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Independence

Little Guy: "Mom, when can I walk to the bus stop by myself?" Me: "Do you want to?" Little Guy: "Yeah." Me: "Oh." Just take a butter knife, stab it in my chest, and turn it clockwise.  I guess the time has come.  He is starting to spread his wings. That’s my job, right?  To [...]

“Are There More Gods Than One?”

"There is one true God." So goes the catechism we have taught our young children.  This is why I was surprised this morning when the Princess asked out of the clear blue sky: "Mommy?  Are there two Gods?" A bit perplexed, I explained that no, there is just one God. But she persisted: "In that [...]

The Tablecloth Skirt

Yall are killing me with your comments on this post.   No, I do not have the skirt.  But it was cute.  Really.  I know you don’t believe me, but it was.  I was shocked to find out later that it reminded him of a tablecloth.  In fact, I’m pretty sure we fought about that… Any-whoooo.  [...]

How Did You Meet Your Honey?

I saw this over at Barb’s place.  I have always thought that the story of how I met my honey is pretty neat, so here you go! It was the summer before my senior year in college.  I stayed in the area for a summer job.  Three friends and I agreed to go in together [...]

Five Years Ago Today

September 11, 2001. Five years ago today. The day the safety and protection  I had always valued and perhaps taken for granted as a citizen of America vanished  in a blast of steel and glass and smoke and fire. It was early on a  clear, sunny morning. I was driving in my car with my [...]

Sweet C…

Since she was a baby, we have been singing this song to the C.  Today Hubby started singing this to her while they were together out in the garage, but C was not amused. In her most perturbed three-going-on thirteen-year-old voice, she said, “Daaaaaaad.  Don’t say dat!” Hubby responded, “Why not?  Aren’t you sweet?” C: [...]

Sometimes it pays to drive an unnecessarily large gas guzzling monster truck.

My husband drives a serious truck.  It’s a black Dodge Ram 1500 with the big chrome grill and the off-road package, which means the tires are extra large and it’s jacked up extra high.   It’s the kind of truck that when Hub drives it to the lumber yard to haul something home, the guys in [...]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Nevermind me.  I just couldn’t contain my GLEE at having two kids in school at the same time for three consecutive hours.  And the best part???  I get to do it again on Friday.  And then Monday and then Wednesday and then– What?  Oh yeah.  Sorry.  This isn’t about me. Ahem.  Anyway.  I was saying… [...]

“But Mommy! I have moneys! In my pinky bank!”

The Princess’ response when I told her we couldn’t afford to buy her the garish frilly pink number she spotted at the mall today.

One Down, One To Go!

Little Guy started first grade this morning.  It was a dreary, drizzly morning.  So we all donned our rain gear and, after taking the obligatory "first day of school picture" in front of my newly planted mums, we traipsed down to the end of our street where the bus stop is located. As we approached [...]

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