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Merry Christmas!
Kids are sipping hit cocoa and building Legos, Bryan and I are drinking Blood Orange Cocktails, and my BIL the Marine is taking a nap by the fireplace (not off in Iraq this year). Life is very good!! Merry Christmas to all. :)
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First post in how long??
I'm trying out the lj app on my iPod. If this works, I could actually use lj again once in a while. Can't post photos with my free Account, what a gyp!
We're in Michigan until 12/29 at MIL's for Christmas. A true White Christmas for me. Hoping our living room carpet isn't ruined with rain when we get home.
6-year-old Zachary wants Legos, Rokenbok ( Read more... ) -
Unconditional Parenting
I went to a presentation last week by Alfie Kohn. It was pretty amazing. He's written and spoken on a lot of topics like "Beyond Bribes and Threats", "Performance vs. Learning", "The Homework Myth", "Punished by Rewards (The case against gold stars, etc.)". This talk was mostly a summary of his book Unconditional Parenting, which begins with the ( Read more... ) -
Why I cannot put Sarah Palin a heartbeat from the White House.
A friend of my aunt's sent this to her. They used to teach together in California, but the friend now lives in Alaska. She and many other women in Alaska are horrified that Palin is the Rep. VP nominee. Here's why:
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cracking up over someone's blog
I love, love, love the Yarn Harlot, and she always makes me laugh, but the laughs often come from relating to some knitting humour. (Yes, the 'u' is there on purpose, 'cause she's Canadian.) But I saw this and want others to see it.( not just a knitting anecdote. could have been anyone shooting off their mouth. ) -
Ice Cream Cupcakes
This was in the Cook's Illustrated email that I get. I have a feeling that other moms will like this idea, too.
Ice Cream Cupcakes
6/2004
Combination foil/paper cupcake liners work best in this recipe. Use plain or Chocolate Whipped Cream (see related recipe).
Makes 12 cupcakes 1(10- to 12-ounce) store-bought pound cake 4tablespoons strawberry jam ( Read more... ) -
Book/reading meme
Instructions: Look at the list of books below. Bold the ones you've read, italicize the ones you might read in the future, underline the ones you won't touch with a 10 foot pole, and do not do anything to the ones you've never heard of/don't want to read.
1. The DaVinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride And Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird ( ( Read more... ) -
Supreme Timewaster!
Thanks to the Yarn Harlot, I have discovered Flight of the Hamsters. My husband discovered Flight of the Hamsters when he came back to find out why I was cracking up, tears streaming down my face. Is it the fact that the hamsters have flight goggles? The way the pillow smacks the launcher when you miss? Wagner's Flight of the Valkyrie playing ( Read more... ) -
Dear DH
Bryan ( Read more... )