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I'm not really looking for anything specific at this point. I honestly don't expect any great sales or deals, just as the past few years have shown us. Sure, there are places that have "sales", but nothing earth-shattering like years ago. It seems like all the stores have the same things on sale every year and those sales aren't that great anymore.

I miss Black Friday the way it used to be but love this site for all the fun and information.

Wow, what great prizes!!

I'm so sorry for your loss. We always had great Christmases because of my mom and after her passing 10 years ago I was determined to keep it up as well. Hugs.

First day of school in a new position in our school cafeteria. What a day! I'm ready for summer break again!

What happened to summer, July in particular?! It seems as though it just started and poof, it's gone!

Aloha, July, from beautiful Hawaii!

Summer has arrived! High 90s all week expected with heat advisories. We leave for Hawaii a week from tomorrow and looking at the forecast for here and there, it looks like we'll have better weather there than back here.

I feel your pain! I'm the same way!

Welcome, June! Now if Mother Nature would just cooperate and and warm things up and hold off on the rain things would be great!

Last day of school! The kids were done yesterday but we had a work day today. I'm so done with this school year! We had 2 people quit just before Thanksgiving and 1 quit maybe a month or so ago and have had quite a time trying to replace the bodies. First it was that administration didn't even post the jobs till just before Christmas for the 1st 2 that left. We had one lady work 1 day then quit. Another lady we hired had the flu on her first day and was out a couple days, then her mom passed away and she went to Georgia for a couple weeks. The other one we hired was sick for her scheduled interview then had to reschedule. She had her interview and was hired, but just before she was to start she got sick again and was in the hospital & ICU. They're both really good workers now. Then we had a part-time person quit about a week and a half ago. Our substitutes have been lifesavers for us! One of our ladies retired today so now we have 3 spots we have to fill. The sad thing is that administration won't post the positions till the beginning of August. It's so frustrating! And then about 3 weeks ago one of our kindergarten teachers, my husband’s cousin, suddenly passed away at 54 years old. To say It’s been quite the school year is a major understatement! On the bright side, we only have 34 days till we leave for Hawaii!!

I hear you about the prices! My son and I are going to see The Oak Ridge Boys for their farewell tour (this will be my 3rd or 4th time seeing them) in a couple weeks, then my sister and I will be going to see Tim McGraw the end of the month.

My favorite flower!! I just wish they lasted longer than they do.

That eclipse was the coolest thing I've ever seen!! And the weather in our area of NW Ohio was perfect!

I agree!! We're expected to have bad storms with a good chance of tornadoes and hail tonight and a little snow tomorrow. I don't have any girls but I can confirm that yes, boys DO love to hoard silverware in their rooms!

Looks like our little town lucked out again. Tornadoes, some really bad, hit in our region again yesterday/last night. One area in particular got hit pretty hard. That's the second time in just a couple weeks we've had tornadoes in our area and it's not even tornado season here yet. Hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come.

Hope you're all feeling better. It's going through our school like crazy! My niece just missed all last week because she had influenza A and an ear infection. This is the second or third time she's had it this winter and she's not the only one. It's awful!

There was a tornado just outside our small village yesterday. It wasn't "bad," but it did damage one property. I'm not positive, but I think the house it hit was under construction. There were no injuries, which was a great thing. It hit about 15 minutes before school was dismissed. The school went into lockdown mode and didn't dismiss till about an hour after the tornado touched down. Just so thankful it didn't do more damage.

March already! Before you know it school will be out for the year!

I'm so sorry for your loss. Hugs.

Vacation is booked!! Heading to Hawaii the end of June/beginning of July. It's been too long since we've been there, I can't wait to go back!

Mine too! Happy Birthday to you!!

I'm right there with you! I went back to work last Wednesday and was so ready for the weekend! I don't know what I'm going to do with 5 whole days this week!