tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246892342024-03-16T23:43:57.539-07:00Does this blog make me look fat?Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-68087585573818495462024-03-16T23:43:00.000-07:002024-03-16T23:43:05.239-07:00My Dogs Obituary.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>2010-2024</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">My dogs obituary; Brutus, also known as Mr. Boo, Baby boo, little guy and dammit dog, was born (<i>we have no idea the day</i>) 2010, and died March 13th, 2024 from Kidney failure.</span></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">He liked dancing on the table, stealing food off the table, tummy rubs, cuddling in bed, treats, stealing treats, and making his family feel guilty if you didn't give him a treat! Below is a picture of that.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchw-0zt4LY2rXoerCwUw8Uzmb4oPAdpy2dmXhCLOXBzzVNxgG7pFx56hLcYKwK3ZRFzQ7ygxa7LnGi4hyd6gNlsjoId0sQRhuqSdK_evFSQWA0UowwDjT9y_p1Rsw3ZasD7GkqfW0emdNDiBtzqJroV1x_5erR_x5BXuKsRaSrcxMDXeSfnDC6A/s1920/FB_IMG_1710454655889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchw-0zt4LY2rXoerCwUw8Uzmb4oPAdpy2dmXhCLOXBzzVNxgG7pFx56hLcYKwK3ZRFzQ7ygxa7LnGi4hyd6gNlsjoId0sQRhuqSdK_evFSQWA0UowwDjT9y_p1Rsw3ZasD7GkqfW0emdNDiBtzqJroV1x_5erR_x5BXuKsRaSrcxMDXeSfnDC6A/w247-h320/FB_IMG_1710454655889.jpg" width="247" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brutus loved the ladies! For years we trusted him in the yard without a leash until some golden <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>retriever b***h went jogging by and he ignored every command and took after her. He was neutered the following week. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">He certainly knew God, how many times in the last 7 months did I pray over him asking for more time and one last walk? According to the Vet, he was surprised that Brutus had made it this long.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibl8-jr1lpRous1tuwMydx-Bn6DZ1NCP0xjqmQ8Xyr39p3FnVd4h_RkmTkSlghSrDA9TlVzPW9thCaJtqvmYSmxm_8FYbp7j9hl2XvAmdiDOB9WoWeVIotzrxC2W499jFbQ2xtgXefz0WICk4v-FMHeY2-7IJnhXrLJoOT5IM2kPnfE0Dtlv3YcA/s552/Booboo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="552" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibl8-jr1lpRous1tuwMydx-Bn6DZ1NCP0xjqmQ8Xyr39p3FnVd4h_RkmTkSlghSrDA9TlVzPW9thCaJtqvmYSmxm_8FYbp7j9hl2XvAmdiDOB9WoWeVIotzrxC2W499jFbQ2xtgXefz0WICk4v-FMHeY2-7IJnhXrLJoOT5IM2kPnfE0Dtlv3YcA/s320/Booboo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's never long enough with a beloved pet</b><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💔" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/te7/1/16/1f494.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span>. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's a funny tik tok video about the joys of owning a pet that ends with 10 years of best friend, followed by 2 years of vet bills, followed by pain so brutal that you'll never recover from. George Carlin said "when you go in the pet store, you're basically buying a tragedy." How true, but I wouldn't have missed his journey.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMFGgGuviVsEFpBufh7pNP90wsV8cccpsTg2wLYT19G5gQm50nvLVizGo0PX3JiUnfNmp8z_fglVIdQtujYQg8S6jYtfYwnFRIMmuWPr_BduvSq0zk58LI9A9liVZ-JbWlY2ihO5P9Sv_lKDsmGuGiODMP7ZdWrE_uWs3sBEZm19aNDZ4NhDSsQ/s960/Mr.%20dog%20at%20table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMFGgGuviVsEFpBufh7pNP90wsV8cccpsTg2wLYT19G5gQm50nvLVizGo0PX3JiUnfNmp8z_fglVIdQtujYQg8S6jYtfYwnFRIMmuWPr_BduvSq0zk58LI9A9liVZ-JbWlY2ihO5P9Sv_lKDsmGuGiODMP7ZdWrE_uWs3sBEZm19aNDZ4NhDSsQ/s320/Mr.%20dog%20at%20table.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Brutus was survived by his human mom and dad, his doggie friends Gracie, Stella, and the b***h across the street, and his best friend and partner in crime, Big Girl. He will be missed.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnqf8mYiYkoZeEVXX3v0zE0F_xxFrsjF3rttfp-1OL79dEziicc2mNunGJCRg5QsIRQLHKqcyhtN2fW2Ccw1nnu0Z6Kl6IVvjHRQwZOOaWBWBdOAR7E84JaLw9qQ67pjM6bHvRHKirXQhws4gVpcxqEK1BUCmcWNOvPTOMrB-pkqCCMVE94tBSQ/s1080/FB_IMG_1710454682686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnqf8mYiYkoZeEVXX3v0zE0F_xxFrsjF3rttfp-1OL79dEziicc2mNunGJCRg5QsIRQLHKqcyhtN2fW2Ccw1nnu0Z6Kl6IVvjHRQwZOOaWBWBdOAR7E84JaLw9qQ67pjM6bHvRHKirXQhws4gVpcxqEK1BUCmcWNOvPTOMrB-pkqCCMVE94tBSQ/s320/FB_IMG_1710454682686.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-28662887519937407442023-12-29T23:32:00.000-08:002023-12-29T23:36:36.228-08:00Into existence.<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdMxldigC9mLkrNaVT4bO50lSgAhnfsyLGOnrNzxcA6tS_qgBjnQL82eXmkbTtUHkmKzI86Aum-wEj-DWkYLT8p6PcrBRYfLZU0B1F4vsT9BmAw-E1l6z3Qk4FNbz76K25_omfV4Pl4jYmhGmVeyoXoKFBsm51eEv5E5WS1mfLpYaPghx4Kt6Ug/s2048/in%20someones%20niche.