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Brian Bilbrey November 11, 2012

Marcia's back!

Marcia was away for a 3-day retreat, and got home a short while ago. Lexi and I are both dancing about with joy. I got my schoolwork done, and relaxed a little bit today, while baking a pork shoulder to incorporate into the macaroni and cheese I'm making tomorrow. Also tomorrow, since it's a holiday (for me), I'll finish up the yardwork for the year. * * * Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors: Staff Sgt. Dain T. Venne, 29, of Port Henry, New York, died of wounds suffered Nov. 3, when enemy forces…

Brian Bilbrey March 18, 2012

Yum

I'm just sayin' ... Life is occasionally good.

Brian Bilbrey August 14, 2011

Passages

Thursday: Oh, right, you heard from me on Thursday, at least to show you the yummy chili. Friday: Work, then I wrote that 600 word paper that came out to 840 or so words, and turned it in. Shortly thereafter, I noticed that the instructions didn't just say must be 600 words, but also included the "must not be over 800 words" category. Really? The prose that described the topic to be addressed was 534 words. Why can't I use as many words as I want? F#@(*U&. So I pulled the paper back, then edited down to 783 words, by…

Brian Bilbrey August 6, 2011

OMG, Tomatoes!

Yeah, forty or more pounds of tomatoes out of the garden today. And that was after a morning and early afternoon spent working with Marcia restructuring her sewing and fabric rooms. Tired now: I made gallon of salsa, and started another lobster pot of red sauce. Last weeks was down enough to transfer to another pot. I'll be freezing that batch tomorrow, and cooking down the new batch, too. But I've *got* to do some schoolwork tomorrow, too. I wanted to mow, as well, but I'm running out of hours and days ... less than 18 months if all goes…