Month: October 2011
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great expectations
It’s been a struggle, people. A mighty struggle. To put it plainly, I live with a 13-year old Girl and a 10-soon-to-be-11-year-old Boy. There is a whole lot of stuff going on in their little heads lately, is all I can think. The Girl Child has been busted twice recently for lying, and likes to…
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like the wind
I debated writing about this. Seemed like it might be jinxing the whole thing, setting me up for failure. And I can think of a few people who will get a big chuckle out of it. Luckily, the few that already know are very supportive, so I am going for it. I am 5’7″, about…
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home
Fall around here usually means rearranging for more guests indoors, which is no mean feat. The options for moving furniture around in a house this small are limited, but I’d go nuts if we didn’t change things up somehow. Since we’re hosting the first monthly Dinner Club next Saturday, and Nerdpocalypse at the end of…
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girls gone coastal
I sit here typing this with a glass of red wine. Fitting, really. I’ve just returned from a long weekend at Heron Hollow with 5 other ladies. Organized by Danielle, we took over a house in Ocean Park, near Long Beach. I knew 3 of them, had met one only briefly, and never met the…
foible and folly 