Wife, mom, writer, Christ-follower, reader, knitter, baker… writing about life in general and everything that goes along with it.
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We still don’t know if it was really H1N1 that invaded our house last week, but I suppose it doesn’t really matter. We’re mostly recovered (though C had to start antibiotics this weekend because of a suspected secondary infection), but the memory of several miserable days is still strong.
And so, because I’m so nice, I’ve [...]
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I’ve been a pretty good girl lately — counting my calories, trying to move more.
During June and early July, well, I was not so good (I call that time in my life, “The Tremendously Stressful Time of Potty-Training” and I treated the stress with some extra chocolate, cheese, and random carbohydrates), but for the last month+, I’ve [...]
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It seems that I only pop onto the blog these days to do a book review or giveaway. Sorry about that. I’ve got some post ideas brewing, but I can’t make any guarantees as to when they’ll show up as actual posts. In the meantime, some random and disjointed thoughts and comments for you:
1. I [...]
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1 Do we, as a nation, really need such a vast variety of toilet-cleaning options? In Target this morning, I noticed that there were at least 30 options to choose from when it comes to prettifying the potties in my house. Various gels and liquids to squirt, a variety of scrubbers (disposable and non-disposable; flushable [...]
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Let’s see…
Monday, the gas company’s meter-reader discovered a leak in our gas line that had to be repaired immediately. (It was.)
Tuesday, I discovered that someone had “borrowed” our credit card number, and I had to spend hours calling multiple companies to dispute claims, request refunds, and attempt to reclaim several hundred dollars in unauthorized charges. [...]
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Dear mother who dragged your child, screaming and kicking, out of Target,
I heard your little boy yelling, “But I WANTED that!” at the top of his lungs. And I heard you calmly tell him, “No” as you wrestled him into the car. I just wanted to say, Good Job. Whether you said no for financial [...]
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I’m not really feeling ready to get back to the “real world” just yet, are you? It’s been a nice weekend; we had a lovely Thanksgiving. And I’m still holding on to it…I haven’t even thought about decorating for Christmas yet, though I know I’ll have to eventually.
In the meantime, I’ll give you a random [...]
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I have to admit, I have diagnosed more than one illness with the help of Dr. Google.
At the first sign of illness in any member of my family, I’ve been known to hop on Google and begin a search involving symptoms, diagnoses, incubations, durations, treatment methods, and of course, “when to call the doctor.”
I like [...]
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Here’s some random stuff going on here that I’m shoving into one rambling mish-mashed post:
Baking
I had seen the book, Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, praised on numerous blogs and finally picked up my own copy last week. Let me just say that I am normally a yeast-a-phobe. I messed up a yeasty [...]
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We carefully gutted them….
We lovingly carved them…
We joyfully displayed them for all the world neighborhood to see…
And now?
And now?
And now, alas, we are left with carnage.
Pumpkin carnage.
Apparently, the local wildlife was only willing to admire our designs for so long before being overwhelmed with an intense desire to dismember and mutilate our pumpkins.
Farewell, orange friends.
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