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdMxldigC9mLkrNaVT4bO50lSgAhnfsyLGOnrNzxcA6tS_qgBjnQL82eXmkbTtUHkmKzI86Aum-wEj-DWkYLT8p6PcrBRYfLZU0B1F4vsT9BmAw-E1l6z3Qk4FNbz76K25_omfV4Pl4jYmhGmVeyoXoKFBsm51eEv5E5WS1mfLpYaPghx4Kt6Ug/w619-h478/in%20someones%20niche.jpg" width="619" /></a></span></span><p></p><br /><p><br /></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-79798882888517031812023-12-29T23:30:00.000-08:002023-12-29T23:30:50.929-08:00Black Mountain, San Diego<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I hope you like my picture of homes built on dormant volcano, Black Mountain, Rancho Penasquitos, I guess any day that doesn't start with a pyroclastic flow is a good day!</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCHF4BowWkEFJExD7QZwwZx4VQ5cZ323QE1PjjDTZLsuuNIzV0fXCEPbhn6X4gjT8y5NfVj8mTBYoqXulEmqVmDQ8gBKoq7iz_X5ikvTVb1MCXGmfNh3ac5iHoUu4HS3G4lUl4Mzz4bmhGJ7eZsmx1SomQXloF4q6RooKZkOOD6WHkn21wsFAmg/s2048/black%20mountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCHF4BowWkEFJExD7QZwwZx4VQ5cZ323QE1PjjDTZLsuuNIzV0fXCEPbhn6X4gjT8y5NfVj8mTBYoqXulEmqVmDQ8gBKoq7iz_X5ikvTVb1MCXGmfNh3ac5iHoUu4HS3G4lUl4Mzz4bmhGJ7eZsmx1SomQXloF4q6RooKZkOOD6WHkn21wsFAmg/w401-h301/black%20mountain.jpg" width="401" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></b></span><p></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-23060568398343681132023-12-29T23:23:00.000-08:002023-12-29T23:25:50.543-08:00It's never easy to lose a friend.<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Six<span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> years ago it was a Tuesday. I had just seen him at a Packers-Bears game that past Sunday. He was close to my husband and I. </span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">When I was taking an IT course, he had me come over to his house and practice taking the guts out of the computer and reinstall it. When my son hit his laptop keyboard in frustration over something, he told us to come over and he'd repair it. I told my son "I hope you like David Hasselhoff because he </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">does and he'll be playing "the hoff" while he repairs your laptop. But he surprised me. He decided we'd watch German logrolling off the German channel instead. </span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">He was my brother from another mother. On Tuesday morning around 11:30 AM, I was at Joy radio getting ready to leave when a email popped up on my work page that said "Robert Deglau, Deceased." My first thought was who is the blankety blank that put this out? I'm gonna hunt him down and kick his...I called my boss and said "who sent this piece of crap?" He said "Cindy, it's true." </span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I got called into a meeting the next day to figure out what we were gonna do for his 4 hour show that weekend. I volunteered to put a tribute show together but spent the rest of the week regretting it because listening to his voice, and his shows, trying to decide what to put in was so painful. I listened to his Saturday show he had just done 4 days before, blissfully unaware that this would be his last radio show ever. <u>His tribute show was the hardest thing I ever did in radio.</u> It took me until the night before because I wanted it perfect for him and his beautiful wife Karen. </span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Möge er in Frieden ruhen!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm07d4Cn3APTgOyrTjDYXtz5ZAyh5N0oQ4t4H3vm_sLqHRNidmzUMh_e7BSauQP3NZCL5K8u2Qb21eLlY7p6J8ToftNso3ChuG90f69roDGp8G-kEonAkH_tv46znTwZrqzjmciSoWc9RNpHuGUlUV_jUspdkLZAKsiyz0kCuWisuKHvjAM4Fjg/s620/rob.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="620" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm07d4Cn3APTgOyrTjDYXtz5ZAyh5N0oQ4t4H3vm_sLqHRNidmzUMh_e7BSauQP3NZCL5K8u2Qb21eLlY7p6J8ToftNso3ChuG90f69roDGp8G-kEonAkH_tv46znTwZrqzjmciSoWc9RNpHuGUlUV_jUspdkLZAKsiyz0kCuWisuKHvjAM4Fjg/s320/rob.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span></b><p></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-20578033771924045332023-12-29T23:19:00.000-08:002023-12-29T23:20:09.436-08:00Speaking into the void.<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhno3bSBm8igALCCkGnrfe_1LJVIL33CcUt2UW1RkrhSuZ6Th3qY2D9UhtAwh0xNG8-9glQRgJHuPEH72a8_2sBC0F60aF59jT8Sas1l9EBNY4KCaUVwFV0HMbuk3LgTBSm9lFxDlHRO-vMAX_u1dvSVLDMij1iMvZXuuDbxJsst1avl-RX1FP-MQ/s720/sunset.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhno3bSBm8igALCCkGnrfe_1LJVIL33CcUt2UW1RkrhSuZ6Th3qY2D9UhtAwh0xNG8-9glQRgJHuPEH72a8_2sBC0F60aF59jT8Sas1l9EBNY4KCaUVwFV0HMbuk3LgTBSm9lFxDlHRO-vMAX_u1dvSVLDMij1iMvZXuuDbxJsst1avl-RX1FP-MQ/s320/sunset.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>I don't normally listen to Joel Osteen but tonite he said something that really jumped out at me.</b></span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>"Stop speaking your negative thoughts into existence. God wasn't having a bad day when He created you."