One of my tips for a long and wonderful marriage is to look at your spouse and say what you want to say, but only in your head. Not out loud. It’s like a holding room for your thoughts. I know, sounds like exactly what you shouldn’t do. You need to communicate with your spouse because they can’t read your mind. Ya well. I just looked at him and smiled while thinking, “PLEASE GET OUTSIDE AND FINISHED YOUR POND PROJECT” We started the pond project almost a year ago, and having the backyard in chaos is driving me nuts. Thing is, he is working on it as fast as he can when he has the time. He certainly doesn’t need me asking him to finish it, but I really want him to go faster and get it done. I have zero patience. We are close though. Sooooo close. All that is left is the path and a few bits of edging. PATIENCE!!! What do you think will happen once he is done? Will we sit back and rest? Probably not. I will find something else to do. Drat.
Best Laid Plans: An EMP Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series (The Crusader Book 1)
by Tom Abrahams
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John Beck is the hero we don’t deserve but he’s exactly who we need when the world falls apart.
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Julia’s Chocolates
by Cathy Lamb
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“I left my wedding dress hanging in a tree somewhere in North Dakota. I don’t know why that particular tree appealed to me. Perhaps it was because it looked as if it had given up and died years ago and was still standing because it didn’t know what else to do. It was all by itself, the branches gnarled and rough, like the top of someone’s knuckles I knew.
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Smoke and Mirrors (Sloane Monroe Book 8)
by Cheryl Bradshaw
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She thought the scream was a nightmare. She was wrong…
Grace Ashby jolts awake to the sound of a piercing cry, one that shatters the silence of the night. Rushing down the hallway, she finds her mother lying lifeless in a pool of blood — and her mother’s boyfriend, Hugh, crouched over the body.
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Fatherless days
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To the Last Man
by Zane Grey
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