Monthly Archives: June 2009

Open House

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Monkling

When the young men are considering entering the seminary, they can attend an open house. In Stephen’s senior year of high school, we attended the open house. There are a lot of details that are faded in my mind already. … Continue reading →

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Ordination Weekend – 2009

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Monkling

In Sept. of 1999, my son entered high school. During that first year, we got to know the students, the faculty and fell in love with the school. One boy we met that first year was Danny. Like Stephen, Danny … Continue reading →

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Thank God I’m Old

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Monkling

That is the title of a song from Barnum. It’s also how I’m feeling today – grateful that the only thing wrong with me is being 51. You see… it started with this pain in my knee. My normal plan … Continue reading →

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Buffi The Appendix Slayer

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Monkling

That is the first name of the surgeon who was able to perform a successful laparascopic appendectomy so I really shouldn’t be making cracks about her name. But I just can’t help myself. Hey, she doesn’t even use her first … Continue reading →

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Send In The Clowns

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Monkling

This past week, we missed a couple of promotion/graduation things. My niece ‘graduated’ from 5th grade on Thursday. We were supposed to be going to my brother’s house to celebrate that rather than the ER. Earlier that week, my nephew/godson … Continue reading →

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Ghost In The Machine

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Monkling

One day early last week, before the appendicitis attacked my princess, she accompanied me to the local Food Warehouse. I love shopping there and getting the giant sizes of everything. Maybe it’s because I’m little? They have a self checkout … Continue reading →

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The Patient

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Monkling

At around 5 a.m. on Thursday, darling daughter woke me up complaining about stomach pain. I figured she had a stomach bug, sent her back to bed and I think I may have mumbled to Frank, “The only reason she … Continue reading →

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On The Trail

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Monkling

I’ve heard of trails of breadcrumbs. I’ve heard of hiking trails. I’ve heard of trails of marshmallows, thanks to The Secret Life of Bees. However, this is one trail I have never seen or heard about before: In case you … Continue reading →

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Kissing Cars

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Monkling

This post falls into the “People Are Stupid and Lazy” category. Y’all will recall that I live across the street from a school. You may even recall me complaining about people who pick up their kids and park in my … Continue reading →

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Handy Dandy Painting Tips

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Monkling

Over the past few days, I learned a couple of things that I thought I’d pass along. If you are using the back end of a putty knife to bang shut a container of spackle, clean the spackle off the … Continue reading →

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