<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-21014931758335788822023-12-29T23:15:00.000-08:002023-12-29T23:15:55.990-08:00Thanksgiving<p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">When I'm tempted to get into a rut, I try to remind myself of how much I have to be grateful for. Like having a mini stroke where i lost the use of both my left leg and arm for about 10 minutes. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I was trapped in the Joy 1340 radio studio where I was setting up the room for the first show of the morning. Only 10 minutes before I had just been on the highway driving to work. The fatigue hit first, almost like a wave, and I sat down immediately. Then I tried to reach for something with my left arm, my arm didn't work. I tried to move my left foot, it felt like it was in concrete. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I face booked message my friend </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/elaineplummer?__cft__[0]=AZXw3dpD8-iBY_cWvjvp5_qDtjdzw5nDcoX5gXeB1ZnI_iYI8QknZNqdwwoFq-7qj3Ki9AHt36yKXlklbBDjhTy_gyM1H9Yhvp6IIEJ1UHcN4HvpR_diJnfBRFpY5BEGnuYQ-a6-26Iuaxw3UnIIJDIdOOl21sHfu3svZ8H6wsviYg&__tn__=-]K*F" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Elaine Plummer</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> who actually knocked some sense in me, because after about 10 minutes my arm and my leg came back. Like it never happened. I was tempted to ignore it. By the way this was the second time this happened, a couple of years earlier although it wasn't as severe, and it had happened at home. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Gratitude turns what we have into enough. I'm grateful I'm still here, and not in a nursing home. Happy Thanksgiving and God's blessings to all of you today</span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6rnx_pAkJjoddG1W8ScladK3WOq8uPWpcOx-HGtTiZFCVb9imCq09f7UIViYcazuI3wCf4na_ioymhKRcbxmLMpfkv0Q4Il6YruZrMb8T5YVsRg6opRU91BkxALe0guzoVVbCJLu8IQr7PXfT2T3V5FX2g6lb94wjBim-sVfm2UL6InrA9DvzA/s2048/Gratitude.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6rnx_pAkJjoddG1W8ScladK3WOq8uPWpcOx-HGtTiZFCVb9imCq09f7UIViYcazuI3wCf4na_ioymhKRcbxmLMpfkv0Q4Il6YruZrMb8T5YVsRg6opRU91BkxALe0guzoVVbCJLu8IQr7PXfT2T3V5FX2g6lb94wjBim-sVfm2UL6InrA9DvzA/s320/Gratitude.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-23000317386668224952023-12-29T23:11:00.000-08:002023-12-29T23:11:59.691-08:00Holiday programming.<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>When the Elf movie ends but I'm still in the mood for a holiday program...</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVagfrJ4qfXpXu3uGJBkAEc1FkZ_rGTpC5g7nxcP04MWM9H5DGwPVEo9nZX-_XZJE9OPTKqdu9_au_h3eTJ-XYHEXSW3HRhPUafSwcRI9e0R9lz0SGrxfahRI5sZm8aHcVUanGCk1R05Y3SjSnxEviQuYIXlMNHXUQD3gu9yHR3CrCB8LtptrrQ/s1440/homicide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbVagfrJ4qfXpXu3uGJBkAEc1FkZ_rGTpC5g7nxcP04MWM9H5DGwPVEo9nZX-_XZJE9OPTKqdu9_au_h3eTJ-XYHEXSW3HRhPUafSwcRI9e0R9lz0SGrxfahRI5sZm8aHcVUanGCk1R05Y3SjSnxEviQuYIXlMNHXUQD3gu9yHR3CrCB8LtptrrQ/s320/homicide.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-77383359541872774542023-12-29T23:07:00.000-08:002023-12-29T23:07:27.105-08:00Cloves<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I needed to buy whole cloves for Prime rib. Sure, I could check to see if I had any left over cloves but that would be opening up a big can of worms, because then I'd probably discover I'm out of vanilla extract, onion powder and Lawry's season salt and buying all that crap gets expensive, so I just went to the store to buy a $5.00 tin of cloves and came home to put it in my spice cupboard.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEYWzry_2tDe6vtRI5vHziiBSM221VmqzPnVlwubyjBnWCYEjnpzgdKYJgi4RczrQTS9fRGV7HkpBispPaG6Zeabra7rZeuM0OSFp6ONSX3bHYJ0VnIkiwgnM12hSKpgMYuKzGl27bHp6GEgZYSscngZTBifbVa8QwJhuKsHIiHWRUwb8zOmEtA/s2048/cloves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDEYWzry_2tDe6vtRI5vHziiBSM221VmqzPnVlwubyjBnWCYEjnpzgdKYJgi4RczrQTS9fRGV7HkpBispPaG6Zeabra7rZeuM0OSFp6ONSX3bHYJ0VnIkiwgnM12hSKpgMYuKzGl27bHp6GEgZYSscngZTBifbVa8QwJhuKsHIiHWRUwb8zOmEtA/s320/cloves.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-54218229962741061612023-12-29T23:03:00.000-08:002023-12-29T23:03:15.904-08:00In Appreciation.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_hJOjhfl0Wd5oXCGI1E8Pjm-LimLkqgXAdrZlcaeRnRITpXUfO0krvPsx8-4AfWgTa3yNKyFEqDGkZZ0ienHAF4J2nPaJ0cytx9M80Jfyc_SLGZ-8BSZnj5zAU1NQXNk7vLBUlkcfXJ6S12ih3BerebZ-gyGcRadWgCyf4Sy6qzIQI3bVel3NQ/s960/duke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_hJOjhfl0Wd5oXCGI1E8Pjm-LimLkqgXAdrZlcaeRnRITpXUfO0krvPsx8-4AfWgTa3yNKyFEqDGkZZ0ienHAF4J2nPaJ0cytx9M80Jfyc_SLGZ-8BSZnj5zAU1NQXNk7vLBUlkcfXJ6S12ih3BerebZ-gyGcRadWgCyf4Sy6qzIQI3bVel3NQ/s320/duke.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Duke Wright, he was the owner of several radio stations including the country station where I did the All Night Country show, WGEE, back when you personally knew the owner of the radio station you worked at. We had a bar/bowling alley in the basement of the radio station- television station. