overwhelmed
The music series will finish up on Monday. Sorry. I’ve begun Christmas shopping in earnest, and I’m overwhelmed. We’ve written a list so we know whom to buy for and have some guidelines as to what. The Kiddos are mostly…
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Monthly Archive: December 2007
The torrid affair between me and Music (part two)
To recap: I’ve always loved music. I lived in my walkman as a teenager and used those songs to express and expand what I was feeling. But I’ve never been good enough with an instrument to prevent listeners’ ears from…
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The torrid affair between me and Music (part one)
A commentor asked why I don’t just give up violin and take up guitar. Cue long-winded response: I love music and always have. Making it…? Not so much. I’m like someone who loves cakes, reads about cakes, talks about cakes,…
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Seventeen minutes of commercials
The Kiddos’ TV watching is strictly regulated by me, and because we don’t have more than basic-basic cable, that means PBS or video tapes from the library. Regarding the latter, thank heaven I didn’t buy this one. Blue’s Clues “Cafe…
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The Christmas present mothers dream of…
This year, I’ve told anyone who asks that for Christmas I want a goat (or part of one). (My mother thought at first I wanted it to eat the paper clutter in my house.) I’ve received one goat so far….
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My violin: a revelation
I don’t exactly “play” the violin. To be more accurate, what I do is I “torture” it. I took violin lessons for two or three years as a kid. At the end of that, I realized that without private lessons…
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Kiddo #2 poses a question
In the middle of dinner last night, Kiddo#2 burst out laughing. “Why do they say things are ‘easy as pie’?” she managed to get out between giggles. “Pie isn’t easy!” I thought at first maybe it was as easy as…
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Snow day for the Kiddos
We had 58 inches of snow in Angeltown last night, so they cancelled school. Here’s the old method of finding out they cancelled school: 1) wake up at the regular time 2) notice white stuff outside 3) listen to radio…
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Yes, I discovered graphics. Why?
Since I know you’re dying with curiosity, here are the Kiddos in all their glory, helping to rake the leaves: And of course, this is what happened about four seconds afterward: Actually, what I discovered was the cable that connects…
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LOLcats & what they teach us
Actually, this is self-explanatory. I just get a giggle out of it. moar funny pictures It’s kind of how I feel this year about Christmas preparation, Christmas shopping, Christmas cards, and Christmas music. It’s amazing how much LOLcats have gotten…
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