Things I’ve learned so far in 2014
1) Cartooning! This is what I look like when someone doodles me! 2) Set theory. Kiddo4: “I found this rusty bolt on the bus. One of the kids told me he’d give me all the money in the world for…
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A McDonalds Saves Our Lives
We went on a road trip for Thanksgiving, and because I like the idea of keeping my sanity, I went to the library for an audiobook of the 5th Percy Jackson book to keep the kids occupied on the drive….
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Seven quick-takes
I haven’t been around, what with the beginning of the school year, so I’ll just give a few updates and maybe begin blogging again. 1) I actually ran a 5K race! And by “race” I mean “I started and completed…
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A little kindness, at least
As a warning, there is dead wildlife at the end of this post. If that’s a trigger for you, please stop reading here. — On Tuesday nights, I come home late with one of the Kiddos while my Patient Husband…
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I’m Amish
Kiddo#2 went on a week-long trip with her cousins, and she’s learned we’re Amish. I should have realized long before now, but I guess I was too busy reading books on my ereader to notice how I’ve rejected technology. Maybe…
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A cruel blow
This comes up often enough that I have to blog about it: how do you get an object out of a child’s nose? The reason this keeps coming up is no one seems to know what to do when it…
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The way things open and close
She arrived in our house after we’d been married a few months, part mistake and part fate the way good things always are. We had seen teeny-tiny kittens in the pet store, so I went to the animal shelter to…
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And you thought you hated those Christmas songs…
Yesterday, I was involved in creating Christmas music that made you reach for the ear-sporks. My Patient Husband and daughter decided to get out their respective cello and violin, and using a book of Christmas carols that came from when…
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Quick update — we’re back (Edited with How To Help NYC)
Power came back on. Actually, the power company guy came and restored power after I pulled over on the side of the road next to the only power company truck still left in Angelborough. I pointed out that two separate…
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Going on 72 hours without power…
…but we’re doing okay. When the power went out on Monday, I thought, “This is too soon. We’re going to be down for days.” Fortunately. Up until now, we’ve never lost power for more than eight hours. In fact, the…
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