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A Mimosa is Just a Breakfast Screwdriver

I recently heard a someone say to ask yourself What is the best that could happen? instead of asking about the worst that could happen. ...

A Play, a Bat, and a Bag of Bricks

This year has kept going with the bang that started it on New Year's Day--if you define bang as car trouble and car repairs. Weeks and...

I Survived Saying No to Myself at Hobby Lobby

It takes an act of God to wake us up and get us going some mornings. That was today. But once we did move, we had a beautiful, quiet...

You Had Me at Fibonacci

Happy Fibonacci Day! Numbers fascinate me. Math is organized and predictable. It's right, or it's wrong, nothing in the middle. Black...

ATM(om) and More

Child: "I need $20." Mother: "For what?" Child: "I just need some money in case I need it." Do they think I'm an ATM? Kara and I made a...

Mom, I Folded the Laundry

Tonight was one of those nights I just couldn't come inside. I endured the voluntary torture of dance fitness, but if you've read any...

8 Months of January

You know what a nice noise is when you're a parent? Hearing the toilet flush the way it's supposed to. Until you've had to fight with...

Big Family & Bunny

Most of today was spent where I love best to be: surrounded by family. I grew up in a big, loud, happy family. I'm the third oldest of...

Bunny, $99 Milk, and I Finally Painted the Closets

We're far enough into a new year that lots of goals have already be derailed or abandoned. I don't have specific goals for a new year,...

Clean Socks & Moving

Is a parent supposed to laugh or cry in this situation? That is, I asked one child several times while we were at Meijer if he/she had...

Piles of Onions and A Cup of Coffee

Guess what fun I've been having lately? Sometimes the fun is more imagined than obvious, but here it is: Anticipating, then taking, an...

Parades, the Circus, and More

How many people get to lead a parade? I do! It wasn't actually a real parade with clowns and candy, bands and toilet paper floats. It...

What Do Bunnies Do All Day?

What does everyone do on a Sunday night in a little town? Go to Kroger. That's right. The entire town turned out on Sunday night to get...

The Best Part of the Day

My favorite part of the day? Spending time with Kara, my lovely daughter, walking around the neighborhood. That's when she really opens...

Almira Gulch and Roses

I was wrong today... And glad to be so. After completing part of the work for altering a dress, ready to test out the fit, I started...

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