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A little ingenuity and a lot of 4-letter words (x-posted)
..that's what it takes to fulfill your 7-year-old son's request for his birthday cake. Last year was a simple 9", 2-layered cake decorated a la Spiderman. This year, he kicked it up a notch. He wanted a fire truck. Yea, I laughed too. But because I love my kids, I accepted the challenge. Cake decorating is not something I will ever (or could ( Read more... ) -
An affair to remember
His name was Jack. He was short but powerful, fluid in his movements, and boy did he have a way of making me forget all others before him. I sought him out after a night of pouring out of heart-felt professions that culminated in me saying goodbye - yes, that kind of goodbye.
I was happy to find Jack seemingly waiting for me, ready to take me ( Read more... ) -
Comical appraisal of womankind?
Lessons from Charles Schulz ( Read more... ) -
Snapshot
At this exact moment, all three of my munchkins are on the floor playing "Monster Truck" which entails a large tonka truck crashing into a much smaller plastic truck along with the cry "Nyah, nya, na-na-nya, MONSTER TRUCK! ."
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Can someone hit the stop button, please?
So here's my day:
1. Beanie was officially diagnosed with opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. You can find out more info (with considerably fewer words than I would put to it) at www.omsusa.org.
2. Found a new table and chairs, in pretty good shape, for $35.
3. Wrecked van on way to get said table and chairs. Sideswiped a car - not just any car, ( Read more... ) -
On a dime
I met a 20-year-old young woman while Beanie was in the hospital. Her name was Amber and she had 2 kids, a 13-month-old daughter (Reagan), and a 3-month-old son (Clint). For whatever reason, we hit it off pretty well and became instant friends. Reagan, a month or so before, had started having seizure which would cause her to stop breathing ( Read more... ) -
Ugh
Oh my goodness. I am stress eating something fierce. Over the last 2-3 days, I have eaten about 3/4 of a bag of single-wrapped Kit Kats, 5 snack-size Hershey candy bars, 4 oatmeal cream pies, an apple pie from McDonald's, 3/4 of a box of Wheat thins, a cheeseburger from McDonald's, a large piece of pancetta and parmesan torte, a toaster waffle, ( Read more... ) -
Somewhere over the rainbow...
Beanie had her MRI yesterday and thankfully, everything was negative. The poor baby still cannot walk 2 steps without falling down. Her gait is just so...well, she looks like she's just learned to walk. She was markedly worse this morning with her walking, but I think the upper body tremors have subsided a little. I've done some research on ( Read more... )
