The thing about camping, I’ve decided, is that the best of times happen shoulder to shoulder with the frustrating ones, like red and black cards in a deck, and it is anyone’s guess which you’ll encounter in the next second. Will it be that moment in the sun where you’re blissfully paging through Oprah while kids...
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The thing about camping, I’ve decided, is that the best of times happen shoulder to shoulder with the frustrating ones, like red and black cards in a deck, and it is anyone’s guess which you’ll encounter in the next second. Will it be that moment in the sun where you’re blissfully paging through Oprah while kids...
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The thing about camping, I’ve decided, is that the best of times happen shoulder to shoulder with the frustrating ones, like red and black cards in a deck, and it is anyone’s guess which you’ll encounter in the next second. Will it be that moment in the sun where you’re blissfully paging through Oprah while kids...
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The thing about camping, I’ve decided, is that the best of times happen shoulder to shoulder with the frustrating ones, like red and black cards in a deck, and it is anyone’s guess which you’ll encounter in the next second. Will it be that moment in the sun where you’re blissfully paging through Oprah while kids...
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I stand at the trailer door, waving off my family, who are finally biking away after spending the last 10 minutes locating helmets and jackets and shoes.  Once they shove off, a blissful silence descends.  I turn and peek into the bedroom at my sleeping one year old, my excuse for bowing out of the...
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Your comments regarding my sleepover question  were eye-opening.  Obviously I’m not the only one to have had negative experiences at sleepovers as a kid.   We do allow occasional sleepovers with friends whose mothers are good friends of mine, and at the homes of cousins and grandparents.  But in general I prefer play dates that...
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Providing background music for our trip, here are the 3 most recent additions to my hubby’s mp3 player MMHMM: Relient K  ABBA – Gold: Greatest Hits  Gold and Wax: Gigi  What’cha added to your play list lately?
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Playing Shannon at Rocks In My Dryer‘s game again.  Since we just got back from 10 days of camping with 8 kids, I thought I’d share a few ideas that make camping easier for us. –Disposable dishes, tons of ’em.  When Costco has them, I stock up on those styrofoam ‘clamshells’ that fit a hamburger.  I...
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We got home just in time.   The tomatoes are on.   The corn is on.   The cukes are on. For dinner this evening we had corn in the cob, cucumbers with Asian vinagerette dressing, and our favorite: thick slabs of tomato and melted cheese on toasted bread brushed with a dab of olive oil.   Yum. ...
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