Author Archives: suziecreamcheese

Motivation

Posted on February 5, 2020

We have no neighbors closer than 500 feet – I live in deep country and have been told often that when we built our house, we ruined hunting for lots of people who were used to just wandering about our … Continue reading →

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Leave my stuff alone

Posted on January 27, 2020

A friend of mine likes to share articles on Facebook about how people of our generation have too much stuff, constantly reminding us that millenials don’t want our stuff and thus, we should get rid of it all now. Somehow … Continue reading →

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A new semester begins

Posted on January 20, 2020

I recently discovered – and by recently, I mean last week – that I had the power to open my online classes BEFORE the official start time of tomorrow night at midnight. The first two weeks of last semester were … Continue reading →

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Books and thoughts

Posted on January 16, 2020

One of my dear friends loves to read YA novels and frequently suggests titles to me. I don’t care who the target audience is, if it’s a good story and well written, I’ll read it. I started reading a series … Continue reading →

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Snowing, blowing, yuck!

Posted on January 8, 2020

Probably within 5 minutes of meeting me, you’ll know how much I hate snow. Yesterday we got about 4 inches of white yuck. I had nowhere to go so I made the Bear take the Benz because it’s the “f … Continue reading →

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Joy and sadness

Posted on January 7, 2020

My dear sweet neighbor is in her 80’s. I want to be her when I grow up. Affectionately known as “Momma Joan” to all my friends, she is an amazing woman. Although you would never know her age if you … Continue reading →

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I lost the Christmas card list

Posted on December 17, 2019

The dining room table – aka, the black hole – gets hosed off twice a year, maybe three times. (*Disclaimer – housekeeping is not my strong suit) It’s where I study, do school stuff, play on the computer, craft, and … Continue reading →

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Because Maverick insists

Posted on December 11, 2019

In an absolutely shameless attempt to gain followers, I’m going to post this for Maverick He has his own facebook page so if you’re on that hell hole of daily drama, and you want to get his version of events, … Continue reading →

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is it over yet?

Posted on December 10, 2019

Christmas, the semester, the hot mess in Washington? Just be over with all this mess and move on? Today was “just ignore it all ” day. Maverick and I walked in the rain. We got completely drenched and had the … Continue reading →

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Dear Amazon

Posted on December 1, 2019

you are not my friend I think I have a problem It’s not hoarding if you actually read the books, is it? I mean, okay, the TBR pile is 12 deep in this room but I WILL read them all. … Continue reading →

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