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how does my garden grow?
5 tomato plants ( Read more... ) -
Mother's Day
After spending a frenetic 2 hours getting ready for a fabulousss...ly slow lovely brunch with the 4 and 2 year olds, I have a few thoughts on what would make a truly great Mother's Day ( Read more... ) -
Have I got class!
I'm taking a German class - it's basic, grammar etc. German - and it's going pretty well. Except for the fact that I need to hit the memorization hard - my vocabulary of nouns is too small ( Read more... ) -
... almost forgot
Getting a head start on the cantaloupes this year. Remember the $15 cantaloupe? Well, I planted the seeds and had a half-dozen softball sized 'loupes by the time the frost killed them. So this year, I've planted the remaining 6 seeds EARLY! We'll see how they go ( Read more... ) -
cabbage soup
So I'm making cabbage soup, chopping me some cabbage, and little fingers reach up - of course right while I"m choppin' EEK - and grab some cabbage. "MM, mama, this is good! It's sweet, like fruit!" says the girl child ( Read more... ) -
Third Time's the Charm
So now, it's been 3 times up on the mountain ... on that fantastically oblong wax-bottom girl called Burton. I am LOVING it ( Read more... ) -
hmmm
What a nice Friday night! One Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier for dinner (with steak and veggies) one lovely Murphy's black and tan at the Local Cure bar (plus two sides of tequila) for dessert ( Read more... ) -
Obama-money.com
Got a comment on a post with a link to the aforementioned site, saying you'll get $ if you make less than 120k/year ( Read more... ) -
FuzziBunz cloth diapers
Yep, break from the normal, everyday post for a gratuituous (did I spell that right?) post about a wonderful contest!
http://makingmyamericandream.blogspot.com/2009/01/fuzzi-bunz-giveaway.html?showComment=1234121340000#c9207096003899987674
Chance to win two free fuzzubunz diapers from "Piece of Me" at makingmyamericandream.blogspot.com
I read up on ( Read more... ) -
frog flashlight
my little dude has an inherited little frog-shaped flashlight. it ribbits when you push a button on its head, its eyes flash red, and it's mouth is the flashlight. he just shined it all over my hand in some bizarre 2-year-old ritual before running off to join his big sister by the french doors, with their bedroom blankets.
I remember, vaguely, ( Read more... )