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A friend of mine recently blogged (or dittoed a blog) about getting the, “My, you have your hands full!” comment when she’s out with her young children.   I was somewhat stunned to learn that she is the target of such comments, as she only has THREE small children.  (I mean, I know only two are [...]

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Seriously?  I must have pissed someone off royally.
This morning, I woke poor Jack early so he could shovel the several inches of snow off the driveway so we could get to school.  Even if his dad HAD done it before going to work, at the rate it’s snowing, Jack would have had to do it [...]

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Did I say something really stupid last time?  Like, “It could be worse?”
Well, it’s worse.
As I headed to the mall yesterday  morning (still in St. Louis) with my cabin fevered kids, the Honda service guy called.  “Blah, blah, blah, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, blah, blah THURSDAY.”
Somehow, I managed not to wreak my father-in-law’s car at hearing [...]

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It could be worse… It could be worse… It could be worse…
It’s what I keep telling myself and everyone that asks.  But, it’s still frustrating.
We’re stranded.  Yes, it’s at my in-laws (who have food, heat and a washer and dryer), but we’re still stranded.  Unable to get home and back to the things we need [...]

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We didn’t get the snow that our friends in the East did, but we did get several inches on Friday night.  Our biggest snowfall so far this season.
The kids, of course, were thrilled.  Jack, especially.  He spent several hours outside this weekend building a snow fort. (Pictures to come.)
Yesterday afternoon, when our youngest little darling [...]

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The Good:
The doorbell rang late this morning – right around lunchtime – and I was delightfully surprised to see a flower delivery person standing on my doorstep with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.  My first thought, of course, was that they were for the neighbors.  But when the man used my name, I knew they [...]

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We went to St. Louis over the weekend.  One of Dan’s brothers and his family were in town for a few days, so we took the opportunity to see them, as they live quite a distance from us.  It was fun to see everyone and we were happily surprised that a) we were able to [...]

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No, no, no.  Sam’s NOT going to be a big brother.  That’s not the kind of big brother I’m talking about.
I’m talking about the other kind…
Have you ever heard of redlightviolations.com?  Well, neither had I.  Until I opened my mail yesterday and found that I had received a Red Light Violation Notice, courtesy of the [...]

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As I lay in bed this morning dozing off and on with various juvenile faces fading in and out of view, I thought that one of the nice things about spring break – besides not fixing lunches – is not having to get out of bed at the crack of dawn.  And then an elbow [...]

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So.  My sister called today.  She was in the car with one of hers, on the way to an appointment.  And I was home with all of mine, trying to shove food into everyone at 4 p.m. so we could make it to karate on time and not starve while there.
As my sister and I [...]

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