor, Memoir
Tagged bread crumbs and butter, Failure, Humor, Laughter, macaroni and cheese
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Laughing
Does God have a sense of humor? He created us, didn’t he? (This is what the Bible says. I know not everyone believes the creation story, but I do, so I will go on.) I don’t mean to say he … Continue reading
Posted in Thought
Tagged God, Humor, Laughing, Laughter Medicine, Merry Heart, Sense of Humor
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Camping with Mom – Short Fiction Based on True Story –
Ronda, a young stay-at-home mom weary of the everyday routine of caring for five-year-old Samuel and three-year-old Jennifer, looked forward eagerly to a vacation at a campground snuggled next to a lake a few hundred miles from their home. She … Continue reading