Category: Daily Living
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Just When You Think You’re All Alone in This World………..
It’s always refreshing to find someone who understands where you’re coming from and what you are going through. In a world that seems full of focused and frolicky, shiney locked mothers who fit perfectly…
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And So Summer Begins…..
Well, we are not yet three hours into our first day of summer (Joseph’s last day of school was yesterday) and we have already had three time outs, two injuries (due to my son…
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Keeping Telemarketers At Bay
I recently moved to a new state and had to get a new local phone number. Lately I’ve started to get telemarketing calls and I wanted a simple way to get my phone number…
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Frightful Sizes
I am in Florida visiting my parents. We walked in to lovely faces, happy embraces and the most grotesque thing I have ever seen – a television the size of a football field in…
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Mama’s Kitchen
I heard a wonderful piece on NPR today – it was called Hidden Kitchens. Apparently it comes on every Friday (this was the first time I have caught it) and today it was featuring…
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Belonging
It’s a lovely feeling when you find where you belong. I don’t know that it happens to everyone, but it has happened to me. For years I have wandered around, looking for a neighborhood…
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The Long Sweet Goodbye
Today was moving day. Sigh. I have a tendency to romanticize everything, so bare with me. I am sitting ina completely empty apartment. My kids are with my husband and I am here to…
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Business is Business
I have learned a hard lesson. I have always wondered why people are hard nosed (and mean) when it comes to business. I never understood why – I always thought “well, geez, lighten up”.…
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Frolicking with Five Year Olds….
I just spent the morning at my son’s school helping out with an animal project. What fun! I had no idea that being around ten to twelve five and six year olds could be…
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Drinking up History.. literally
I was mosying around a few websites looking for some interesting recipes this morning and came across an interesting archeaological find. Apparently some of the earliest recipes found, on cave walls and the like,…