Monthly Archives: January 2012

Of Hand Me Downs and An Abandoned Baby in a Box

Almost six years ago, the boy who shares the same school bus stop as Cody was put into a box and abandoned in a stairwell of an apartment building in Siberia.  By his own mother.  He was thirteen months old … Continue reading

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Simple Sunday – Light On. Light Off.

Around here we don’t use any old light switch to turn our lights on and off.  And now, neither do you!  This is a super handy, aesthetically pleasing, light switch handle designed by my boys with their Kid K’NEX (although … Continue reading

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From the Window I Spied…

Husband standing, waiting a small blue backpack with an orange shark print motif dangled from one hand.  Barely in view, crouched down in the middle of our driveway was Carter examining what was left of our snow – tire crushed, … Continue reading

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Mmmmm, Pie…

“The pie is an English institution which, planted on American soil, forthwith ran rampant and burst forth into an untold variety of genera and species.” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe~ Yesterday, January 23rd, was National Pie Day.  Created by the American Pie … Continue reading

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Simple Sunday – Fun in the Snow

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You’d Think I Would Learn

There are these things, stupid things, that I just can’t seem to stop doing.  I may not do them everyday but at least once a week I will find myself doing one of them and truly wonder about my mental … Continue reading

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Wait. This is Not How I Remember Snow Days.

The school district phone call woke me up at five, as my cell phone by the bed rang.  Two hour late start due to snow and no preschool.  Five minutes later the home phone, which is also forwarded to my … Continue reading

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The Skeletons in Our Closet

The alarm goes off.  Sometimes it wakes me up, sometimes it doesn’t.  Husband rolls out of bed turns it off and lumbers into the bathroom.  The door shuts, the light seeps out from under, and the shower starts up.  If … Continue reading

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Simple Sunday – First Snowfall of the Season

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Heads Up 7-Up!

I have been awarded the 7 x 7 Link Award by two very kind and talented bloggers, Mom in the Muddle and Mommy said a swear word!!  Thank you both very much.  If you have not had a chance to … Continue reading

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