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An Honest Mistake
Gracie gave this note to Chris the other day. “Sorry,” she told him. “I meant to write ‘Dad,’ but I accidentally wrote, ‘Mom.'” It’s been a week and this still makes me laugh.
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Family Labor
This past weekend, Chris’s mom and her boyfriend, Charles, came to town for a quick visit. We hadn’t seen them since January, and it was time for Grandmomma snuggles. Coincidentally, the day before…
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A Sad, Fun Weekend
We moved my mom out of her house this weekend, which was kind of sad. But it was made infinitely less sad by the presence of my sister and her family. Ginny and…
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Weirdness on a Thursday
Is there a full moon? Because today was weird, y’all. Was it just me or was everyone just slightly off their rocker all day long? My students at school were weird. There were…
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Good Job, Katie Girl
I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot recently. I think about him all the time anyway, but lately it has been more than normal. My mom is selling her house. In fact,…
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No Fences Make Embarrassing Neighbors
We are replacing the fence in our backyard. This requires several steps. We had to take down the existing fence (because even though we are already paying thousands of dollars for a new…
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Happy Campers
This past weekend, we went camping with some families from our Cub Scout pack at Ft. De Soto National Park right outside of St. Petersburg, Florida. This was our second time camping with…
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Report Card Predictions
Bean got his report card last week. All A’s, of course. Even in math. He gets it from his daddy. His favorite subject is math. And his favorite part about math is counting…
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Adventure, Exploring, Laughing, and Growing
One of the things I did in the past year without blogging was to plug into my kids activities more. One of those was getting involved in Cub Scouts with Bean. He was…
