So you’re surfing Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales on boots, seeing what great deals are out there. You see a pair of rugged, masculine-looking boots that carry the brand name of an American Icon.
You look closer at the enlarged image of these handsome-looking boots:
You can hardly believe the low price and there’s more!
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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Thankful Redux
Another year of our feastival is over. We were pleased to host 96 senior pals on Thanksgiving, with 10 members of my family helping to orchestrate the festivities. Lots of smiling faces throughout the day, some singing by the piano, some football watching in the basement (for those so inclined, not including me) and tons of food.
We had a great time ensuring that no senior would be alone on Thanksgiving. We fostered new friendships, rekindled old, and helped people make connections with others to form tighter bonds of community.
I was totally blown out of my boots and non-plussed when…
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Is Being Thankful Bragging?
I follow posts on a popular social network and observe that for the month of November, some of my friends have posted a daily, “I’m thankful today for…” and then they mention spouses, children, family, and even bosses … as well as their community, religious institution or place of worship, and more.
There has been some observable backlash about these posts. A few others have posted negative comments about the “thankful” posts as appearing to be bragging. “So what if you have a husband and are thankful for his love and support!” someone wrote on a friend’s post. Or “so what that you have a nice house. I lost mine last year in a foreclosure and am barely making ends meet!” another one grumbled on another friend’s message.
For several years around this time of year, I have posted a blog about how grateful and thankful I am. Is that boastful or bragging? Should I continue to do that?
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Tempted By Internet Boot Promos and Sales?
This time of year, many retailers are offering “Black Friday” or other promotions and sales on products. Boot vendors included. I am repeating a post from three years ago that applies today. Read on to learn my secrets of buying boots wisely on the internet and sorting out the wild promotions.
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Cold Weather Activities
The bottom fell out of the thermometer yesterday. Well, not really but it was unusually cold and windy for late Autumn where we live. Knowing this cold snap was on its way, this biker (and his spouse) stayed inside the house and…
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Firefighters to the Rescue
Yesterday, my spouse and I were surrounded by ten firefighters. Why?
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Preparing for the Feastival!
U.S. Thanksgiving is coming up fast… Thursday… less than a week away! Woo-hoo! I love hosting our “no-seniors-ever-alone” pot-luck feastival. What’s a “feastival” and how are we preparing?
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The Boss Wants Boots
My boss came up to me the other day and said, “I notice you wear boots a lot.”
Te he, that’s an understatement.
“Can you tell me where I could get a pair of boots and about how they fit?”
Sure. And then in my mind, I was asking myself,
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A Man Who Wears Cowboy Boots Is
Someone entered the phrase, “A man who wears cowboy boots is” … just that … into a search engine and it directed the person who searched this phrase to six posts on this blog. So yeah, I guess I have commented from time to time about men who wear cowboy boots.
So “A Man Who Wears Cowboy Boots Is”…
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Weather Changed Plans
I had planned to go for a motorcycle ride with some buddies yesterday, but the weather caused a change in plans. While it was unusually warm, it was cloudy and damp all day. What forced our change in plans was not rain, but rather…
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