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Gallimaufry: a collection of various things

About a boy AE is SO EXCITED to start kindergarten on Monday.  We saw his classroom and met his teacher last night, and he just can’t stop talking about it.  Actually, he can’t stop talking about the Math Center.  To me it just looked like a small bookshelf containing number-related puzzles and games, but to aspiring mathematicians it is […]

Things I know

Recently obtained information: Pretzel Goldfish taste exactly like…wait for it…PRETZELS.  I’m not sure what I was expecting exactly, Goldfish with a pretzel-y flair maybe.  Or maybe something akin to those weird two-sided Townhouse crackers.  But alas, no.  Simply pretzels shaped like Goldfish.  Sad.

T-minus 6 days and counting

Today has been better than yesterday, with a brief detour into OMG HOLY CRAP PANIC territory.  AE’s elementary school called and informed me that part of his shot record was missing.  Yes, we know he’s up to date, they said, and yes, we realize he is almost six, but we still need to know what shots […]

If you are looking for cheerful this is not the post for you

Hello.  I am beyond cranky and have nothing of value to say at all.  I can’t even point to one specific thing as the defining reason why I’m in such a bad mood, but there it is.  Just a combination of things, I suppose, including but not limited to the following:                                                                                                 

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I took Wednesday off work, as I have totally not been busy there but have plenty to catch up on at home.  It was awesome to have a day all to myself.  Where I could do WHATEVER I WANTED.  So I worked on our very neglected family scrapbook (12 pages down, approximately eleventy million to […]