Posts in the "Family" Category

  • It’s Christmas… Spengler Style!

    Well, considering the holidays are over, I guess it is officially safe to say; The Spengler’s have successfully averted disaster this entire Christmas season!  Although I must say, even as I type this I feel almost as though I should be glancing over each shoulder as if by just mentioning that phrase it will somehow [...]

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  • A Pig Roast?  On Thanksgiving?

    I had heard the story of “The First Thanksgiving” many times.  Growing up in American schools you hear about all the stories, even do the plays when you are young.  This year, I looked at the Thanksgiving story through far different eyes than I once did. President Lincoln first recognized Thanksgiving as a national holiday [...]

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  • Hi to ALL!!!Well, a good way to start out this entry would be three steps forward and two back.  Yes, that is MY version of the saying but it seems to be more appropriate! ☺  But I must say they were three HUGE steps and two smaller ones backwards! This past Monday I had an appointment [...]

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  • Moving Ahead…

    Hi ALL! It is hard to believe we have been home from Mexico nearly 6 weeks.  It has been a very busy time!!  Preparing for the holidays, cooking, shopping, planning and basically being in a re-acclaimation, re-adjustment phase. I found I preferred to go to bed on Eastern Standard Time but would rather eat meals [...]

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