A little about the boy – UPDATED

Jamie and I ran into Dawn and Brett and Madison at Wendy’s tonight. I saw them while we were sitting in the drivethrough and I was snapping at Jamie to let me talk to the burger people already or we were going to go home and eat CEREAL for dinner* when I saw them walking [...]

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At my grandma’s funeral mass last Friday, images from my childhood flashed before my eyes. There were of sunshine and backyard picnics, cousins running through her house and teaming up to face her wicked, wicked cat. They were of warmth, love, and safety.
My childhood wore two faces. There was privilege. Not excess, just comfortable, middle [...]

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Resolution 2009: Ask for help

I called my friend D yesterday to ask for some help with Jamie tomorrow. The viewing for my grandma is 4:00-8:00 and MD isn’t leaving work until 5, and we had just about figured out the logistics for him and Jamie getting to the viewing for a little bit when he asked, “But, when do [...]

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Small list

So, enough about the big stuff that’s been happening. Here are some small things:

Our vegetable garden is not doing well this year. That’s partly my fault since I went about 4 weeks without weeding in July/August, but it’s mostly Cory’s fault, as he’s been squeezing himself through the wire fencing to stomp the squash & [...]

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I don’t

Believe in spanking – in fact, I’ve had trouble remaining friends with a couple of people I’ve known for almost two decades because spanking is a regular part of their discipline strategy. And yet, you have my last post.
You ever have a day where you feel like apologizing to your kid(s) for bringing them into [...]

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Yawn

This isn’t the first time I’ve been socializing with Dawn and have gotten Jamie and I home/to bed much, much later than anticipated. But last night stands out because we were late getting back to her house because we couldn’t stop talking long enough to order dinner. Our poor waiter came back three (four?) times [...]

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Late-night sappy New Year’s Post – you’ve been warned

I had the most wonderful visit this weekend with our friends, and Jamie had a ball playing with Austina’s sons L and V. He pouted and moaned when it was time to leave today.
Md asked me about the visit when we got home, wanting to know what we did. “We talked and talked and talked [...]

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Boys

Last night Henry and his Mama came over for dinner and afterwards he and Jamie were playing upstairs in Jamie’s room while Kelly and I sat on the couch and knitted and chatted. At one point they ran downstairs demanding bananas, and helped themselves to the bowl on the table, and suddenly I was the [...]

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Belated birthday sewing

Or, another artsy clutch:

This one was sent to my friend Austina recently as a very, very, very belated birthday gift. I used heavy iron-in interfacing with this one and switched the orientation. I like both modifications very much. The fabric is from JoAnn. The outer is a wonderful corduroy that I found in the seconds [...]

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Santa Fe

I’m sitting in the lobby of my hotel, waiting for the shuttle to come and take me and my fellow conference-attendees to Taos for the rest of the conference. I’ll be in New Mexico until Thursday, making for a long, full week trip. But this place is gorgeous and the people exceedingly friendly and [...]

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