Hi, again! Today’s journey was a long one! 654.3 miles to be exact. I’ve driven longer, Scott and I once drove from Houston to Omaha without stopping except for gas and food. But pulling a trailer 654.3 miles makes for a long day in my book. We got off to a fairly early start, aboutContinue reading “Day 2 – Calamet, OK, to Gallup, NM”
Category Archives: Our Life Together
New Member of our Family
Anyone who knows me, knows I love animals. Especially dogs, with cats coming in a close second. But I love all animals. I used to hold out some of that love for snakes. I hated them. I viewed it as my duty to society to eradicate as many of the slithering critters as possible. However,Continue reading “New Member of our Family”
Taxes, Our Responsibility, Our Right
For over a decade, I have relied on the services of TurboTax for preparation of taxes. Each year I do Scott’s taxes, my taxes, Gary’s taxes (his are EASY) Dad’s taxes. I used to do Pam’s taxes. If I had to do these manually, I’d be stuck up a creek! By and large, though, withContinue reading “Taxes, Our Responsibility, Our Right”
Let it Snow – NOT
Welcome, my friends, family and others, to the year 2010! Over the past month, we’ve gotten more snow than I can recall in a very long time! I do remember more… but I was a kid then! I think it was the winter of 1970/71. My cousin and I and some friends were able toContinue reading “Let it Snow – NOT”
Austerity Revisited
Well, here’s something to add to the previous post. As most of you know, last Spring, Scott enrolled to take college courses at UNO where he works. He’s seeking to complete his bachelor’s degree, and plans to pursue graduate work in Archeology. As an employee of the University, Scott gets a discount on his tuitionContinue reading “Austerity Revisited”
Austerity
As we enter the 11th month without a job, Scott and I have started to look at how we can reduce expenses. Over the past year we’ve slowly been cutting our expenses, buying less, taking time to evaluate need versus nice to haves, that kind of thing. But now it’s time to roll up ourContinue reading “Austerity”
Labor Day
It’s been a little too long since I posted last. There’s really no reason. I just haven’t felt too much like posting! Throughout the summer, I’ve been working on trying to find a new job. Of course, I’ve also had a little health concern, but it turned out to be pretty minor. At the time,Continue reading “Labor Day”
saturday
Well, there’s still nothing happening on the job front. There’s a tiny little ripple… we’ll see. Scott and I had a great time at his family reunion last week. I had hoped to blog about it while there but really there wasn’t much time. The Hays Family Reunion differs from my own family reunions inContinue reading “saturday”
interlude
Hi little world of mine! Scott and I had a wonderful trip last week! A long time ago… 17 years to be exact… MCC Omaha moved in to the building where we now meet. The partner of the man who was the pastor of MCC Omaha at the time was a master carpenter (hmmmm….) InContinue reading “interlude”
introducing mr hays-strom
Sigh… I let far too much time pass since my last post. No excuses, really. I started several in that time, mostly journaling assignments from my CLM class… problem was that they led into aspects of life that I’m not comfortable sharing with a larger community. So they never got posted! During this same period,Continue reading “introducing mr hays-strom”
On The Road II 