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oops

Posted in the ones about my folly on August 4, 2008 | 13 Comments »

On Saturday, we had to be at HungryMan’s softball tournament at 8:00 am.
8:00 am. On Saturday morning. At a field that is forty minutes away.
Needless to say, the two of us were a little groggy and grouchy when we arrived at the park. And since we were veering on the later side of 8:00 am, [...]

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party poopers

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about my folly on June 19, 2008 | 15 Comments »

Hello friends! Ah, I’ve missed you and this crazy thing called the internet. I can’t believe it’s nearly the middle of June already. Time flies when you aren’t documenting it.
When I last left you, Ava was near comatose in her booster seat. Had I known that posting that picture would have resulted in my assuming [...]

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cleanliness, it’s next to…

Posted in the ones about my folly, the ones about surprises, tagged , , on April 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Today when I saw the short hand nearing the fifth digit, I thought I might be nice to transition from bathroom scrubber and laundress to pretty wife before Hungryman made his appearance.
I traded my hooded sweater for a sleeveless top with ruffles and my tennis shoes for open toed heels. I stepped in front of [...]

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this is how I roll

Posted in the ones about my folly on April 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »

(just so you know).
Last night after directing Ava to the underside of her covers, I snuck out the backdoor and drove out of our alley. I headed downtown towards the soothing sauna and whirlpool at Shanel’s condo.
There was no parking left in the garage, so I had to park on the street. I dug about [...]

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look mama, no gloves

Posted in the ones about my folly, tagged , on March 20, 2008 | 10 Comments »

look friends, no pile

Hurray, the pile has met the same fate as the snow.
Oh, just look at that all that clean open space.
And I promise there was absolutely no stashing involved. The books are returned. The mail is sent. The packages are ready. The artwork is sorted. The necessary has been filed. The unnecessary [...]

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down in the dumps

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about my folly, the ones about parenting, tagged , , , , on March 19, 2008 | 17 Comments »

When I first started this post (before WordPress lost several of my drafts) I intended it to be a funny story about Ava and how she is learning about life through books. Now it’s a not-so-funny story about how I’m learning through Ava and her books about life.
Take a quick gander over at the side [...]

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soup stand-in

Posted in the ones about cooking, the ones about my folly on March 6, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Last night, Ava and I shredded, sliced, and stirred our way through another soup for you.

Hoping to appeal to the non-soup eaters, we had made soup for the steak-knife. A hearty barley-beef soup with plenty of vegetables.
After putting the Sous Chef to bed, I pulled out my laptop and filled the screen [...]

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just how many licks does it take to get

Posted in the ones about my folly on December 7, 2007 | 4 Comments »

to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?
Apparently not enough to finish one girl’s haircut.
Let me start by stating that I’m not at all qualified to cut hair. Sure I watch my stylist Katie as she carefully sections out my hair and smooths it between her fingertips before snipping the ends. Watching someone cut [...]

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overachiever

Posted in the ones about my folly on December 3, 2007 | 8 Comments »

Blame it on birth order, genetics, or what have you, but while everyone else around here is content to have the sniffles and sneezes, I have to push it to the next level: bronchitis.
“It’s a really close call between pneumonia and bronchitis,” my doctor commented as she listened to my inflamed lungs, “I’m going to [...]

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