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General
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General
Coming clean
“Mom? Please don’t get mad. I did two things to make a mess. First, I dropped my paintbrush, and now there’s paint on the carpet. Then, I went to wipe paint off my hands, and so now there’s paint on your red towel in the kitchen. I’m sorry.” I hug her. “Thank you for telling [...]
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General
Totally.
09.06.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI reference Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Joel stares blankly. I’m incredulous. How is this possible? But Keanu Reeves and I share a birthday, I say. “That’s always been one of my least favorite things about you.” It has been added to our Netflix queue.
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Family, General, Life, School, Work
Resourceful
07.28.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsZoe had a diversity/international celebration at school today. The request was that each child dress in a representative ethnic costume for a parade and bring a dish for everyone to sample. It’s a great idea. Until we remembered that we’re white. We (w)racked our brains for the better part of a week to come up [...]
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Baby, Family, General, Health, Life, School, Work
Clumsy
Here’s what just happened: A curly-headed blur zoomed past me as I carried the dog’s full bowl of water to his tray. Zoe, don’t run with a pen, please. It’s dangerous. “It’s not a pen, and anyway I was skipping with it. It’s my pencils.” ALRIGHT WELL WHATEVER YOU’RE RUNNING WITH STOP IT AND WALK [...]
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General
Tip tried; worth sharing
05.24.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI’m not sure what was so tasty in our last bag of trash, but we have found ourselves today with quite the gnat problem. They were horrible impediments to my studying – I don’t know how the farm animals deal with such distractions all day, every day, and I’m pretty sure those can be biting [...]
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General, Health, Life
Neuroses and shallowness. And hair.
11.11.10 | Permalink | 5 CommentsIn the words of Gob, I’ve made a huge mistake.
