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the good fight
I’ve written about the Boy Child here and here. He is now in the 5th grade and next year will be in middle school. He’s never had it easy in school – it just doesn’t come as naturally to him as the Girl Child. It’s always a little bit harder, like it just doesn’t quite…
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lentil stew
The Geek has long sworn that lentils “taste like dirt”. Apparently his mother cooked them a little too long – apologies to her if she ever reads this – and I have a feeling that is an understatement. My mother never cooked lentils. In fact, I’m sure I’d never heard of them til well past…
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insanity
They say that the definition of insanity is repeating the same actions over and over and expecting a different outcome each time. If that is the case, then I am certifiable. Well on my way to Crazytown. Just as it’s hard to establish new habits, it’s damn near impossible to break bad ones. There has…
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three point two (or when monkeys flew out my butt)
Brace yourselves, people. The following announcement may set some of your worlds off-kilter, spinning crazily out of control. I ran a 5K. That’s right. 3.2 miles. In all previous known history, my response to any suggestion of running as exercise would be, in the immortal words of Steve Sanders: “When monkeys fly out my butt”.…
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any given day
On any given day for awhile now, I’d say I am 30% frustrated about something, 30% holding it together, 20% bored, 10% productive, 9% discombobulated, and 1% waiting to win the lottery. I’m pretty sure that’s not how it’s supposed to be on a daily basis. I’d like to be 50% content, 10% inspired, 30%…
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minor home improvement
There are puh-lenty of large projects to be done around this place, the sort that are weather-dependent so you can lug piles of stuff outside or paint. Sometimes the best kind are the ones you don’t plan or even really know you need. Our dining room is just an offshoot of our living room. There…
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ba-bling ba-bling
First of all. This is a bit of a ridiculous thing to post, kind of like how to make toast or something. But I am posting it anyway. Also, my Facebook status this morning had to do with my current and utter lack of motivation. Let me make it clear that I bought the supplies…
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pinteresting
It’s sweeping the nation, nay, the world, you know. This Pinterest thing. I know some of you already are on board. “On board” – ha, that’s funny. It’s basically a visual way to collect your favorite things online – a virtual bulletin board. Any time you see a photo of something, you “pin” it to…
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holidaze
Post Christmas Debriefing: The littles in our house, being 13 and 11, have been questioning lately. Not the boy/girl kind of questioning, but the Santa-Kind-of-Questioning. Especially the 11 year old. I’d say most of his friends have firmly crossed over, but he is hedging his bets. He has asked several times “Is Santa real?’.…
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our youngest turns 3
Today is Jack’s third birthday. Hard to believe it’s been that long. Technically we’ve only had him for 2 years and 10 months, but we’ll round up. Prepare yourselves for cute overload. This is Jack on his “gotcha” day, with his mom. We all looked pretty different three years ago. And here he was at…
foible and folly
a whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece
foible and folly 