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Four days ago, I promised a full disclosure on Christmas decorating. And then I signed off. Well, I had the decorating done, I just didn’t like the pictures. I think I’m Jonesing for new digital camera gear. I felt incomplete without divulging the hard earned reality of the holiday hullibaloo. So, without any more adieu,…
My ever busy brained child brought home a strip of yellow paper last week. And exclaimed it was his Santameter. Formerly a centimeter ruler created in his second grade class, he had grabbed a pencil and only as he can do, began to write little words next to the twelfth day and down. The Santameter…
When our son was a toddler, we purchased a new stainless refrigerator with side by side doors. I twitched as the child dented the front of it with various toys but I was still a proud parent of my new appliance. It took only a short time before bits and pieces began to dislodge themselves…
It’s time again for factoids you may or may not know about me.(Missed the first round? See it here.) Because, even though you read my blog and feel you know me, do you really? 1) Colored lights on my Christmas tree are against my religion. A white light base with a colored light string in…
This morning I was asking my husband what he thought of as a visual for good fortune, as this is my friend’s blog picture post theme. “A person walking away from a mangled car”, he offered. And, now thinking about it, I’d offer up a picture of me pregnant for that matter. COMPUTER VIRUSES Sadly,…
Is my kids two front teeth, world peace, and the end of hunger. Cause remember, I was lucky enough to have the spark of life happen in my belly at age 45. I don’t get to ask for nada for about 10 years. If I really want that new glue gun or that $20 bottle…
I told my son last Saturday that I’d seen Santa’s mailbox up on the counter at the post office. The time had come to write the all important letter to Santa. He and I had done some recon a while back at the Target for toys to covet. And the list had hung on the…
This is the second part of a two-part post entitled Trouble at the Table, in which I review and summarize Karen Le Billon’s book French Kids Eat Everything. It was actually one of those reads that changed my life and my kid’s by default. I hope I do it justice. Neither his food pickiness nor…
My fabulous e-course teacher Holly Becker had asked for her students comments on her Blogging Your Way E-course during October 2012. As the window for enjoying the workshop resources is about to shut, I thought it time to deliver my letter. And feel complete. Dear Holly, Several weeks ago, I had just listened to your…
This year’s Thanksgiving was a destination holiday for us. We returned to our favorite Holiday Inn at the Boardwalk and 17th Street in Ocean City, Maryland. The last time I was pregnant, we were here and so, this being a last opportunity to spend a holiday away before baby two comes found us in our…
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