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The Missing Hour (Keys, Papers, and Letting Go of Perfect)
I don’t know if your home, but you would think the missing Hour (Keys, Papers, and Letting Go of Perfect) would happen much earlier than 9:00 am in my home but it doesn’t that is where the morning tests everything. You may be trying to leave—or finally start your day—and suddenly, nothing is where it should be. I’ve been up for hours and this is when chaos begins. Charlie is getting up and even thought I might have had Coffee he know wants Coffee. Don’t forget the Pizza. The dogs need to go for a walk. Can you do it Charlie in a minute. If we wait the dogs may…
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Holding the Line When the Morning Tries to Break
If your house is like the day begins way before 8:00 AM, but that is when the morning is no longer starting—it’s pushing through the day pulling me kicking and screaming behind it slow down wait I’m not read or I didn’t get that done. Sometime especially on David’s days off he has fed people. Coffee is halfway gone (or cold) and it’s the time I should be grabbing a glass of water but more times than not it’s a glass of Sweet Tea or a left-over Cherry Do, Pepper from Sonic. And now the focus shifts from waking up to getting everyone moving in the same direction. This is…
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Morning from our little corner of Route 66 life.
Coffee is poured, the dogs are already judging us, and the men in this house are on their own time zones. Here’s today’s Coffee & Chats moment: “Every family has a highway. Ours just happens to include Sonic cups, dog hair, and a man who wakes up at 3 AM for no reason.” Thank you, Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
Living a simple lifestyle from the front porch
