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Posted on10 August 20103 July 2021Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

Rainbows

by Just Frances2 Comments on Rainbows

This is one of those funny posts for me. It started because I had a thought about rainbows, which then led me down a path…

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Posted on8 August 20103 July 2021Fitness & Exercise, Health & Wellness, Musings & Ramblings

Running commentary

by Just Frances2 Comments on Running commentary

When I run I think. Even when I’m listening to my iPod, my mind is racing through one thought after another. It jumps from here…

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Posted on1 August 20103 July 2021Everyday Life

Free coffee!

by Just Frances16 Comments on Free coffee!

I’m holding a contest and you should totally enter to win free coffee! Yay! Why a contest*? Because I stopped at Starbucks on my way home…

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Posted on31 July 20103 July 2021Everyday Life

Ode to the Beach House

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An Ode to the Beach House by Just Frances Oh Beach House, Beach HouseYour lovely views of the Columbia River gorge entice my senses Oh…

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Posted on29 July 20103 July 2021Everyday Life

A cup of inspiration

by Just Frances3 Comments on A cup of inspiration

in·spi·ra·tion ˌin(t)-spə-ˈrā-shən, -(ˌ)spi- (noun; 14th century) 1a: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate…

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Posted on27 July 20103 July 2021Musings & Ramblings

Cold theory

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So I’m sitting here drinking a proper beer with my sister and her partner. (He is drinking Bud Light, which is almost proper beer, so…

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Posted on20 July 20103 July 2021Everyday Life

Pomplamoose

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A few months ago I had a great conversation about music with a perfect stranger. It seems we both liked the same sorts of random bits of…

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Posted on14 July 20103 July 2021Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

SUBS syndrome

by Just Frances6 Comments on SUBS syndrome

I would like to introduce myself as one who suffers from SUBS syndrome. Well, I guess I don’t really suffer from it, but the people…

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Posted on10 July 20103 July 2021Everyday Life

Bathing Bexy

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Bexy has gotten her first non-rain-induced bath for the first time in more than a year. Paul and I used to wash her every 2-4…

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Posted on2 July 20102 July 2021Musings & Ramblings

Very fishy

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I started this post thinking it would be about my love of (obsession for?) fish-n-chips but couldn’t stop myself from going on these little tangents…

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Posted on30 June 20102 July 2021Everyday Life

Randomly the same

by Just Frances2 Comments on Randomly the same

I bring my iPod to work so that I have a bit of music playing in the background. Most days, I set it to randomly…

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Posted on29 June 20102 July 2021Musings & Ramblings

When you live alone; Part 1

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When you live alone, especially after sharing your life with someone for so long, things change. Little things. Shoe storage locations are one of those…

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Posted on29 June 20102 July 2021Musings & Ramblings

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

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I must have been 10 or 11 years old when I got my first job as a papergirl for the Daily Record, Kittitas County’s only…

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Posted on28 June 20102 July 2021Everyday Life

Heading east

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About three months ago I wrote that I was getting ready to watch The West Wing. All of it. Seasons 1 through 7. At the…

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Posted on26 June 20102 July 2021Everyday Life

If God used sticky notes

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A woman I’ve never met gave me a small book a few days after Paul died. “If God Used Sticky Notes” is just a little…

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Posted on25 June 20103 July 2021Everyday Life

Model A

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My drive into work took a bit longer than normal today because as I pulled onto the highway I fell in line behind four Model…

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Posted on21 June 20102 July 2021Everyday Life, Musings & Ramblings

Funny forks

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I love the way people can share the most mundane everyday details of their lives with the world thanks to the Wonderful World Wide Web.…

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Posted on18 June 20102 July 2021Musings & Ramblings

I like peanut butter

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When I first began this blog, I jokingly commented that: “The content will be all over the place. You may visit one day and see…

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Posted on11 June 20102 July 2021Everyday Life

Wear your hair in bunches

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Following up on last Friday’s pigtail challenge, here’s a fun little song I have to share with you. I’d never heard it before meeting Paul, but…

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Posted on4 June 20102 July 2021Everyday Life

It’s a party for your head

by Just Frances3 Comments on It’s a party for your head

In honour of my lovely niece’s 13th birthday tomorrow, I am holding a party for my head* this evening. Oh yes, I am! And I…

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