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The pool is open
I think we’ve had the pool open by May 1st for our first four years here. Keith had everything shipshape and ready to go this year, but the weather did not make me interested in swimming. We turned...
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It's garage sale day!
The Woodbury Lions Club has sponsored a garage sale day in May for as long as we have lived in Minnesota, and I assume many years before that. It is an absolutely great day for those interested in shopping,...
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Growing stuff
I do not have a history of success at growing things outside. I remember our first year at our first house I planted gladiolas. That was an entire failure. Wait. It was hollyhocks. Different flower, same...
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The Basement
Were you afraid of your basement when you were a kid? I was. Our chest freezer was as far from the bottom of the stairs as possible (roughly 100 yards, by my estimation), and when my mom sent me down to...