Daily Archives: November 12, 2004

Here I Come, Miss America

November 12, 2004 – 11:03 PM

Well, not really. But I wore her crown tonight.
We had our fall women’s event at church, and the speaker was Heather French Henry, Miss America 2000. For those of you NOT from the Bluegrass State, she was Miss Kentucky, and shortly after her reign as Miss America married our then Lt. Governor. She brought along [...]

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Off to War

November 12, 2004 – 1:51 PM

I have friends with sons and nephews in Iraq and Afghanistan, but I haven’t personally known anyone serving over there. Till today. One of HS’s high school buddies, who joined the Reserves as a helicopter mechanic, is on his way to Kuwait as I type. Hard to imagine this kid who played video games in [...]

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There Goes the Perfect Attendance Award

November 12, 2004 – 1:27 PM

BD has a cold and had a lot of trouble falling asleep last night. Bad enough, except she kept crying about it, which of course just made the congestion worse (and her mother crankier). When she was still wide awake at 10, I went ahead and turned off her alarm. I’m usually a real stickler for [...]

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