Archive for September, 2006

What a difference a year makes…

Posted by barbara on September 26th, 2006 filed in friends, life

…twenty four little hours. Oh wait, singing it won’t work. Its still the title of the blog though. Truly, what a difference a year makes.Today in 2005, I was pulling into the Mt. Hood Community College parking lot for the first day of classes. I froze. Completely and totally froze. […]

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My last word, I promise.

Posted by barbara on September 19th, 2006 filed in random

My husband, who is the funniest person on the planet, had this to say about the officiating crew from Saturday’s game: “Yeh, they’re hated in Oklahoma, but Nebraska is erecting a statue of them.”

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We’ll take it.

Posted by barbara on September 18th, 2006 filed in just my opinion

In light of my previous post today, and this article from the Oregonian’s online edition (http://www.oregonlive.com/sportsflash/college/index.ssf?/base/sports-11/1158615577227210.xml&storylist=college&thispage=1), I felt compelled to send the letter below to the Oregonian, as well as posting it here. I am not convinced I won’t send it to the Pac 10 commisioner, the Big 12 commisioner and the University of […]

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See it? We were THERE!!!

Posted by barbara on September 18th, 2006 filed in friends, just my opinion, life

The most spoken phrase in the state of Oregon on Sunday? “Did you see the Duck game yesterday?” To that, we answer, “See it? We were THERE!!” Yep yep - we were there, along with a record 59,260-some other fans (not bad for a stadium with a capacity of 54,00) (and I should make it […]

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Our First Anniversary!

Posted by barbara on September 5th, 2006 filed in love

My husband and I celebrated our first anniversary on August 6, 2006. This is a picture of us that we had our waiter take at the restaurant after we’d eaten dinner.I am lucky woman - this man is my best friend and the love of my life. We laugh a lot - he is […]

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First Days of School, 1987-2006

Posted by barbara on September 5th, 2006 filed in family, life

This is my 20th first day of school. Twenty. When did I get so old?Seriously, I remember walking into Jacksonville Elementary with Stevie, twenty years ago today (give or take a couple of days I’m sure), holding his little hand in mine, and fighting back the tears. His dad had just left […]

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I couldn’t have said it better myself….

Posted by barbara on September 3rd, 2006 filed in just my opinion

http://kutv.com/video/?id=18850@kutv.dayport.com

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