More of Lise’s Vacation Days

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Daughter Lise and I have been filling the days with things we wanted to do before she goes home. We went to one of our favorite Italian places where she ordered a calzone, and I had a small pizza, both yielding two meals for us.

Lise with her calzone

Lise ordered a big barrel, and it arrived in time for friend Toke to drill holes in it. After Toke left, we set it up in the area of the old burn pile. You can tell from our victorious smiles that we felt successful. Our first fire was not a good one, but I will keep trying to burn garden clippings in it.

Neighbor Logan had been very patient, and finally we called him to come play Boggle. He had improved greatly after Lise was here last time. He played the game with me, honing his skill. Lise said she was getting nervous when I told her how he routinely trounced me. The photo shows her biting her nails. Logan looks confident. Both played very well, with the best of two out of three games going to Lise this time.

Linda, whose blog is Nutstrok, has a post named Texas Chili Cookoff. I began reading it after Lise went to bed. It was so funny that I struggled not to make a sound, because I knew I might wake her up. It’s a wonder I didn’t explode with all the laughter pent up inside! The next day I asked permission to take her photograph while she read it.

Surprised laughter
Laughing uncontrollably

I can almost guarantee you will laugh if you read this. The link should take you to it.


https://nutsrok.com/2024/07/31/texas-chili-cookoff-2/

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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31 thoughts on “More of Lise’s Vacation Days”

  4. I was wondering about Boggle! And, you had me swooning at Burn barrel–rite of passage for us folks raised in the country in Texas! And I did burst out laughing at one point with Judge # 3. Bless his heart.

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  7. It’s a wonder you didn’t laugh out loud and wake her! 🤣🤣That is so funny! Yeah to getting the fire going and bet Logan will be practicing even harder! Thank you for sharing your precious family time, Anne! Wishing you a lovely day! Xx ❤️

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  10. Oh, my!!!! Thank you for sharing the link to the chili cook off. I laughed so hard tears were pouring out of my eyes!!!! I don’t know how you managed not to laugh out loud!!!

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    1. Lost my first reply. I’d love to have pine cones. My evergreens are not pine. Lise tried to track me to use a brand new lighter, but she had almost as much trouble with it as I did.

      David understandably wanted his independence and moved out in February. He’s 29 now. He also has a new job, so I don’t see him. I think he is doing well. Thanks for asking about him.

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  18. I just popped over from, damn my mind has gone blank in regards to who’s blog I came from well I came from somewhere and I liked what I saw so I will be back because that’s how I roll, unless you push me over and I don’t roll nor can I get up because well that’s me. I was here: https://nutsrok.com/ and from there I came here because I do as I am asked. As you may be able to tell I am something of a scatter brain at times

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      2. Oh thank you, I have been told I write as I talk, except when I write I don’t have to fumble over how to say a word, I just have to figure out how to spell the word,

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