Beeker's Words

photo by: vituh
This year we celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. We had decided on gifts to mark the occasion and then we were both hit with inspiration.  Instead of buying a piece of jewelry that would sit in a box and instead of buying the complete works of Robert Heinlein in their leather bound editions, [...]

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I have been away from blogging as I handled a lot of personal things.  Our first IVF cycle failed, my mother has been ill, I had a flu/strep throat combo, my 13 year old cat has been sick and the holiday season just came out of nowhere!   Pete and I are charging forward with our [...]

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Merry Christmas to everyone. I wish everyone peace and joy! (Except for the jerk who hit my husband’s car in the CVS parking lot today and didn’t bother to leave a note. At the end of the video Beeker has a special message for you.)

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Pete and I spent the weekend in Lancaster County, PA. It is such a beautiful part of our country!

Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum

Lancaster Central Market

Buchanan’s Gardens

Shenck’s Mill Covered Bridge

Wheatland- Home of President James Buchanan

Siegrist’s Mill Covered Bridge

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Yesterday marked five years since my grandfather passed away.  Each year as the date gets closer, I spend quite a bit of time reflecting on him and the special times we shared. I do tend to get a little depressed but generally being around family and friends while celebrating the 4th helps pass the time.  [...]

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photo by: dbwalker
Lately death has been on my mind. It has been a running theme in every book, song, or movie, that I have come across in the last week. We watched Band of Brothers over the weekend and last night I read Elizabeth Berg’s novel, “A Year of Pleasures”.  It is the story of [...]

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photo by: Jobie9
I haven’t been posting all that much lately because life has just been nuttier than a Payday bar. I am smack in the middle of the next round of fertility treatment. I have been injecting myself twice a day in addition to taking my Metformin, a fistful of vitamins and drinking gallons [...]

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photo by: (A3R)angelrravelor(A3R)
I was in the store the other day and I was drawn into a conversation with some ladies about how to cut household expenses. I told them them that one of the best ways I had cut expenses was when my husband and I got rid of cable television. We use [...]

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I just got in from a trip down to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  We had decided to get away this weekend to just think about everything that is going on and to make three very important decisions.
Decision 1: Pete turned down the job in NYC!  This is a really good thing. It would have been more [...]

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