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Achievements and other less-interesting things

Miss T has finally found her stride!  After a month of almost walking but not quite, she seems to have figured it out.  I mean, she isn’t ready to participate in a 5K or anything, and she still gets around faster by crawling, but I think we can officially count her among the bipeds.  She is […]

Me, Idiot Extraordinaire: Part 452,354 of infinity. Plus one.

Last night I picked up the lid to a dish I was using.  I was using this dish to cook a pork tenderloin in our oven.  Which was heated to 425 degrees.  I picked up the lid in my bare hand, completely without benefit of a potholder.  Because I am the biggest moron ever to walk […]

Variety is the spice of life, after all

Needless neighborly nosiness Our next-door neighbor is a lady who lives by herself.  Her daughter is in college locally and stops by quite a bit, and the daughter’s boyfriend mows the lawn for her.  The neighbor lady herself seems quite friendly, and although I can’t remember her name I have chatted with her on more than one occasion.  All […]

Every topic under the sun? CHECK.

Oh, THANK GOD IT IS MONDAY.  I am not even kidding.  AE has been out of town so much this summer it had been a while since we had to wrangle both children at home all weekend long.  GAH.  AE bounces around continuously, and since becoming accustomed to playing Wii at my in-laws house he […]

Clean houses, good movies and busy little babies

My cleaning lady (or cleaning girl, as my husband says - since she is a college student he feels that is more accurate.  That’s probably not PC.  Cleaning…person?)  comes today!  I am so excited and cannot wait to go home to a clean house.        Â