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Once a month in the winter, he brought his polka band to the bar to perform. I would sneak local country performers after midnight on my show. They would play a couple </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">songs in between the country records, tell some war stories of opening for country stars...One day when I was there during the day for an air check meeting, he walked by me in the hallway, "I know what you're doing on the overnights." Then he winked. "Don't get caught." </span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Duke died before Christmas. There would have been no success in Milwaukee without what I learned about radio and interviews in Green Bay. I am forever grateful to <u>Duke Wright. </u> He genuinely loved radio. </span></b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYGQF3bGQERhcy8QbVlb0zVhC1N_7aYL76FSHvlyupDUMHj-WhqFAADeNVl0fSqfU3ByUEhUxiI0QCakZSuZkRxhj1yKM4rpmXvmPCT91y99oAMWst6oLmWtHF7VU5phUrh62L1MQF_zzqBqnrxjdFSC1l7D61BMT644gvUqb8HCRfe6Z3UUaHQ/s960/steve%20austin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYGQF3bGQERhcy8QbVlb0zVhC1N_7aYL76FSHvlyupDUMHj-WhqFAADeNVl0fSqfU3ByUEhUxiI0QCakZSuZkRxhj1yKM4rpmXvmPCT91y99oAMWst6oLmWtHF7VU5phUrh62L1MQF_zzqBqnrxjdFSC1l7D61BMT644gvUqb8HCRfe6Z3UUaHQ/s320/steve%20austin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> One of the performers I snuck on my show was the very talented <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/steveaustinmusic?__cft__[0]=AZVIW1R8jhkp0Vs4UxyE7oi5iDXXzTx0yA2sNR_Jm1nK1cN02GWWpWXm3NsMncBhS0f13mMixiOYrNp_dNDlYQFAXHz4mXX1Lrja8eRJRKqeboW8K2fqp2oyP8gP1hCWK-ojz9susPflxzHoR2-SOz5hYqqvHCp-4qKrUx0YPdppSw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Steve Austin</span></a></span> who wrote a song about an overnight DJ (hello)who did dedications. I had a spoken line in it. It was a minor hit. Years later, I couldn't find my copy and for the heck of it, went on eBay. And there it was! In England. I bought this 45 rpm for 44 dollars plus shipping. WGEE played the song in 1989 I believe. Thank you Steve Austin, thank you Duke<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-47621884023712166152023-12-29T22:57:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:57:32.281-08:00My dad was always available with wisdom.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6C6RYASoXMJPa27_BvYNx32JZfeLTUrRbZL_vYD2UHieoDSOOl7QVri0tDQZsWKTYVyI76BUcFMjq5NqgA-ITj1EvLpyWLOVmL1lWh0p_l8hlhc9r9PcnRcltmkW-2IJHk-_zXEegyYPs8NCKDAAJ4udiXnKNdN8m4w6fIri-AxFyT5WqBZCuUw/s960/dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6C6RYASoXMJPa27_BvYNx32JZfeLTUrRbZL_vYD2UHieoDSOOl7QVri0tDQZsWKTYVyI76BUcFMjq5NqgA-ITj1EvLpyWLOVmL1lWh0p_l8hlhc9r9PcnRcltmkW-2IJHk-_zXEegyYPs8NCKDAAJ4udiXnKNdN8m4w6fIri-AxFyT5WqBZCuUw/s320/dad.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My dads 86th (heavenly) birthday today. My dad always knew how to cheer me up and give me great, life changing advice. </span></span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>For instance, the year was late spring 1981 and my whole life had fallen apart. I was bounced from a strict Christian school and had to pay back my scholarship and my dad had just been laid off from his job at an insulation (asbestos) plant. </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>We were sitting outside on the front stoop one night and I asked my dad "what am I suppose to do with the rest of </b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; white-space-collapse: preserve;">my life?" My dad said "I don't know, I don't even know what I'm going to do with the rest of mine!" </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Good talk dad, good talk</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; white-space-collapse: preserve; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span></span></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-9312947060578025142023-12-29T22:50:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:50:32.264-08:00Popcorn<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszXgLDBOhcK7-o1bE-r6cArfMIouVuogDJvzdjUe2PVJFKdHoat4Q71fCI8LFSLiv3KAMK6Pi8LPXgGaSOo9NxhO9bOtaf8q-0nkNI4-qY2lciCod2qUvCPIwePb1qEj_2K9NM8jfUWTAxSyLTgeNJZ5WGWe9CgV876geC4h05TjRn9lNZWvgFw/s2048/popcorn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszXgLDBOhcK7-o1bE-r6cArfMIouVuogDJvzdjUe2PVJFKdHoat4Q71fCI8LFSLiv3KAMK6Pi8LPXgGaSOo9NxhO9bOtaf8q-0nkNI4-qY2lciCod2qUvCPIwePb1qEj_2K9NM8jfUWTAxSyLTgeNJZ5WGWe9CgV876geC4h05TjRn9lNZWvgFw/s320/popcorn.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>I told my husband I want to see the new Shazam movie when it comes out.</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>He: Whose in it?</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Me: Helen Mirren. </b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>He: What does she do? </b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Me: She kills people. </b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>He: Why do you want to see that? </b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Me: We're out of popcorn.