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About Shoes

I am an elementary school teacher, a former microbiologist, a mom to a herd of two boys, and a grilled cheese sandwich and beer connoisseur.

The Bald Truth

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Shoes

These are all pictures of me.  Notice anything? I have Alopecia.  I have had it since my senior year in high school although at that time it was not noticeable.  I went completely bald in 1994 when my natural golden … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – A Forgotten Rind

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Shoes

A watermelon rind tossed aside and forgotten only to be found and enjoyed by another. While I would have preferred the boys use the bowl left out specifically for watermelon rinds, I am glad it did not go to waste.

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Buckingham Palace

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Shoes

Every evening before the boys go to bed they are expected to clean up their toys.  Quite often they have to be told more than once but for the most part they know the routine and don’t make too many … Continue reading →

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The Cat Conundrum

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Shoes

One nice day in early spring, our neighbor took her daughter to Arkansas for a three week long visit and never came back.  She had told no one of her plans not even her husband of nine years, the father … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Stability and Blueberries

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Shoes

For several years I have wanted to plant blueberry bushes in our yard.  For a variety of reasons I have not gotten around to it. This weekend, to celebrate the newfound stability in our lives, I planted three great blueberry … Continue reading →

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Practically Living at the YMCA Pool

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Shoes

A week or two ago (actually I have no idea when, since having children my concept of time has become skewed and everything seems about a week or two ago) we were at the YMCA for Cody’s physical therapy swim.  … Continue reading →

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Serious Mad Props

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Shoes

I don’t know why the props are so serious.  Maybe they’re not serious but mad, in a serious way.  Regardless of the mental state of the props, I like the expression and think that it makes me sound way cooler … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Friends & Pie

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Shoes

Yesterday was our first Annual Summer Pie Day.  After breakfast we grabbed some buckets and bowls and walked to our neighborhood blackberry patch, a place the boys have coined Blackberry Alley Instead of saying stop picking in reference to his … Continue reading →

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Summer Pie Day

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Shoes

We have celebrated National Pie Day, which falls on January 23rd, for the past two or three years ever since I learned of it’s existence.  Every year my pie enthusiast friends and I lament that the holiday falls during a … Continue reading →

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One Thing Leads to Another

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Shoes

The neurodevelopment appointment led to an orthopedic appointment.  This is happening today.  There will be talk of surgery involving Cody’s Achilles tendon.  Hopefully a very-in-the-future surgery. The neurology appointment led to scary conversations about epilepsy (we found out they stop … Continue reading →

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