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Maria:  What’s for dinner? Me:  Hamburgers.  Will you check the pantry for some buns? Maria (looking in the pantry):  We don’t have any. Me:  Shoot.  Call Dad, then, and ask him to pick some up.  He went to get the car (from the repair place). Maria (taking my phone and walking into my bedroom for [...]

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I saw this adorable onesie on Pinterest and thought, “I could do that!” How cute would Andrew look?!? But then, I forgot all about it.  Until I came across it again, only it was a version in which someone had made a t-shirt rather than a onsie and used felt instead of paint. Well, this [...]

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On Saturday, Sam, Andrew, Luke and I hung around the YMCA ice rink while Jack and Maria had skate school.  Bored with watching the lesson, the boys chose to entertain themselves:

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I’ve heard that the brain cannot remember pain.  Although I’ve never researched it, it’s believable.  I mean, women go through pregnancy and child-birthing multiple times (some of us more than others).  And there are people who have run more than one marathon.  Painful, right?  And, yet, people repeat those experiences. I believe, however, that my [...]

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While the baby cried, the dog begged, the children yelled and the TV blared, I prepared a new meal tonight.  Inspired by something I saw on Pinterest (my latest time-sucking obsession), I made this: Pretty cool! Yum?  Maybe. It was fun to try, but I doubt I’ll go through the trouble again.  Maria pulled hers [...]

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Despite the riskiness of putting swords into the hands of my children, our family chose a pirate theme for Halloween this year:  five pirates and a parrot.  (It’s too hard to take pictures with an eye patch, so I forwent.) Scenes from the event: P.S. Be sure to check my Flickr page (click the little [...]

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