Simplify Sunday

For those of you who have a significant other, have you noticed a drop in the time you spend together?
When we first find someone we are attracted to, we make getting to know that person our main interest. We spend a lot of time together learning about each other. If that person is destined to become our significant other, the interest continues for some time. We WANT to do things together.
Unfortunately, most couples are not able to sustain that level of togetherness. Jobs and families intervene and our time becomes limited.

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Catching up

The chili sauce is in the pot, bubbling away. I got up at 5:30 to get things started, and had all the ingredients laid out, tomatoes weighed, and pots washed, when my mother walked into the kitchen. She has my cold, the one I’m not quite over, that’s lasted 15 days.

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Home, Sweet Home

Forbes.com has published a list of the most expensive places to live. Chicago has moved up from eighth place in 2002, to seventh place this year. The list was based on a number of factors including high rent, high cost of living, and low job growth.
These 10 cities are the least desirable:
1. San Jose
2. San Francisco
3. Honolulu
4. Bergen-Passaic, NJ
5. NY
6. Boston
7. Chicago
8. Milwaukee
9. LA
10. Seattle