Feb 252014
 

So, yesterday I thought I might be losing my mind.  More so than usual, I mean.  I kept hearing this low thunder-like sound, but every time I heard it I turned to hubby and said, “Did you hear that?” and he looked at me like I was crazy.

It kept happening throughout the day, and finally I turned to everyone’s favorite source for news, Facebook.  According to multiple comments I wasn’t the only one who was hearing them.  While I was happy to know that it wasn’t in my head, I was then a little concerned with trying to figure out who was starting a war outside.

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My husband thought it was probably some sort of training taking place at Fort Knox.  Fort Knox is about an hour away, and we do occasionally hear some of the maneuvers from out there so it wasn’t outside the realm of possibility.  I did wonder, however, if any of the base would be left standing after all the booms, if that was the case. Continue reading »

Feb 192014
 

Yesterday Bubbles and I went out for a Mother/Daughter day for a little pre-birthday celebrating.  It’s been so cold we haven’t been able to go many places, but yesterday dawned sunny and in the 50s.  She had a couple of birthday certificates for different places that had come in the mail, so I thought we’d use those, then see what the day brought.

We stopped by the mall first; I had a couple of stops I needed to make first, and then she was in charge of our itinerary.  One of the certificates we had was for a free birthday cookie slice from Great American Cookie, so we picked that up.  Bubbles loves watching the fountains in the middle of the mall, so we grabbed a spot on a bench and watched them while she munched.

Bubbles Watching the Fountains

With the mall and a cookie behind us, we dropped into Toys ‘R Us.  They send out a small birthday gift card if you’re part of their email list, so she was going to be surprised with getting to choose a little treat to take home.  Plus getting to spend time in a toy store is fun for anyone, right? Continue reading »