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Last night at dinner:
Maria:  Mom? What’s your name?
Me:  Susan.
Maria:  What color is the sky?
Me:  Blue.
Maria:  What’s the opposite of down?
Me:  Up.
Maria:  Susan blew up!  Hahahahahahahahaha.
Me:  Ha.  Where did you learn that?
Maria:  Aiden told it to me.
Me:  Stay away from Aiden.
Just kidding about telling her to stay away from Aiden.  Dan and I actually laughed.  I [...]

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I grabbed this from fellow blogger at http://morethananelectrician.wordpress.com/
Too funny not to share.

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Today was The Big Day.
We showed up a little early, so we were able to watch another pack or troop or group or whatever race their cars. That was fun, but not nearly as fun as watching “our” cars.
Jack’s car raced in the third heat in his Tiger pack.  His group raced four times and [...]

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Well, it’s Derby Time for the Boy Scouts.  You know?  The Pine Car Derby?  The most important thing EVER?  For the DADS, I mean.
A month or so ago, the kids were all given their Pine Car kits so they could start working on their cars for the upcoming derby.  They were also given a list [...]

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I’d love to say that I haven’t been posting because I’ve been away on an exotic vacation.  But, that would be my older brother, not me.
Instead of lying on the beaches of Hawaii and drinking pina coladas, I’ve been busy trying to work my ass off.  Unfortunately, it’s still there.
My little brother is getting married [...]

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Oh, how I hate to pay for something unnecessarily.
Months ago, Dan bought us a new garage door opener.  It’s unlike the current opener in that a) it isn’t rusted and rickety; b) it has more than one remote; and c) it has safety sensors – you know, those things that are REQUIRED BY CODE so [...]

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One of the many reasons I love our new parish:
(Printed in Sunday’s bulletin):
Church Crying Room
People sometimes ask why our church doesn’t have a
crying room. When the church was built, a decision was
made not to include a crying room so as not to segregate
families with babies and young children from the rest of the
congregation at Mass.
When [...]

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The last few days have been wonderfully warm here.  Everyone tells me not to expect it to last, as sometimes it snows as late as Mother’s Day.  But, I just pretend I don’t hear them and go on my merry way, lest I want to shoot myself.
I’ve taken advantage of the current weather and have [...]

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In honor of St. Paddy’s Day, the kids didn’t have to wear their uniforms to school today.  I had to rush around this morning (’cause, you know, I like to plan ahead), after getting very little sleep last night, trying to find green for everyone.  Or orange.  (???)
I did pretty well.  Everyone had green except [...]

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Yesterday, we spent a couple of hours at our town’s annual St. Paddy’s Day parade.
Some things I learned:
1.  People around here take St. Paddy’s VERY seriously
2.  I need to plan ahead next year and raid Oriental Trading so we can fit in better
3.  I will NOT be giving up alcohol for Lent again
4.  We will [...]

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