</b></span></div></div><p><br /></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-12771092125512140242023-12-29T22:43:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:44:09.343-08:00On Surviving challenges.<p> <b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I</span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> just watched the late Dr. Charles Stanley preaching on the book of Job; the one where Satan walks into the court of Heaven and God says "have you considered my servant Job?" And Job comes through all his trials victorious. </span></span></b></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Based on how I handled my trial earlier this year, I have the uncomfortable feeling that if God asked Satan, "have you considered my servant Cindy?" Two days later God would be asking "can I pick somebody else?"</b></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvS8rLJWgx4ug-BSZK2GNYipjxvxa-7kh1stX2iN-o8xw7KLQ04K2sHkTlIEFDNfd9a61OWUtiigfFCmNCTE_gFBxzi1f8eYvN8o7YEnpSvmOB08Izzh11YJ-8q07iwyKEw5rwM1nCv7U2tSFejkVK1JNWesHx-Km3Eh1vrUS2Yg27oo5_ErbHA/s2048/sunset.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvS8rLJWgx4ug-BSZK2GNYipjxvxa-7kh1stX2iN-o8xw7KLQ04K2sHkTlIEFDNfd9a61OWUtiigfFCmNCTE_gFBxzi1f8eYvN8o7YEnpSvmOB08Izzh11YJ-8q07iwyKEw5rwM1nCv7U2tSFejkVK1JNWesHx-Km3Eh1vrUS2Yg27oo5_ErbHA/s320/sunset.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-42330918879440246962023-12-29T22:35:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:35:05.895-08:00Storm Clouds<p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">I'm in the line at Kwik Trip when I hear someone wondering about the forecast. 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font-family: inherit; margin-left: -100px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x1e558r4" style="font-family: inherit; padding-left: 4px;">Dave Jonasen, Susan May Romano and 44 others</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x1e558r4" style="font-family: inherit; padding-left: 4px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></span></div></div><div class="x9f619 x1n2onr6 x1ja2u2z x78zum5 x2lah0s x1qughib x1qjc9v5 xozqiw3 x1q0g3np xykv574 xbmpl8g x4cne27 xifccgj" style="align-items: stretch; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65676b; display: flex; flex-flow: row; flex-shrink: 0; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: space-between; margin: -6px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p> <span style="font-size: medium;">J<b>ust one more, at the time of this picture in the Catholic Church parking lot, the sirens were going on South of us.</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtsfEAPrLRDT-aeeTzrknMbaGsGFlCdD5CXJjQbWNXwEFCUloa9233DDL8Jzzw4aMbDZNUw6rjhNvWw9hjMuYusqVOKEyf_8tFzdXw3zCkJ4tCFt17ztLtr0xaW5ZLswDBk75DYAqbmvC-wNeH8EnvQtlelrDddtbcyGiZv9aWk9VcKy1myJgDQ/s2048/Greendale%20storm%20clouds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtsfEAPrLRDT-aeeTzrknMbaGsGFlCdD5CXJjQbWNXwEFCUloa9233DDL8Jzzw4aMbDZNUw6rjhNvWw9hjMuYusqVOKEyf_8tFzdXw3zCkJ4tCFt17ztLtr0xaW5ZLswDBk75DYAqbmvC-wNeH8EnvQtlelrDddtbcyGiZv9aWk9VcKy1myJgDQ/s320/Greendale%20storm%20clouds.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-25748014241417304752023-12-29T22:26:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:58:05.432-08:00The morning of the San Diego hurricane<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCyzvXr-neeEQ8HTjltHhHZJCrPXysrUrFUSxiAYO5IFVOe_Iv7F7WLXHm63CMqDXhDslQFVjhDssr88UlmBH8pLOP5og73O1ePp-3CSDbbuqwJ1SQS03cjzweBxu8aQbA89dGdkq7XiIJ051MX8sd1B5X7eSgAFOuVP5Kj8NrOxePwywa5DSnw/s2048/miz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCyzvXr-neeEQ8HTjltHhHZJCrPXysrUrFUSxiAYO5IFVOe_Iv7F7WLXHm63CMqDXhDslQFVjhDssr88UlmBH8pLOP5og73O1ePp-3CSDbbuqwJ1SQS03cjzweBxu8aQbA89dGdkq7XiIJ051MX8sd1B5X7eSgAFOuVP5Kj8NrOxePwywa5DSnw/s320/miz.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Just days before I was laid off from one of my favorite radio stations of all time Big Buck Country radio station in Milwaukee, I was in the studio when I got a 10 minute "warning" that the Miz was coming down for an interview. The Miz? Who is he? WWE. Oh, I have sons, this won't be a problem. He was a super nice man and because of that, I still follow his career. </span></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The day before I got laid off from Big Buck, I got to interview Jessie Colter, Waylon Jennings widow. She was promoting an album </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Waylon tried to finish before he died. I was to run it the next day. Ugh. She was a real sweetheart too.</span></span></b></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-73362367841617086892023-12-29T22:12:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:21:57.487-08:00One more Japan photo...