Over the Pass and Through the Woods…

About the time that school got out and we finally had some extra time to lavish on my parents, they decided it was time to leave  town.  (Yeah, go ahead and try to explain the reasoning behind that.) Not to be deterred, we hauled a kid up to them and left her there.  (Do you [...]

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Hair to Dye For

Not too long ago I was at the store with my mother and the girls.  Mom,  can (and does) spend years hours a really long time just looking at…well anything.  I’m always ready to go loooong before she is.  To relieve my boredom, I started walking down all the aisles.  When I got to the [...]

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That Fresh Minty Feeling

Yesterday, I got out of the shower and wrapped a fluffy towel around myself.  Then I grabbed a Q-Tip out of the container and absentmindedly started to swap all that water out of my ears.  (I can’t stand having wet ears) After a moment, I realized that my right ear was starting to tingle.  I [...]

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Fun Monday–for the second time…

I’m not sure why I agreed to do this again…I’m not really much of a meme player.  I guess because I enjoyed playing so much last week!  Anyways, the Swampwitch, who is hosting this week basically asked to see our messes.  Well, this is what she said.
Plato said, “I can learn more about [...]

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Post Three Hundred

I just noticed that my three hundredth post was yesterday.  I’m actually quite proud of myself.  It only took me a year and a half to get to this point.  Which really isn’t too bad considering the huge stack of nearly empty journals that I have accumulated through the years. 
I view this blog as [...]

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Our Shining Light

Everyday as I walk up or down the stairs in our home, I see the little twinkle lights that KT brought home from her ninth grade party last week.  I’m amazed at how long they have lasted.  I’m sure that KT’s memories of that fun-filled night will stay with her forever.  As I chose not [...]

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The Last PB&J

I have been making two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches nearly every school day since the beginning of last September.  This morning, I made my last one as today is the last full day of school. 

I am so sick of making them, and I can’t believe that my kids aren’t sick of eating them.  I [...]

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I’m a Beta Tester!!!

If you’ve been reading my blog for anytime now, or happen to know me in person, you may have caught on how much I dislike change of any type but technology in particular.  In fact, if I were in charge of the changes in the world, we would still be using party lines and manual typewriters.  [...]

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An Unusual Father’s Day

Traditionally, for Father’s Day, we do whatever Shaun wants to do as he is the father.  So we usually just take a deep breath and hope like crazy we survive our Off-Roading trip.  However, this year, my folks are visiting and there simply isn’t enough room in the Jeep for us all. 
I suggested that  just the [...]

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Monday Fun~These Walls…

Something I have never done before it play Monday Fun.  But one of my favorite bloggers, Return of the White Robin is hosting it this week (apparently the host changes weekly). 
The assignment is show us something that hangs on your wall that is fun, interesting, endearing, sentimental, or otherwise enticing. Select the picture of [...]

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