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I know I am not the greatest of parents when it comes to the TV. Yes I let my kids watch it without much limitations. No they can’t watch whatever they want. They are regulated to Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, PBS kids and possibly Cartoon Network. But mostly they watch ( Read more... )

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Kathleen has been having some pretty good nightmares over the past few days/weeks.

She was laying next to me just a few minutes ago on the floor. She yelled Mommy like she was lost or scared or something and woke herself up. It seems she dreamt we’d left Sammi somewhere.

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My parents are visiting. Though you won’t get any tales from that unless something really really good happens that needs it’s own post. Like this one.

However one story is not funny and the other is funny in the context it was given.

My mom accidentally washed her cat. ( Read more... )

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Okay it’s very much my fault for the girlies wanting to listen to it. I watched My So-Called Life this past week. And it brings back memories from college and one of the song’s played in the series is I wanna be sedated by the Ramones. It was also played by a band in ( Read more... )

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It’s getting warm down here. It’s been in the 70′s for over a week, and we are running the air conditioner every night. The windows in the living room and office are open and it’s cold in the morning, but that’s only relative. The house stays chilly through out the day so ( Read more... )

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Two days ago Kathleen went to the doctor to find out she had strep throat. Yesterday we did the same thing with Samantha. At 9am she passed out on the bed while watching TV. That’s off even for Sammi. When I went to check on her she felt warm so I called the doctor to see ( Read more... )

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I guess it’s true you learn something new everyday. Yesterday was no exception. Thursday after school we went to Walmart for groceries. We got in the car, and Kathleen started complaining about stomach pain. She went pale white and then got sick. There was little I could ( Read more... )

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I am doing much better today. Thanks for all the stories and encouragement, they do help. One really great thing happened on Tuesday. Kathleen’s ears had no fluid on them so that relieved much of my tension. It didn’t remove the quarter issue and I’m really not sure why I ( Read more... )

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Today I’m completely and utterly exhausted. I have some major Mama Worries and combine that with lack of sleep and I’m a royal mess. Here’s the story.

Samantha swallowed a Quarter on Sunday. She’s breathing, eating and drinking okay, so we did nothing. Shea and many other ( Read more... )

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Kathleen’s birthday party was today. We had two kids from school and the Uncle’s and Aunt’s and cousins and of course Mam and PawPaw. It was a nice get together for Kathleen she got to play with two of her friends from school and the little boy that came was even very ( Read more... )