<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Ok, two photos...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbrzYD75apxs5iETHp6T_uZbTntshNBKuqHa9nQIZ7Y-qmCClLTsIRpyDEa6PzZ7oxa0BYugpufJZMmumRYG90decN2auDCGCXjoqzQJbwTXtWY9W4J8pA8CmNJ1EPaep_wRqVS3J4iGGETEjeYX0dQM4_0wtgMoFkCxQnf90Bl8OK8HwUamH-Q/s1236/me%20sara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="813" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbrzYD75apxs5iETHp6T_uZbTntshNBKuqHa9nQIZ7Y-qmCClLTsIRpyDEa6PzZ7oxa0BYugpufJZMmumRYG90decN2auDCGCXjoqzQJbwTXtWY9W4J8pA8CmNJ1EPaep_wRqVS3J4iGGETEjeYX0dQM4_0wtgMoFkCxQnf90Bl8OK8HwUamH-Q/s320/me%20sara.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>My daughter and I riding the Tozai line route to the tsunami museum, I'm wearing my train pass because I cannot trust myself to put it somewhere that I won't forget it. At home I wear a bell so the dog knows I'm coming...</b></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48vELjl4cAj8YNlzLgabA2rMy7hsksg9LKm3LlDRHOnJwf2ktcBlFsoc25zBMHC-wFxEWP3mb6ZoUjgzrA8p0kDzdJQOKe9qqozor_L44S_631-8J4Ec1g475wkNT687YzqoFztgcFVLTQ2-KFI8-rwlM_cf7UlS6nHnCKq1muNHDMqz87wWq6g/s2048/Bob%20and%20sara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48vELjl4cAj8YNlzLgabA2rMy7hsksg9LKm3LlDRHOnJwf2ktcBlFsoc25zBMHC-wFxEWP3mb6ZoUjgzrA8p0kDzdJQOKe9qqozor_L44S_631-8J4Ec1g475wkNT687YzqoFztgcFVLTQ2-KFI8-rwlM_cf7UlS6nHnCKq1muNHDMqz87wWq6g/s320/Bob%20and%20sara.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b>Sure, there was American food, KFC, Burger King and especially Starbucks. There was also raw fish for breakfast at the breakfast buffet at the hotel. There was also the 7-11, oh thank Heaven.</b></span></div>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-54107465781598054082023-12-29T21:58:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:05:53.570-08:00Japan with my daughter<p> <b>I hadn't seen my daughter in a year, so I decided to pay her a visit;</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4In_wwPOZZ_fD63dXFLjXwAHYUZRTD63Y5dQjwvSMU4P7cy6_eHy2c0k_YpIBDrGUhgn7Gg-n6jkuRz_cYzKhbr-13HXr1uWGJtE9aWj4v1vcQyPSiYJSQqEFrgU4I-tHwnZ7OvU48Fg8dmrWHlBlkgrDu_vEGH2_tmrGVdL6Dga6yWho3xqUUw/s2048/mt%20fuji%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1643" data-original-width="2048" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4In_wwPOZZ_fD63dXFLjXwAHYUZRTD63Y5dQjwvSMU4P7cy6_eHy2c0k_YpIBDrGUhgn7Gg-n6jkuRz_cYzKhbr-13HXr1uWGJtE9aWj4v1vcQyPSiYJSQqEFrgU4I-tHwnZ7OvU48Fg8dmrWHlBlkgrDu_vEGH2_tmrGVdL6Dga6yWho3xqUUw/s320/mt%20fuji%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>Mt. Fuji at sunrise from Gora, Japan. From the Hyatt hotel, room 306.</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_jYEjjPCEqTaR-AmiioYNLhRqkUMqmwJkvt-AGaaEhev4kSmTUPE9ntKg1fo35NLulix_I1tqQDqqk0kpzvtrOG9PeUJ6ZuMNBu8rmaWg6jm0zu9KQQiueSayc0ANmYcTyFCkeZRKpcAqyKgwY8T0IqrTfnTHBf6-d-Is41WLaXsc2HxUormzg/s2048/sara%20aunt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_jYEjjPCEqTaR-AmiioYNLhRqkUMqmwJkvt-AGaaEhev4kSmTUPE9ntKg1fo35NLulix_I1tqQDqqk0kpzvtrOG9PeUJ6ZuMNBu8rmaWg6jm0zu9KQQiueSayc0ANmYcTyFCkeZRKpcAqyKgwY8T0IqrTfnTHBf6-d-Is41WLaXsc2HxUormzg/s320/sara%20aunt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>Downtown Sendai-shi.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT-cEmCJq9d3wS-FGK9uTs7axA9lx3EwdZC7inODAnaQys0K3uhfv1AEuXQvRqYA38V_hVLXRWsYleGCHlEZlNVFTZxnpwp6PLUtOZC_d4wGREuHviM8Y9Bwz6NZis-uDm9khPPgmv__6iwVCZVKIk4SFpYBC3dEUlqY1lgk2P8-keDfrTB53JQ/s2048/sara%20shopping%20center.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT-cEmCJq9d3wS-FGK9uTs7axA9lx3EwdZC7inODAnaQys0K3uhfv1AEuXQvRqYA38V_hVLXRWsYleGCHlEZlNVFTZxnpwp6PLUtOZC_d4wGREuHviM8Y9Bwz6NZis-uDm9khPPgmv__6iwVCZVKIk4SFpYBC3dEUlqY1lgk2P8-keDfrTB53JQ/s320/sara%20shopping%20center.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br />Sara in front of the Sendai forus mall.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMBigXHJTqcy_sxRjwRzS9Hxl191MNTshO8BEy3D_xnrhnweJTmsb0KwOtU4aV2AuQinWrdmmCjG1A0ubB5rr03Z6-K1StSH4dZ3kudPaYaQ8aazvgypoEePqnra2lMptrcb_4WjIggvy8p3vRtKYELOQSHn3uyiBAjU210CjIekWIgyeIPX-1Q/s2048/seeing%20my%20daugher.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtMBigXHJTqcy_sxRjwRzS9Hxl191MNTshO8BEy3D_xnrhnweJTmsb0KwOtU4aV2AuQinWrdmmCjG1A0ubB5rr03Z6-K1StSH4dZ3kudPaYaQ8aazvgypoEePqnra2lMptrcb_4WjIggvy8p3vRtKYELOQSHn3uyiBAjU210CjIekWIgyeIPX-1Q/s320/seeing%20my%20daugher.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Seeing my daughter at a "british" restaurant where absolutely none of the staff spoke English, but the fish and chips were awesome!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4ne8w2MVq2Ch3UZYKS-YQIUIA6mz72SD_VkyXBxF0bH4pabZVbZSqbpIqoXENM3fTwRZ-gl0uUc10ZbDJrhkDq7eZOVYA0MdLUgRXhT0kMSItldqzfVUaY0egat_xzM-RvtOLmcQKBmo_ElllMu_-UyGMu7eY2vx2sfi8uUibaU0a-nLbtYmlQ/s2048/saying%20goodbye%20to%20sara.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4ne8w2MVq2Ch3UZYKS-YQIUIA6mz72SD_VkyXBxF0bH4pabZVbZSqbpIqoXENM3fTwRZ-gl0uUc10ZbDJrhkDq7eZOVYA0MdLUgRXhT0kMSItldqzfVUaY0egat_xzM-RvtOLmcQKBmo_ElllMu_-UyGMu7eY2vx2sfi8uUibaU0a-nLbtYmlQ/s320/saying%20goodbye%20to%20sara.