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Author Archives: Ruth Marie Oliver
Jet Airplanes and Space Geeks
I am currently at SEEC a conference in Houston that I have gone to for several years. The first year I attended was 2003 just days after STS 107 and Columbia was lost on re-entry. It was an eerily somber … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged Adventure, Aviation Challenge, Friends, Houston, SEEC, Space Camp
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Training Popcorn
Growing up I got the chance to go to Space Camp!!! It was twenty years ago and I was just like all the other kids attending Space Camp; I wanted to be an astronaut. I remember all the fun lectures … Continue reading
On a Roll!
After suffering a devastating loss in the 2008 presidential election, my teams have won big! Seeing the Republicans lose miserably in 2008 my competitive spirit was saddened and almost threw in the towel all together. My Yankees didn’t make the … Continue reading
Posted in Etc.
Tagged Colts, Football, GOP, Mississippi State Bulldogs, New York Yankees, Peyton Manning, Scott Brown
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100th Post, 100 Words
My first journal was started in January of 1985. Wow! 25 years ago. Ironically, that was the month my younger brother died of meningitis. I only wrote in my little blue journal until early March, but it stood as a … Continue reading
Another Benton Blog
Saturday afternoon Chris and I saw a white F-150 truck with a blue and yellow Jeff Benton Homes tag on the front. I grimaced at my dear husband and said a few words I will not repeat in print. I … Continue reading
Posted in Etc.
Tagged Alabama, Berry Hill Estates, Cobblestone Cove, Creekstone, Cross Creek, Homeowers, Huntsville, Inspiration Pointe, Jeff Benton, Legacy Cove, Madison, Millstone, Renaissance, River Ridge, Summerfield
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Uphill Both Ways
Remember hearing your parents tell stories about walking barefoot to school in the snow uphill both ways? Today the adventure home seemed as treacherous as all those stories my folks told me. The snow on the roads, the crazy southern … Continue reading
Twelve and Holding
Tonight when the University of Alabama takes to the field in the Rose Bowl they will be competing to win their 13th national title. Being declared best in the nation is based on nothing more than mathematical polls and human … Continue reading
Posted in Etc.
Tagged BCS Championship, Football, University of Alabama, University of Texas
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Great Deep South World Tour
Each Christmas Chris and I venture across the state line several times to visit family. Chris calls this journey the Great Deep South World Tour 2009! I call it crisscrossing the Southeast in hopes to find sanity at the end … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Mississippi
Tagged Family, Food, Football, Holidays, Mississippi
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