Guns, the Lottery, Fiestaware and Goodwill to all men

January 20, 2011

Howdy Fellow Travelers, Yesterday my co-worker (Abby) read me a news post about a shooting in a Los Angeles high school.  Apparently the student was carrying a loaded weapon in his backpack, which he dropped, and the gun went off injuring at least two students. Wow! That sucks.  Guns in backpacks.  Not really what the [...]

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Control Freaks

January 19, 2011

Sitting at my desk I have once again lost track of the time. It is time to leave. But I can’t make myself get up. Are you ever pulled in so many directions that you suffer from inertia? Thousands of demands are crawling over me.  Who I have to be. How I have to look [...]

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FACEBOOK – Needs to Learn the Definition of ACCOUNTABILITY

January 10, 2011

The following terms: “Customer Service” and “Facebook” should not be allowed to appear in the same domain. not anywhere. Over winter break when Thing 1 and Thing 2 were home I tried, with my humble, middle-aged hackless skills, to get my son back into his email account and his FB account.  I made him do [...]

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Goals for 2011, I’m serious

January 2, 2011

Goals for 2011 (in order, unless I change my mind) 1.  Learn enough about Thesis that I can change fonts efficiently and add those cool boxes to my side bars. 2. Revise this blog to share my knowledge of what HAS and HAS NOT worked for me, as a parent, thus far…the journey continues as [...]

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Post Christmas Frenzy Musings

December 26, 2010

The day after Christmas: 12/26 I haven’t left the house today (unless you count using the elliptical on the back porch).  Remaining at home is definitely a pleasant experience.  I read, I sat in the same room as my husband and children and pretended we all still live here, together, in perfect harmony.  Oh yeah, [...]

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Gingerbread Dough and P Dubs Printer Giveaway

December 8, 2010

Yes, I made more Gingerbread Dough last night.  The grocery list continues to grow as I’ve spent much time visiting the cookie friends of Ree Drummond, “The Pioneer Woman”. PW was my first blog experience and the reason my life has journeyed into the land of cookies and BUTTER.  Actually, my dear friend Barbara FORCED [...]

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And I Started the Gingerbread House

December 7, 2010

Oh yes I did!  Now I need to make more gingerbread dough. I’ll get some pictures taken of the “work in progress”.  I’ve also planned a bunch of Holiday Cookies because they look good and I want to try it. There is really no one to Holiday shop for this year.  The boys can’t take [...]

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Over the River to Granny’s Skilled Nursing Facility we go

December 3, 2010

Just a quick note.  Off to see mom today and get her glasses replaced.  Managed to get dad’s bills scanned and off to the insurance companies.  The sisters say Mom is depressed…I’m told this is normal. Maybe an iPod with audio books would perk her up! Dad?  Men are so hard to buy for.  Especially [...]

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Visions of Sugarplums, I mean elder care

December 1, 2010

So here we are.  The festive season has been breathing down our necks for at least 3 months and I’ve finally decided I want to bake Gingerbread Houses.  And Cookies… I love to bake.  I know. Contrary to popular belief I CAN cook.  I just CHOOSE not to cook for unappreciative souls. I have at [...]

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Not quite back yet…

November 28, 2010

Howdy Blog friends! I hope everyone had a good holiday. My family is very thankful this year that my mom is still with us.  Last Tuesday, my mom was struck by a car.  She had just put my 8 and 10 year old nieces on their school bus.  As the bus went across the intersection, [...]

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