Technical Difficulties

Sorry I have not posted since the very icky ladybug entry. A few things came up–I’ve been swamped trying to get ready for a little trip I’m taking soon (ah the logistics of single parenting!), Easter Bunny duties called, and as of a couple nights ago my hard drive suddenly, and with no warning whatsoever, [...]

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Coming up for air

Did I mention that traditionally February kicks my ass? Sheesh. Sorry for the long break! The last few weeks have been the perfect storm of Winter blahs, kid wrangling, and freelancing mayhem. I had three jobs come together all at once (which I usually try to avoid like a trip to Chuck E. Cheese) and [...]

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Acronym of the Day

Welcome to Military Jargon 101. Today’s acronym, OPSEC, stands for “Operation Security.” I’m guessing you all have a pretty good idea what that means without me going into detail. The closer we get to K reaching his deployment destination, the more important it is to not give out a whole lot of…well, any…specific information (on [...]

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Poll Dancing

Sometimes I think I have too much to say and I spend a lot of time self-editing/censoring and thinking about how I want to present it and too little time actually writing it down. I’ve been thinking quite a bit about how to both keep motivated to write here, and what types of things to [...]

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I’ll be back

I know it’s been too long since I last wrote, but I will be back regularly after January 2nd. We had a more chaotic Christmas than normal (and planned) and I’ll explain it all when I get back. With all the work to make Christmas happen, I really needed a long break to relax and [...]

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Rollercoaster days

I’m a little behind in my writing this week. K. and I were preparing for our last weekend away for a while so life got…well, nuts. Trying to fit in the regular events of the week along with babysitter interviewing, working with Monkey, and a myriad of other things like food shopping, bill paying, and [...]

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Admin note on Comments

Just wanted to let people know I changed the setting on having to register to comment. You should now be able to leave a comment without registering. Hopefully that will encourage people to participate when they feel the need, and I’m crossing my fingers WordPress has a handle on spam comments from the Russian contingent. [...]

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