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Remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom https://www.instagram.com/p/CPgkYXXHiBs9in9H_tCayXlEUezZ_YFenICJZ40/?utm_medium=tumblr

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As you can see, https://www.instagram.com/p/CPV4G3an1VC1YquAzvJPSjWnsW_5QqVFcn4YQM0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Besides Jesus, no greater friend! RIP, Marvin Lee Potter! https://www.instagram.com/p/CPRhfrinXw_5O0YwHgb1FuFL3_Um5L6bwKnOD80/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Day 275 -I try to post this video every year and this year, I chose to post it on Christmas Eve, marking it’s 106th anniversary! This year, I’m adding a little something I discovered a few weeks ago: a verification of this event actually happening as written by Joseph Loconte in his book, A HOBBIT, A WARDROBE, AND A GREAT WAR: HOW J R R TOLKIEN AND C S LEWIS REDISCOVERED FAITH, FRIENDSHIP, AND HEROISM IN THE CATACLYSM OF 1914-18,

“And, yet, on Christmas Eve, the armies on both sides of the Western Front put down their weapons, sang hymns, and treated their enemies as brothers. No one ordered the now-famous Christmas truce of 1914. No one could have planned for it. It arose spontaneously, without warning, among officers as well as ordinary soldiers, along hundreds of miles of fortified defenses. ‘Between the trenches, the hated and bitter opponents meets around the Christmas tree and sing Christmas carols,’ Josef Wenzl, a soldier in the German infantry, wrote to his parents. ‘This once in a lifetime vision I will not forget.’ ” (Introduction)

https://youtu.be/NWF2JBb1bvM

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Did I go overboard? Nope! #thisishowicelebratechristmas https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_3RVXnielZm9SdSxmGkkk84Exsu-z6q0t1_40/?igshid=uon5wjeelw3s

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This is my newly decorated mantel! The Christmas wreath was made by my dear friend, Paula Berrier, many years ago and it has held up surprisingly well! The bottom picture is a close up of the Nativity. Notice that Jesus and the Magi have not arrived yet!

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NEW mechanical keyboard

I am 56 years old. Initially, I hunt-and-pecked with my index fingers on a light brown portable Smith-Corona manual typewriter my stepfather used in school. Then, when I was a high school junior, I actually LEARNED how to type on another manual typewriter at school, which helped greatly when I took computer classes on the school’s Radio Shack TRS-80’s. In college, I “graduated” to using a Brother EP-43 Personal Electronic typewriter to type both my own papers as well as making some extra money typing others’! In my second job during and after college, my honed typing skills were useful for nine years in an in-bound call center for a national check verification service and consumer credit reporting agency.  During my time there, I used several different types of membrane keyboards, some quiet and one original IBM 3278 with one VERY clanky and loud keyboard. Since then, I have used several different types of membrane keyboards both at work and home but NONE of them have had the heft and versatility as my new Das  Keyboard 4 Professional for Mac with Cherry MX Brown switches! Unlike the many I have used over the years, this keyboard does not feel cheap and flimsy. And for the price, you better believe I don’t eat or drink any thing near it! I like that the keys are laser-printed, meaning that they won’t wear off EVER and even feel solid. Additionally, the two USB 3.0 ports and volume wheel are a MAJOR plus! Thank you, Das, for creating such a GREAT keyboard which has made typing and writing so much more easier!



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Nothing like Christmas tea to end a peaceful, quiet Saturday! https://www.instagram.com/p/B6W6EnLHcJkHxwoctCCiPMN1sfkQ5CxpzlAhSk0/?igshid=shodvuofg1j3

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Saw this on Pinterest & had to share!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/B42yLigFz7DJEi9z_rWJbxZgn3GqJTB4ytMf7k0/?igshid=1l5bhmnz7ajri

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Just tried the Ravenclaw Espresso Patronum - DELISH! (at The Perc Coffeehouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LyZFuHgA-RKIm3mUY_9Pt-nXE0iXZeGK2YeM0/?igshid=pc0f6jhamf36

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I have an idea for #Apple: Create a way so that Notifications can be turned off or on and adjusted within their apps! It sure would make things just a little bit easier than having to go through Settings!

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Let's set the record straight: Social media in and of itself isn't the problem; it's the LACK OF control over it! Master it or it will master YOU! A hammer can be used to build a house or destroy it.

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L to R: The CORRECT order to read C S Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia". https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVlMeejGsMU5Tom40QHMHXzoPBujLiqke2YFM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17y6uuz03sew4

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MERRY Christmas to all!

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"If you want your future to look different than your past, you can't just hope it will happen. You have to do something about it." - @CameronStrang, Publisher & CEO, @Relevant Magazine