Author: dawnkinster
I'm a long time banker having worked in banks since the age of 17. I took a break when I turned 50 and went back to school. I graduated right when the economy took a turn for the worst and after a year of library work found myself unemployed. I was lucky that my previous bank employer wanted me back. So here I am again, a long time banker. Change is hard.
Change Is Hard 
September 2, 2020 at 12:34 pm
Lovely tent, nice vehicle. Good color choices all around!
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September 4, 2020 at 8:25 am
Thanks! I guess it DOES look patriotic!
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September 2, 2020 at 12:56 pm
That’s worthy of smiles!
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September 4, 2020 at 8:25 am
Most of it was.
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September 2, 2020 at 3:46 pm
Looks peaceful and beautiful! ❤️
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September 5, 2020 at 3:01 pm
It was for 2 out of the 3 days.
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September 2, 2020 at 3:49 pm
Great! I love it that you camp in a tent! REAL camping!
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September 4, 2020 at 8:26 am
Katie and I are pretty minimal when we camp. I have a chair and a little table, and a few bags of food I can eat cold. She actually brings more stuff, what with her princess pillow and numerous bowls and such.
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September 2, 2020 at 7:30 pm
I hope the princess got to go on this adventure! Me, I’d be sleeping in the car — far away from bats and crawly things in the night, ha!
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September 4, 2020 at 8:27 am
Have never seen any bats there. The things we wanted to be far away from were the other people. The creepy crawly things that go bump in the night were just fine.
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September 2, 2020 at 9:51 pm
Have fun!
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September 4, 2020 at 8:27 am
We mostly did.
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September 3, 2020 at 12:52 am
Yes. 🙂
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September 4, 2020 at 8:27 am
Katie got to go on this one. She was a very happy little camper.
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September 4, 2020 at 8:22 am
Red white and blue! And you are at it again!
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September 4, 2020 at 8:28 am
Yes, I never noticed that before you guys commented on the colors. Yep, I felt bad that Katie hadn’t gotten to go on any camping adventures outside her backyard. So this one was for her.
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September 4, 2020 at 8:28 am
Yay …Katie for the win!
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September 4, 2020 at 9:42 am
I always smile to see you are out and about having fun with your tent and camping. It’s so cool that you do this.
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September 4, 2020 at 12:46 pm
It’s fun and it gets me away from laundry, groceries, cooking and television.
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September 4, 2020 at 9:46 pm
Hi, Dawn – I’m so happy to hear that Katie got to go on this camping trip with you. I hope that she enjoyed it…and was treated like the true princess that she is! 😀
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September 4, 2020 at 9:57 pm
Absolutely. The first night she got me up a lot, starting about 3, every hour and then every half hour, so I was less then happy. The second night was predicted to have heavy thunderstorms and rain for hours, and I couldn’t see her and me trapped in a small tent for 8 hours, especially as she’d likely be wet…so she went home and spent that night with her dad and I got to sleep listening to the rain on my own. I went and got her for day 3, and that night we had noisy neighbors all night, which she slept through and didn’t get me up except for 2:30 in the morning to pee, and 5:00 for breakfast. She loved the whole thing, but she also seemed to be grateful when we came home Thursday morning. She raced inside and went looking for her dad.
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