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Every Exit is an Entrance to Somewhere Else, Leaving North Carolina
It is difficult to say goodbye to friends and to leave a place you have come to call home. We left North Carolina last week to travel to Texas where we will be staying for a month or so before going to Colorado for the rest of the year. Eddie, Nora, Leslie, Jerry, Josh and…
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Our New Mode of Transportation a Dodge Durango
We (Scott and Deborah) arrived safely in Texas on the 3rd of July, just in time to celebrate the holiday with Deborah’s family. Having sold our truck before leaving North Carolina we knew we would have to replace it with another vehicle upon arriving in Texas. Today was the day we went looking. We spent…
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Alabama Heat // From the Marchio’s House
Ahhhhhhh! Alabama in July! The heat, the humidity, the mosquitoes… what more could anyone want? Except perhaps air conditioning. As we celebrated the Fourth of July with family and friends we were reminded of days gone past. Yes, those were the good old days… weren’t they? Perhaps I should dig up an almanac to check…
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Alabama Heat // From the Marchio's House
Ahhhhhhh! Alabama in July! The heat, the humidity, the mosquitoes… what more could anyone want? Except perhaps air conditioning. As we celebrated the Fourth of July with family and friends we were reminded of days gone past. Yes, those were the good old days… weren’t they? Perhaps I should dig up an almanac to check…
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The Beginning of the Fillmer / Marchio Family Blog
Hello and welcome to the Fillmer / Marchio family blog. This weekend was an eventful one full of activity. Chris, Gabriel and Jacob went to North Carolina to visit Scott and Deborah at the RV park where they were staying. Everyone had such a great time and there was never a pause in the action…
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Metal Dectecting in North Carolina is Good Exercise and Fun
After leaving the North Carolina Aquarium in Rodanthe we had lunch and then went to the beach for a little bit of metal detecting. This is one of our many hobbies. We didn’t find anything on this day and a storm was beginning to come in so we didn’t stay long. We have been to…
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Jaws Lives in the North Carolina Aquarium in Rodanthe
Two weeks ago we took a trip out to the North Carolina Aquarium. The aquarium is located in Rodanthe, a town on an island between the mainland and the outer banks of North Carolina. Below are some pictures of what we saw. The shark was behind a 12″ thick (or more) glass tank wall, it…
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What a Thoughtful Husband I Have
Today, while Scott was at the store he made his way back to the fabric department and found some lovely fabric for me. He brought it home and told me it would make a wonderful head cover to add to my stash. This is really saying something since the fabric department of any store is…
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Birthday Surprises with a Washer and Dryer // 39 Years
What a wonderful birthday I had this year! Thirty nine is not so bad when you have people around you that love you and a Father in heaven who guides you. Scott and I celebrated my birthday this year by installing a new washer and dryer in the bus. They work like a dream! No…
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Prayer Cloth Completed and on Being a New Grandmother at 38
Today I mailed off another prayer cloth. I knitted this one in the bee stitch which is not a very common stitch used today. The pattern is: Row 1 – K Row 2 – K1, K1 below Row 3 – P1, K to last stitch, P1 Row 4 – K1, {K1, K1 below}, repeat {}…
