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Buddy the Dog
My mom came over this weekend to spend the night. The next morning, we were sitting around having breakfast and she started telling some stories from my childhood that happened without me (and…
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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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You Look Like a Troll
Tonight as I was cooking dinner, Gracie came into the kitchen holding her hair in her hands. “What’s wrong with you, chicka chicka boom boom?” I teased her. Silence. “Gracie?” I said, giving…
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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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An Itemized Statement of Gracie
Item #1: Gracie has her preK graduation in a few weeks. I hyperventilate every time I say that. I can’t believe she is going to be in kindergarten this fall. We have her kindergarten…
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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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Curmudgeon
Saturday was a weird day. We had to get up early to go to Bean’s baseball game, and we had a lot of errands to run to get ready for the Cub Scouts Crossing…
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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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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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Middle of the Night Shenanigans
Around 5:00am this morning, there was a bump in our house. It sounded like something plastic falling and it came from downstairs. I immediately sat straight up in bed and whispered, “What was…
