Flamingo House Happenings

we do stuff and sometimes we even tell you about it

From my freezer – happy 90210 day

Posted on September 2, 2010 - Filed Under Daily Dose, Day to Day | Leave a Comment

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Nebraska

Posted on December 29, 2008 - Filed Under Daily Dose, Day to Day, Family Funk, Friends & Family, Melissa Ferrick, Travel Log | 1 Comment

Since TW is driving across Nebraska, right this minute… and for the record, she’s counted 12 blown out semi tires so far.

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Oh brother…

Posted on December 21, 2008 - Filed Under Daily Dose, Day to Day, Pet Peeves | 2 Comments

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I have the day off…

Posted on December 18, 2008 - Filed Under Daily Dose, Day to Day | 1 Comment

I have tomorrow off. It’s a vacation day. I have a very long list of things that I must get done. I usually post my to do lists some place more private. But tonight, I thought I’d post them here. It’s been awhile since I shared my list weirdness with [...]

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Throwing snow in the dark

Posted on December 16, 2008 - Filed Under Daily Dose, Day to Day | 2 Comments

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How the heck do you wear this thing?

Posted on December 5, 2008 - Filed Under Daily Dose, Day to Day, Personality, Pet Peeves | 4 Comments

Did I mention TW made me a really gorgeous alpaca scarf? She did. I love it (thank you @haldechick and Knit 1.)
Today, I was at Great Lakes getting gas and it was 9 degrees. Plus wind. And it is really really windy in the Great Lakes Naval Station area. As I [...]

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Blah.

Posted on December 1, 2008 - Filed Under Daily Dose, Day to Day, Pet Peeves | 2 Comments

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Real snow

Posted on November 17, 2008 - Filed Under Daily Dose, Day to Day, Pet Peeves | 6 Comments

The weather man has been threatening us with snow for quite awhile and he’s mostly been wrong. We’ve seen some fall but not fall for long. We’ve seen some fake snow that’s like sleet or hail or something that’s harder and whiter than rain but has some stupid made up name that I [...]

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A Prius Update

Posted on November 13, 2008 - Filed Under Daily Dose, Day to Day, Money Talks | 4 Comments

I think I have solved the mystery of why my Prius gets (got?) so much better gas mileage than Joy’s Prius… The solution to the mystery is not something I’m happy to have figured out (sorry Joy!)
Joy got her Prius a year ago. It was a surprise Christmas gift. She thought she was [...]

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It’s official

Posted on September 27, 2008 - Filed Under Books in Bed, Daily Dose, Day to Day, Library | 1 Comment

Last week TW and I went to the Illinois DMV in Niles and got our Illinois drivers licenses. We had to take a damn written test. And when I say written test, I mean written – as in using a paper and pen. No computer generated tests for us here in the [...]

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