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Moving On Up
Today was Jack's last full day in his Toddler classroom at his daycare. On Monday he will start his transition to a Preschool classroom. I guess he's already begun the transition, really. They started talking to him about it weeks ago. He knows he's going, along with another boy soon to turn 3, to another classroom - one which he calls "the duck ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas to ME
I truly feel badly for all of you people who are not married to my husband, because he is the best. I am currently enjoying my Christmas gift: Two nights at a hotel, by myself, with nothing to do ( Read more... ) -
The Habits of Eagles
My commute is long - often too long - but there are several reasons to love it. This is one of them:
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Maybe I'm NOT the Root of all Evil!
It is an unfortunate quirk of my personality that I remember and internalize just about every bad thing I've ever done. In the recesses of my ridiculous mind, they have festered and morphed and become essential pieces of my own self-understanding, like viruses injecting themselves into my cellular structure ( Read more... ) -
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We had a really nice Christmas. I feel bad for how stressed out and grumpy I was leading up to it. Jack is such a fun age, and he really got into it. He received a ridiculous amount of gifts, as did Steve and I. New coffeemaker, new printer, snowshoes for the whole family, and more, more, more. Spoiled rotten, the whole lot of us. The best gift ( Read more... ) -
Older
I like to make my New Year's resolutions on my birthday. I think it makes more sense, and my birthday is close enough to the new year that I am usually right in step with everyone else when it comes to breaking them ( Read more... ) -
New Favorite Insult
This is my new favorite insult, courtesy of my mother-in-law:
"You don't know the right side of tapeWe recently watched last weekend's edition of Saturday Night Live - the one with Paul McCartney and the children's choir. As they were singing that terrible Paul McCartney Christmas song, with the children singing "Oooo-ooo-ooo-oooo," in the ( Read more... ) -
Wind
I am sitting in a parking lot, about half way to work, drinking some hot coffee and listening to the news and the wind. Our power went out this morning, so we dressed in the dark and
were unable to make coffee or other important things like shower. I left early and drove the two miles down the mountain to a gas station convenience store where there ( Read more... ) -
A Couple Holiday Memories
My husband is a man of the sort who watches sports and is known to yell things at the television when he disapproves of what he sees. He's a Giants fan. As we were decorating our Christmas tree over the weekend, I pulled out each ornament and showed it to Jack ( Read more... ) -
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I've been unreasonably tired and out of sorts all week for no special reason. Today? All better! No special reason. I can't even credit the fact that it's Friday, because ... well, actually, I guess I can. I was going to say "because I'll be away from home all weekend and unable to get any housework done," but the fact is, I'll be away all ( Read more... )