August 2008

Someone Really Does CARE

August 28, 2008

If I had posted this in the “Things I Have Learned” category I would tell you first and foremost that it is not advisable to travel to New York City in what is likely to be the still freezing month of March.  If you must though, I have to warn against taking four young children [...]

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To Explain My Absence

August 26, 2008

I’m swamped. I’ve neglected my blog reading.    And responding to my comments.  And now I’m just stopping in to tell you that I’m neglecting tonight’s post as well. I feel as though I’m engaged in a quiet combat with the school.  One that has left me drained and saddened.  And I’m busily preparing for a [...]

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Don’t Mess With Me. I’ve Got Peeps.

August 25, 2008

I am SO annoyed with Cassidy’s school right now. I already told you about the para incident.  Now today they called me and asked that I pick her up from school two hours after having dropped her off. Why you ask? Because one of her eyes was red and swollen and they assumed she had [...]

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What The Heck Is A Ticky Tocky?

August 21, 2008

*****Updated to announce that Kari from Karis Ramblings is the winner of the Table Topics cube***** We used to go to family reunions when I was a kid.  I don’t remember too terribly much about them other than hugs from perfect strangers and cheek pinching from old ladies who wore entirely too much rose-scented perfume.  There [...]

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The End of The Award Hoard

August 21, 2008

When I was a kid, I was one of those who would hoard all of my Halloween candy until, like, Fourth of July.  I’d eat one or two pieces a day until all I had left were those nasty peanut butter taffy things and peppermints.  I’ve never been a fan of peppermints.  I even bought an old book [...]

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The Big Reveal

August 20, 2008

Here she was before… And here she is now… Those metal brackets on her teeth are actually quite becoming don’t ya think?  And for the record, yes: that hair in her eyes drives me batty!

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Quick Takes From My Scattered Brain

August 19, 2008

- Quick!  I need help coming up with themed costume ideas for our visit to Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party at Disney World next month.  We try to do a family theme (one year it was Peter Pan and then we all went as hippies the next year).  So far, the best we can [...]

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