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A Boy’s World
Bean got a new bed last week. We traded his queen sized bed (which he loved and we had to promise would be replaced with something infinitely cooler…) for a bunk bed. He…
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Happy Mother’s Day to Me!
As the kids get older, the Mother’s Days become even better. They are filled with more handmade artwork and lots of “you’re the best mommy ever’s.” My Mother’s Day celebration actually began Friday…
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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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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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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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Guilt’s a Punk
So, the guilt beast showed up this week with guns blazing. I’ve been feeling pretty great lately about our family, and that guilt bastard sniffed out my confidence and was like, “WHOAH, THERE…
