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and while this blog has been ignored…
Much too much has been going on. Pumpkin pies being sliced and sold for the Sober Grad fundraising efforts. More being sold at the football game tomorrow night with me in charge. Yeah, me. Really I...
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what doesn’t the fox say
One of Daniel’s new favorite songs is, yes, What Does The Fox Say. It’s fun he tells me as he tries to teach me the words so we both can sing along together as we do. What does the fox … Continue...
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the wheels on the bus…
Off to Science Camp they go! And yes, the Big Top is REALLY quiet. Of course Bill and Abby are at work and Jodie is at school right now. But still, it is REALLY quiet here under the Big Top. … Continue...
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missing
Everyone and everything is missing Daniel here under the Big Top. Even his bed, covered with his bedtime friends…yes, he sleeps with ALL of them…seems so forlorn. I’m being pitiful, I know. This isn’t...
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in season
It’s Fall y’all. It’s a gloomy November day. It’s colds and flu season. To the parents who KNOWINGLY brought their kids to school, camp, after school activities practices with fevers, coughs, sore...
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I just might be doing this right
Seen today on my Facebook timeline… As a child I always was made to feel bad by other kids who got tons of stuff for Christmas. They were spoiled and had no concept of the meaning of Christmas, whether...
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play it again: Dear Mrs. Hall
Mrs. Hall certainly struck a nerve in September. Some loved her and some, well, some could not believe that which she wrote to the young girls out there taunting and tempting her poor, dear, sweet,...
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her turn
From the time she was two until shortly after her fourth birthday, I frequently “lost” my darling daughter, Jodie. You know what I mean, how you turn your head for one second or allow one of your other...
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maybe it’s just me but…
Iowa dad, Alan Andersen, like many other parents, including myself, picks up his kid from school every day. Such a good parent! Still it can be tedious waiting and waiting for your kid to come to the...
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damned if they do, damned if they don’t
So there I was, sitting in the outpatient registration waiting room of a local hospital with Hazel Faye. Don’t ask. It was no big deal. Really. But yes, there Hazel and I were sitting in the waiting...
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new and adorable
There is nothing more adorable than a brand new baby…and the brand new parents. Everything is shiny, new, perfect, clean and sweet smelling. Oh that new baby smell! Then they burp and puke and fill...
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fashionista
“It matches because of the skirt.” -Hazel Faye Yes. See what happen when you refuse to let your little girl wear her favorite sundress on a cold, blustery winter day? You dress her funny on purpose and...
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today’s installment of “the more you know”
Because there is always something going on in this life of a juggling mom, today was another adventure in Madera at Children’s Hospital Central California. No big deal. Just another checkup with the...
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because everyone was personally victimized by Regina George
Ten years ago today Gretchen Weiners was trying to make “fetch” happen, until Regina George shot that crazy down. Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen! It’s not going to happen! But “fetch” did...
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when the bee stings
As far as I can recall, I have only been stung by a bee twice in my lifetime. Am I lucky? I don’t know. I don’t really care. The first time was enough for me. I was 7 years old. … Continue reading →
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laminated is forever
One of the perks of having your grandparents live across the street is you have a place to hide your Mother’s Day present that you made at school from your mom’s prying eyes. Her mom could never just...
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this time on my own terms
I have to confess that as much as I LOVE holidays, I kind of hate them too. They almost never fail to disappoint. Such is the life of a survivor I guess. No matter how scary, no matter how toxic, …...
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give them wings
Lindsay, over at Suburban Turmoil, beautifully described an analogy that is not new to any of us that unfolded outside her front window. And now I miss back home and cardinals because you just don’t...
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we are THAT family
Here we are at the Green Valley Mountain Resort for Nationals! Whoo-hoo! This place is glorious! Off the strip, in Henderson, away from all the glitz, glamour and depravity and despair that is the...
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word search Wednesdays
What kind of mother would let their kid do his word search spelling/vocabulary homework without offering help? This kid’s mama! Some people can look at the jumble of letters in a word search puzzle and...
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