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1492 – Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

Monday, October 11, 2010, @ 8:58 amFamilywilliam

We had a three day weekend and I had fun!

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One person on a mission to make every day count, one day at a time. Blogging at makingthedayscount dot org since 2010 & makingthedayscount since 1961.

This week’s sign is a hoot! Thanks to @danpalumbof This week’s sign is a hoot! Thanks to @danpalumbofamc for the subject of the photo! This sign was the laugh I needed on a Friday evening after a full week of heat and humidity. Summer can’t break soon enough.#signoftheweek #weeklysigns
This weeks sign, it says it all… #summer #backtosc This weeks sign, it says it all… #summer #backtoschool #homophones #humor
Second baseball game of the season – Reds at White Second baseball game of the season – Reds at White Sox. It was an epic evening and I spent it with two amazing men whom I haven’t seen in a long time. Reds won 5 to 4 in 10 innings. #baseball #peanuts #mlb
This week sign of the week is a tie. The first com This week sign of the week is a tie. The first comes to us from Wheaton and the second Ottawa. It’s been brutal hot here, if you’re here, you know if you’re not here, it’s probably hot where you are too. To make it even worse there was an air quality alert on Thursday and Friday and Saturday as Canadian wildfire smoke invaded the area. Thursday night’s sunset looked like I was looking through those eclipse from ‘24 #summer #summerheat #airquality
After reading a blog post from Dawn at Change is H After reading a blog post from Dawn at Change is Hard about her visit to the Memorial Poppy Field near Fennville, Michigan, I decided to explore and go off the beaten path on my drive this morning to our lake house in Grayling. I almost forgot and caught myself and pulled off I-96. It was amazing. The poppy field is dedicated to two individuals from the local area. I can only imagine what it looked like in its prime. #summer #poppies #memorial #exploring
This week’s sign…. going to be watching a sunset o This week’s sign…. going to be watching a sunset or two this summer #summer #sunset #summerbreak
It’s easy to get lost in your thoughts and the wee It’s easy to get lost in your thoughts and the week… I laughed when I read this sign Monday night then heavy storms rolled through Wednesday and Thursday, I forgot I had taken a photo of it. #signoftheweek #humor #truth #memory
I guess you could count a nap and a lazy day of su I guess you could count a nap and a lazy day of summer break as self-care… check out the signs of the week at Making the Days Count dot org #summerbreak #summervibes
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11 Sep

tied my best streak! Going for five on Saturday. Connections: Soccer Edition #93
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10 Sep

yay - a three-streak and a great day ahead! Connections: Soccer Edition #92
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tricky, but I extended my streak to two! Connections: Soccer Edition #91
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8 Sep

a Tuesday W to begin a new streak! Connections: Soccer Edition #90
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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
by Erik Larson
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