Another recap... because I know you gys care about every last minute detail that goes on in my life. :P Or maybe so that when I'm old and senile and trying to remember things I can dig through piles of electronic nonsense and find it again. At any rate....

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Busy weekend ( Read more... )

I now own No Country for Old Men. I'm working from home today, trying to head off some crud that's been plaguing my husband for a week or so, and I just popped the film in for the first time since I've had it (got it last weekend). I have SIX good sized windows in my living room, 4 without any kind of blinds and 2 huge picture windows with ( Read more... )

OK, you guys know I don't do stuff like this ( Read more... )

Well... I guess I'm gonna be a "gymnastics mom." Whatever that is ( Read more... )

Without going back and actually looking, it seems so far like I've spent this journal year either griping or talking about my kid. Sorry folks, at least half of the trend continues.

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So here we are, a Monday morning halfway through March already. Doesn't seem possible ( Read more... )

And so repairs have begun at the homestead. And not a moment too soon! Long story short, within the last week we've come across some most unwelcome visitors! We had rats in the attic a couple months back. Not unusual, as our property contains part of a creek, and the weather has been cold. So the exterminators came and baited the attic. The ( Read more... )

So I had meant to post a few days back about some other hobbit things that make me marvel. I mean, I have no reference point, so maybe all two and a half year olds have a like grasp. Maybe (more likely?) it's simply coincidence, or mimickry, or maybe the associations are simpler than I think. Or maybe I'm just easily impressed. But ( Read more... )

So a little birdie told me that last night the hobbit walked right over to her bed and climbed in ( Read more... )