Monthly Archives: February 2012

The formula of marriage…

Marriage has been a hot button issue for at least the last decade when it comes to it definition and who can get married. Traditionally marriage has been defined as a man and a woman uniting their lives in either … Continue reading

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Cleaning the Lent trap…

Nothing like starting out with a bad pun, eh? But seriously, I’m not exactly sure why Lent has made such a comeback, so to speak, in recent years. It used to be only Catholics and some holdover Protestant denominations took … Continue reading

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Remembering Al Kitchens…

Today marks 12 years since my father, Alfred Montgomery Kitchens passed away from heart failure. I’m pleased that before he died he became a Christian and I will one day see him again. In the interest of family history and … Continue reading

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Well that actually went easier than I thought…

On the way home from church yesterday, we grabbed lunch then stopped by Home Depot to pick up supplies for the big toilet flange repair. I had the extra PVC drain pipe and coupler in hand, was trying to find … Continue reading

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I blame Hometime… a home repair horror story

Remember “Hometime” that PBS show with Dean Johnson and Joanne Liebler and they tried to make home repairs and improvement look like such fun. Pshaw! It’s rarely fun, if ever… On today’s episode: After today’s estate sale, we stopped by … Continue reading

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Estate sales are too cool!

The day started out good enough. Went to an estate sale in Decatur run by Old Mills Antiques where Cristi and I met Louis the bulldog. He was only about five (or eight) months old, but I’ve never seen a … Continue reading

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Mercer Me! Just found more family via Google…

So this is cool. My great grandfather on the Kitchens side (Lee Davis Kitchens) was married to Emma Katherine Mercer from Macon, Georgia (one of those family traditions held that we were related to the Mercers of the university of … Continue reading

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In about two months it will be 1940 all over again…

Countdown to the release of the 1940 Census, April 2, 2012! The 1940 census will be released online on April 2, 2012. In two months, April 2, 2012, the 1940 U.S. Census is going to be released to the public. … Continue reading

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Memory Card stop staring at me!

So I’m sitting here at my desk and look down and see a very nice Delkin Devices 32GB Class 10 SD Card staring up at me. My main card. Problem is… it’s on my desk and not in my camera … Continue reading

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