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Today was a half day for Jack at school, which means no school at all for Maria.  So, basically everyone has been home all or most of the day.  Yay!  Even Dan was around for most of the morning, as he and I took everyone to Jack’s school mass this morning.  (Yes.  We are insane). [...]

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I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that I have two kick-ass sisters.  Well, I think they’ve out done themselves.  They bought me a Wii and Wii Fit.  Not for my birthday.  Not for Christmas.  Just because.  Because they are AWESOME.  (Let’s pretend it’s not because they think I’m fat, okay?) Seriously, though, I could not be [...]

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What originally had been a regrout project has turned into a partial bath remodel.  Now I wish we could just do the whole thing. Here’s what we started with this weekend after trying to remove some grout: And then we went to this: to this: to this: and finally, to this: While we’ll continue to [...]

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Whoohoo!  It was 5° when we woke up this morning.  Outside.  And inside. Okay, maybe it wasn’t 5° inside, but it was damn cold.  Guess why.  Come on.  Guess. You got it.  The furnace isn’t working.  It’s on.  The pilot light is lit.  The furnace itself is hot.  But, it’s not blowing air. We haven’t [...]

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Nothing is simple around this house. Nice, dontcha think?  This is what lies beneath the tile in our bathroom.  Our plan was to remove and replace the grout.  Looks like our project has expanded.

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My oldest… asked for gel and wax in his hair this morning so he would look “cool.”  Afterward, he preened in front of the mirror and declared, “Mary Claire is going to think I look sooooo cute!” My daughter… wanted a fancier room.  So she took a bag of 100,000 sequins and made it rain. [...]

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Didja miss me?  I know I haven’t posted in what seems like forever.  But, it’s not due to laziness.  Just the opposite as a matter of fact.  Dan and I had a very productive weekend. (And no, I don’t mean that #5 is on the way — we do know how to be productive in [...]

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Whoohooo!!!!!  A heat wave is coming through, people.  Highs of 25 today. Of course, I’ll believe it when I see it.  It’s currently -2°.

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I think I’m still a little paralyzed with it. Jack was no where to be found when I went to pick him up at school today.  No where. I pulled to the front of the school in the same place I do every day, but he wasn’t there.  I looked around.  I had the other [...]

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This weekend was an unusually busy one. We kicked things off with the whole, dog bloat-kid puking thing late Friday night.  That was fun! On Saturday it snowed.  Again.  A lot.  A FOOT.  I had thought that we’d already seen as much at one time that we’d see.  Ha.  Oh, and we’re due more this [...]

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