The Braley Blog
“Pete’s Daily Connection”
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Thanking Those That Have Reached Out
As the war in Iran continues, I just wanted to take a moment to thank the people that have reached out to my wife and me this past week. First of all, I’m not going to get political here. Mainly because THEY are not allowed to get political. And as a very wise man I…
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”Raising Grampy” and Carson’s First Blizzard
Hello peoples! It’s me, Carson. Mommy says we had something called a blizzard this week. It was lotsa fun! When do we get the next one! Mommy, Daddy, my puppy Kenzie and I had a sleep over at my Papa and Gigi’s house. My daddy was worried that we were going to lose something called…
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”Raising Grampy” and Carson’s First Snow!
Hello peoples! It’s me, Carson. Have you seen all this snow stuff? I think it’s pretty cool! Mommy and daddy? Not so thrilled! Oh and Grampy? You could say I have a Grumpy Grampy. My Auntie Rachel got me a sled and it was so much fun! Let’s see, what else has been going on?…
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Random Thoughts On A Snowy Sunday
I stopped for gas the other day and the GSTV (Gas Station Television) wasn’t working. I don’t know why. Maybe it was too cold? I actually had to pump gas and had nothing to entertain me for three whole minutes! I used to think those tv screens on the pumps were stupid until I realized…
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“Eat The Frog First.” Wait. What?
I was listening to the radio the other day when the host brought up a quote. He said it was originally coined by Mark Twain and it said… “Eat the frog first.” Naturally what I did next was try to confirm it. I find myself doing that more and more these days with just about…
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”Raising Grampy” and Carson’s First Christmas
Hello Peoples! It’s me, Carson. I hope you had a Merry Christmas! I did…now that I know what a Christmas is. At Christmas, I discovered that it’s a time when you decorate your house with stuff, bring a tree inside and put lights outside. It’s also the time that Grampy watches a lot of TV shows…
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My Resolutions For 2026
I’ve never been one to seriously make any New Year Resolutions. Every year I seemed to make the same ones: Eat better, exercise more and get more sleep. Then I would stay up too late, eat junk food and be too tired to go to the gym. This year I did make a list: This…
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It’s Almost Christmas! – Raising Grampy
Hello Peoples! It’s me, Carson. Grampy says there are only 4 more days until Christmas! I have no idea what that means but he seems pretty excited! I went Christmas shopping with Mommy and Grampy the other day. Grampy said he needed one or two more things for Grammy. He liked these Christmas socks. Oh, was…
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Thanksgiving Was Nice! What’s Next? “Raising Grampy”
Hello peoples! It’s me, Carson. Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? I did. Now that I know what a Thanksgiving is. All that food and all they gave me was a napkin. Oh well. My week started with mommy taking me to work. I think I told you that she is an Athletic Trainer at…
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This Week I Learned About “Joy Conditioning”
I was doing some research this week for another project I’m working on and I found a great article. It was from Inc. magazine (look at me dating myself!), or website I guess I should say. The article was about something called “Joy Conditioning.” It begins by saying, “We live in anxious times. Tariffs come…