Love and War

Probably one of the happiest days of my youth was when I found out that I didn’t have to celebrate or even acknowledge The-Fake-&-Smarmy-Holiday-That-Shall-Not-Be-Named. This was long before K was in my life, so it has nothing to do with any missteps on either of our parts. In fact, when I told him he was [...]

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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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‘Tis the Season

Christmas makes me feel like the Wizard of Oz. I get to be the (wo)man behind the curtain orchestrating the gifts and making sure the munchkins don’t stick lollipops in each other’s hair while I turn everything green. I suspect, though, that I am busier at Christmas time than the Wizard is running Oz. I [...]

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Treasures and Time off

I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving. We enjoyed both a nice overnight stay with our families and some time away from the kids who stayed with my parents an extra couple of nights after we left. As much as we love the kiddos, it is always nice to have a break. We are lucky [...]

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Gobble Gobble!

There was a turkey loose in my back yard yesterday. He tried to make a break for it, but I caught him…on film anyway. There’s no getting away, little turkey! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I’ll be off for a couple of days visiting family and friends.  Hope you will be too.

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Little things

Thanksgiving is approaching and I am generally not one of those people who gets particularly sappy about the holiday. Of course I am thankful for the big things: family, friends I can count on, good health, my relative sanity, the Internets (and all the many devices that connect me to it), and a roof over [...]

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Plague, Possums, and Birthdays all around

Looks like the plague disrupted my writing plans again. I had a symptom a day ranging from chills to ear ache to headache. I can’t decide if having everything at once would have been preferable. I suppose it would have been more efficient. I will say that taking Lysine seems to have tipped the scale [...]

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Sick or Treat

It didn’t take long for something to happen after K. left. Nothing like getting things out of the way early. Luckily for the kids Trick or Treating happens a day earlier in our town (why, I’m really not sure) otherwise they would not have made it out the door. Given how excited Monkey was this [...]

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Great pumpkin

In an odd switch for our family, we are getting ready for Halloween earlier than usual. I admit that I’m rather lazy with this particular holiday. I, myself, am not interested in dressing up and I know what little self-control I have with Halloween candy, so it’s one of those times I tolerate. But this [...]

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Ode to a Monkey

Six years ago tonight I sat in a maternity ward hospital room by myself. I could hear the cries of newborns but none of them were mine…not that I would have known what my baby sounded like. It was a tough day and a lonesome night. I had been 7 months pregnant and everything was [...]

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