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><b>Goodbyes never get easier, in fact, I would like to send an apology up to my mother who took goodbyes hard, and told me someday I would understand. Jesus, please tell me mom, I get it now. And yes, she told me so.<br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-14860766854631483862023-12-29T21:39:00.000-08:002023-12-29T21:39:50.614-08:00Fun in Japan<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopmHPrKK4gsnINn9kaG6pYB_Viw93hY3wF1RDT5xd2Vm3524_EJIjUtViAQyF2tXHC3BWJTzYF1wp_6v1tcL2VPG-9u9NYvUUAx8lltuVO3L8j8tsZcdZdmcKbKPyaL0ezGkJhCHxgCrDuUckbprE4ebEdxevZXRJ6XzpS2D5n7LP88bRHOIlQA/s2048/380803133_7461468870536147_902587564447032605_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopmHPrKK4gsnINn9kaG6pYB_Viw93hY3wF1RDT5xd2Vm3524_EJIjUtViAQyF2tXHC3BWJTzYF1wp_6v1tcL2VPG-9u9NYvUUAx8lltuVO3L8j8tsZcdZdmcKbKPyaL0ezGkJhCHxgCrDuUckbprE4ebEdxevZXRJ6XzpS2D5n7LP88bRHOIlQA/s320/380803133_7461468870536147_902587564447032605_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <b><span style="font-size: large;">If you visited Japan, but didn't have an earthquake, were you really in Japan? </span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Real question.</span></b></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-36992260910331143642023-12-29T21:34:00.000-08:002023-12-29T21:34:24.436-08:00The tsunami museum<p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">While in Japan, we visited a 2011 tsunami museum at a train station, it was located 3 blocks from where the waters stopped in that area. In the museum there's a whole wall of comments from survivors about the struggles that occurred after the earthquake and waters. It was cold but the electricity was off, no stores were opened for days and there was no water. A reminder that if Japan can go through a disaster, none of us are safe, even in America.</span></b></span></p><p></p><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1n2onr6" id=":r2n9:" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="x1n2onr6" style="font-family: inherit; padding-top: 680px; position: relative;"><div class="x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x10l6tqk" style="font-family: inherit; inset: calc(0% + 0px) calc(33.3333% + 1.01px) calc(0% + 0px) calc(0% + 0px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute;"><a aria-label="May be an image of text" class="x1i10hfl x1qjc9v5 xjbqb8w xjqpnuy xa49m3k xqeqjp1 x2hbi6w x13fuv20 xu3j5b3 x1q0q8m5 x26u7qi x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xdl72j9 x2lah0s xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x2lwn1j xeuugli xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 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x2lah0s x1qughib x1qjc9v5 xozqiw3 x1q0g3np xykv574 xbmpl8g x4cne27 xifccgj" style="align-items: stretch; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #65676b; display: flex; flex-flow: row; flex-shrink: 0; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; justify-content: space-between; margin: -6px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Sendai 311 Memorial Community in the Sendai Municipal-Tozai Line.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-79962050308869069802023-12-29T21:22:00.000-08:002023-12-29T21:22:36.074-08:00Treasuring the walk...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKHXF_N4NrYeXVKAGokIKtq7dXUG79r7cRN12dmZyBPd0fMumaqh3uIH3-yojEgWm_Fhein7M2ODa9pHexKF0PCebaUt6QqFTexxRnnRKlUamtuL02vZekEpe5OrajWgL1uohn1uSqG5ESeSlOyx5ZE2pvxQNHO8kJgJVahQGF0VOovfjJMdsqA/s552/Booboo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="552" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKHXF_N4NrYeXVKAGokIKtq7dXUG79r7cRN12dmZyBPd0fMumaqh3uIH3-yojEgWm_Fhein7M2ODa9pHexKF0PCebaUt6QqFTexxRnnRKlUamtuL02vZekEpe5OrajWgL1uohn1uSqG5ESeSlOyx5ZE2pvxQNHO8kJgJVahQGF0VOovfjJMdsqA/s320/Booboo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">A precious warm late fall afternoon with my baby Boo</span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> I don't know how many more days/weeks I'll get with him so every walk is precious, except the ones with diarrhea.</span></b><p></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-38511954476554707382023-12-29T21:17:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:03:37.764-08:00New kid being trained at the airport security...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEqqtZPeBgiqP9fekt0pXn1jacTHl0tUBDnd-ZXu6zaUrMGN0nilnELRlRPIQ2PS6K33N_T9rpEkG9y97r21bzOsy8yfWGCJD7q1FwDBAzj_1QpfHoUEqRewzlPCNVwapbO8WiaBuDZ1Ua4xZOjtIKXE-tpEP2GRXm9rvmY46W3tTybFm2Qf1gA/s2048/cookies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEqqtZPeBgiqP9fekt0pXn1jacTHl0tUBDnd-ZXu6zaUrMGN0nilnELRlRPIQ2PS6K33N_T9rpEkG9y97r21bzOsy8yfWGCJD7q1FwDBAzj_1QpfHoUEqRewzlPCNVwapbO8WiaBuDZ1Ua4xZOjtIKXE-tpEP2GRXm9rvmY46W3tTybFm2Qf1gA/s320/cookies.