Little Skater (updated)

I blame the snow tires. My husband got them put on our van the other day. Then, needing space to tote the other set of tires back home, he took my stroller out of the van and left it in the garage. I didn’t realize it was missing till I got to [...]

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Happy New Year!

Isaiah 43:18-19

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Opinion Saturday

It’s Opinion Saturday again! Today’s question: what’s that best thing that happened to you this year that you could not have predicted a year ago? In other words, what was your best surprise in 2006? Or, if your year wasn’t especially surprising, just share a highlight of the year.
You have until Tuesday evening [...]

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2006 in Review

I saw this meme over at www.new.mom
1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
I started blogging. And now I may never shut up.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn’t make one this year. I’m not sure about next year. [...]

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Tent update

After thinking it over, this morning I offered my 4 year old a solution to her tent problem. I told her if she really wanted that tent, she could do some jobs for me and earn the money. Or the other option, I explained, was just to wait and ask for the tent [...]

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Why I love my New York Times

One of the coolest things that arrives at my house each day is my New York Times. It is actually just an email with a list of clickable links that feature various articles in the New York Times for that day. Some days I only click on one or two things to [...]

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Drat Santa

“Santa didn’t get me what I wanted, ” declared my four year old soberly at dinner last night.
Conversation around the table stopped, and everyone looked her way.
“What about your new purple bike?” I asked quickly.
“It has training wheels,” she said disdainfully. “I don’t need training wheels.”
“Daddy can take them off. And what about the [...]

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anyone have any idea why when I try to highlight text with the mouse to drag and drop (mostly in a word document) it will highlight way too much? grrr…darned new laptop..

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From the other side, part 2 (Christmas morning)

Christmas morning we heard children thundering out of their beds at 7 am. Yawning, we rolled out of bed ourselves and headed for the coffee pot. Then began the free-for-all. We pushed one couch toward the dining room table to have more space in the living room, and the kids soon had [...]

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Hello from the other side…

…of Christmas, that is!
Does this post look extra-bright? Shiny? Crisp? Well, it does from this side of the blog. Why, you ask? Because I got a LAPTOP for Christmas!! (Showing once again that my hubby spoils me completely rotten.) Now if I can only get used to this [...]

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