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Wit makes its own welcome and …

June 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Wit makes its own welcome and levels all distinctions. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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My mirror is lamest iPod app E…

June 14th, 2010 · No Comments

My mirror is lamest iPod app EVER.

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?There is one thing more exa…

June 13th, 2010 · No Comments

?There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and wont and thats the wife who can’t and will. -Robert Frost

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Finally bought my flowers. Now…

June 13th, 2010 · No Comments

Finally bought my flowers. Now to plant them. Probably another three weeks.

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My Goal Pants Have An Elastic Waist

June 9th, 2010 · 5 Comments

How sad is it when your goal pants have an elastic waist?  I guess that’s what happens when chocolate is one of your basic food groups. Five pounds down and another 20 to go before I even feel human again, my next goal pants are tucked in the bottom drawer, their elastic inserts waiting to [...]

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Tags: Life Observations · Pet Peeves

I Don’t Know If I’m Ready for This

June 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

While I have been complaining (whining, pining, and commiserating) about missing the kids, I don’t know as I am ready for more. I was asked to watch two little ones, ages 6 and 3, for an overnight and suddenly, all my energy has been drained, mysteriously zapped at the very thought of chasing someone in [...]

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Tags: Family · Weekend Plans

Be Careful What You Wish For

May 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Today was my daughter’s birthday and it was the first one that she was not home for as she is now a working girl. By chance, her sister happened to be traveling to her town, so they had a birthday celebration without me – without the rest of us – but mostly me. Sad at [...]

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He Got Back, I Got Back

May 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment

While moving my son back home after his first year at college last Thursday, I pinched a nerve. That is what I get for being too lazy to put the load I was carrying down to open the door and trying to do it with my hip. While I have plenty of hip to perform [...]

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