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><b><p style="font-size: 15px;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"><b><br /></b></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Things that will get you flagged at the airport today, butter creme cake and sugar cookies. (They're training people today.) My cookies were swiped for bomb making material.</span></b></span><p></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-31472201040173621422023-12-29T21:10:00.000-08:002023-12-29T21:10:04.742-08:00Christmas<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CR1SlV656mPxHKNEe6Rqs2DODz1pao1zaEvc8MjL_U17-wFqpe3qikJQMuo_wD9M0tMWOv87IW0HlCx1SmtIaL4qr_fT652a3JYscTupP7RH7pR1olpwngGUZsMlNVEXh6b_pBi2RG1PXujUNYCpJ34WdhJq2yyfFrZGgj0elw-FsYKt9l9H1w/s1080/FB_IMG_1703912410419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CR1SlV656mPxHKNEe6Rqs2DODz1pao1zaEvc8MjL_U17-wFqpe3qikJQMuo_wD9M0tMWOv87IW0HlCx1SmtIaL4qr_fT652a3JYscTupP7RH7pR1olpwngGUZsMlNVEXh6b_pBi2RG1PXujUNYCpJ34WdhJq2yyfFrZGgj0elw-FsYKt9l9H1w/s320/FB_IMG_1703912410419.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Merry Christmas, Happy New and may God grant us peace and joy on our next trip around the sun.<p></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-52858142088196485312023-12-29T20:57:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:03:09.171-08:00Your password sucks<p> <b><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">My friends know my not so secret battle with passwords. In the early part of this decade my password i could remember was itsbritneyb****!. Until my husband needed to get on my email and asked me what it was. I mumbled it. "I didn't hear it, say it again." I said "hang on, let me type it in..." "No, just spell it out for me..." He was appalled. He is a former pastor. The password was immediately changed, which led to the next 12 years of forgetting passwords and being </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">locked out of my email, work and Facebook. Lately, I have come up with a password that is 10 times worse then itsbritneyb****! </span></b></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Here's hoping my husband never asks me for my password again. </b></span></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-75987525679029954492023-12-29T20:52:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:02:50.762-08:00Shortest day of the year...<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPUNOhDdhNyJ1A6RirUum1hbOY3QqVy3Sh4DKhDP994-Y9S-SYanxtF7-JNgQDjRU70YRJ3Jpc_Sv6Fel0tK9mzsm-fjtJiqZhK0UK56cq0jG6zzZGPM83rfSNX8HKOAiCwKtyJNIOltSESQpXm6PcplcOqIAfOJ19n0xAs8VlVpKPw_L06D_uA/s2048/mom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPUNOhDdhNyJ1A6RirUum1hbOY3QqVy3Sh4DKhDP994-Y9S-SYanxtF7-JNgQDjRU70YRJ3Jpc_Sv6Fel0tK9mzsm-fjtJiqZhK0UK56cq0jG6zzZGPM83rfSNX8HKOAiCwKtyJNIOltSESQpXm6PcplcOqIAfOJ19n0xAs8VlVpKPw_L06D_uA/s320/mom.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"><b>Until my mom passed in 2013, December 22nd was almost a Holiday! The shortest day of the year had happened and from this day forward, extra daylight. For 10 years before my mom's passing, every single night the phone conversation would include what time the sun would set, and how many extra minutes of daylight we would get the next day</b></span></p><b><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t6c/1/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"> This particular discussion would continue everyday until Groundhog day, especially if we got the assurance from the giant rodent of an early spring. Have a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and may the giant rodent grant us all an early spring</span><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❣" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/teb/1/16/2763.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"> </span></b>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24689234.post-78324026148601791252023-12-29T20:49:00.000-08:002023-12-29T20:49:47.521-08:00To be a dog...<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to sit on a couch all day and bark at Amazon drivers. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Someday I'd like to find out.</span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58my4QK2joEhRJSu2BoMYwSADrnf-qI9hlDsHYnGRwRv_yLFagDFm-Lu8Dbbyk_7XpDzxoGHjmhftZm-USbbo1TmcmDUt6er4xtAIh4wuIF7YR7IizakFVLF2LA3v6odKMuOT1yUeI5ToQNwKw6IVDgX9Z3rPBObNKF30MCTOvXY737i13UtE-A/s2048/dogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58my4QK2joEhRJSu2BoMYwSADrnf-qI9hlDsHYnGRwRv_yLFagDFm-Lu8Dbbyk_7XpDzxoGHjmhftZm-USbbo1TmcmDUt6er4xtAIh4wuIF7YR7IizakFVLF2LA3v6odKMuOT1yUeI5ToQNwKw6IVDgX9Z3rPBObNKF30MCTOvXY737i13UtE-A/s320/dogs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Last January I did have the opportunity to lay on the couch all day and bark at Amazon drivers. It turns out it was over rated.</span></p>Cindy Huberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930479622525112243noreply@blogger.com0