From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Special Delivery

October 31, 2007

My order from Needle In A Haystack arrived yesterday.
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Crafting 911

October 30, 2007

Not too long ago, my sister called and asked me to measure The Poo’s waist. My girl is lucky enough to have a

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Coming Soon …

October 29, 2007

Join us. You know you want to.
Speaking of NaBloPoMo, my well, as it were, seems to be drying up. My creativity is wrung nearly arid from all this writing. I’m going the easy way out (hey, whatever works) and asking you to ante up.
Ya’ll come here every day – well, some of you do, anyway. [...]

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American Pie

October 27, 2007

In the days and weeks just after my father died, every time I got in the car I heard “American Pie” by Don McLean. My husband, mother and sister had the same experience.
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I drove to our local apple orchard Wednesday morning to gather some Halloween decorations.
As I headed westbound, toward home, I decided to take [...]

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Horsing Around

October 27, 2007
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That Girl

October 26, 2007

I cleaned out my office this past weekend, a task that was long overdue. Boxes of office supplies that we never unpacked were stacked in front of the closet, blocking any reasonable access to the filing cabinet, which itself was a nightmare mess.
In the interests of sanity and tax write-offs (I want to be able [...]

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After-Lunch Treat

October 24, 2007

The Poo Finishes A Fudgescicle

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I’m trying to pull a fast one on my picky eaters over at The Full Mommy. Click here to read about my adventures with Jessica Seinfeld’s controversial new cookbook, Deceptively Delicious.

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The Soundtrack Of My Life

October 23, 2007

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know about The Beatles.
When I was a little girl not even three, my father, himself just 22 years old, would play his guitar and sing me songs written by John and Paul.
Later, as an eight-year-old, I’d dim the lights in our basement rec room and grab my [...]

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Forgive Me, Weight Watchers, For I Have Sinned

October 22, 2007

It has been 48 hours since my return to Weight Watchers meetings.
I weighed in at a respectable 152.7 pounds, up just under three pounds from my previous low if 148, and down just over five from my all-time high of 157.
Yesterday I did so well! I had coffee for breakfast, no sugar, just a few [...]

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Holding Hands

October 21, 2007
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