If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Spoken with some satisfaction by my 10 year old daughter who arrived from Ethiopia last year. “In Ethiopia I don’t scream too much. But at Layla there’s lots of kids and it was very...
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Saturday morning, day 2 of Blogher, very, very early in the Home Team, Rocks, Don’t Try It, Owlhaven hotel room. I was sleeping fitfully. That is, I was alternating between sleeping and: a-hoping I don’t snore b- hoping I didn’t steal all the covers c- hoping I didn’t forget where I am and try...
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This morning I’ve been painting (and painting and painting). My arms are noodles as I type, that’s how tired they are. Around noon my 8 year old came in and said, “You’re still painting?” “Yes,”I said, “and I’m getting tired.” I’m a results girl, after all. Instant gratification, y’know? Tedious edge-painting be hanged. “Don’t...
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(Alternate Title: If You’re Feeling Bad About Your Housekeeping Skills) My hubby and I have a running joke about the lack of sanitation in our kitchen, and how we would SO fail if a restaurant inspector from the health department ever showed up at our door demanding a tour. Nobody’s died, or gotten food...
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