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On the Hunt

May 1, 2009

Preschool is almost over for the year, meaning that my work hours are about to be sharply curtailed unless I find a new babysitter.
Our current sitter is about to graduate, so yesterday I placed my twice-yearly add on the job board at the Huge Midwestern University. I asked for Mary Poppins, tongue only halfway in [...]

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Snips and Snails and Puppydog Tails

March 29, 2009

He is so different.
He doesn’t want to cuddle, even with his mama, unless there is a bottle involved. First thing in the morning, riding high on his daddy’s arm, he greets me with rosy cheeks and a slow, shy smile that finally bursts as bright as the sun shining in our eyes.
I hear them, before [...]

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Invalid’s Shopping List

March 11, 2009

If I watch one more episode of Little Bill, I think my head will explode.
*Ka-BLAM!*
Oh, wait. It just did.
I’ve been accused more than once in my life of being a lazy-ass, a housewife whose skills would make June Cleaver shudder, a cook whose culinary creations approach extreme mediocrity.
Smiling as the accusations bounced off my cheap, [...]

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OK I’m All Done With This Now

March 6, 2009

I’m always complaining that I don’t get enough rest.
Well, this is Day Three of my Enforced Restitude and I am HATING it. My baby cries, I can’t pick him up My big girl needs pigtails, I have to let grandma do it. I can’t get myself anything to eat or drink.
I have not brushed my [...]

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At Least It Give Me Another Excuse Not To Shave My Legs

February 23, 2009

I went to the doctor last week, expecting to have a giant needle inserted into my knee, and instead came away with a handful of pre-surgical instructions and a date with the knife on March 4.
My poor knee, it hurts so much, and honestly, I have no idea how I hurt it. The doc thinks [...]

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My Own Worst Enemy

January 20, 2009

Nothing makes me screw up like success.
I’m like a sunny day that suddenly turns black and threatening, storm clouds gathering where before there was just blue sky. People come outside, stepping off their front porches, and turn their faces to the heavens, puzzled.
Lately I’ve been buried in work. This is good, yes. Really very good. [...]

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Winter Driving Tips From Mrs. Chicken

December 18, 2008

If the weatherman predicts an ice storm for the next day, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION THE DAY BEFORE THE PREDICTED STORM.
When an ice storm does hit, STAY HOME.
When the posted speed limit is 35 mph, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO DRIVE AT 30 MPH.
If you are driving under the posted [...]

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Pottery Barn Is Taunting Me

October 1, 2008
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Weathering The Storm

September 14, 2008

The weather makes today perfect for cups of fragrant tea and naps.
Shaggy is napping, and I have a big cup of coffee in my hand, but our location leaves something to be desired. The boy is in his hospital crib, deep in slumber. In fact, he sleeps better here than he has ever, anywhere. Last [...]

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Anywhere But Here

September 13, 2008

The hospital becomes familiar quickly.
After five years of navigating the medical system while my father lived with and then ultimately died from cancer, I got to know how hospitals work.
You have to finesse the nurses; doctors swoop in and out. It’s the nurses who deliver meds on time and fetch extra pillows and bedding.
The cafeterias [...]

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