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Entries from February 2010

Winter Wonderland

February 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Usually, at about the end of February or the start of March, those of us in colder climes start to get sick of winter. Today I woke up to a veritable Winter Wonderland outside so it was really hard to not find it beautiful. A thick coating of soft snow was piled up on the [...]

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Tags: Moms

Tomorrow, Tomorrow. No Electronics Tomorrow

February 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments

I’m shopping tomorrow. It’s only a day away. This $50 Marshall’s gift card I have had since Christmas is burning a whole in my pocket so I made a date with the kids to shop. Of course that means I will be footing the bill for dinner but such is life. I can’t decide if [...]

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Tags: Weekend Plans

Birthday Tips

February 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments

For my birthday today, my girls took me out for a mani-pedi combo, so I am sporting pretty new finger and toe nails. It was very nice. My husband made lasagne, which takes him the whole day. He does the same dinner for us every year. It was delicious. I was happy too that my [...]

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Tags: Life Observations · Mates

Follow Up – St. Anthony’s Visit

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments

I don’t have to eat my hat, not that I felt I was in danger of having to do so. I got the call today while I was out. Luckily that made it be recorded on my answering machine for all posterity to listen to. Where was the missing notebook that I was too blind [...]

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Tags: Kids

St. Anthony, St. Anthony Come Around

February 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment

First of all, I hate mumbling. That’s what I got on the answering machine – my son mumbling on not just one message, no. He left two consecutive rambling mumblings. Seems he lost his notebook. Couldn’t find his notebook that he insisted is on the living room floor.  Here I set on that very living [...]

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Tags: Pet Peeves