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Boy genius? Or just coincidence...
A few days ago, Ben grabbed a pen and told me he wanted some paper to write on. So, I handed him several sheets of blank white paper, and he sat down. I turned to do something else. A few minutes later, I turned back to him and asked to see what he was drawing. He said, "I didn't draw anything, mumma." I said, "really?" and sure enough, the ( Read more... ) -
Among the ruins
Yesterday, I bought a two chocolates from this little shop. They were rosemary caramel and lavendar. I was feeling very calm, and like all was right with the world as I sat in the car with toddler sleeping, on a beautiful day, sunny, near the water, with these decadent little things, and a nice cup of coffee. Then, I turned on NPR, and heard a ( Read more... ) -
Why my husband is the right man for me.
Tonight, after picking up our brand spankin' new car, we stopped to grab some dinner. Centrally located in the restaurant is a very large fish tank-- just fish, no turtles. That matters because my son is turtle obsessed. Inevitably, after a few moments of fish-watching fun, son pipes up with, "where the turtle, mamma?" My husband jumps in with ( Read more... ) -
A funny position...
... I thought I would never find myself in, as a Catholic woman: it never ceases to bewilder and awe me that I lead funeral services. When Fr. K and Deacon C are unavailable, I (or my co-worker, mom of tinuviellen and valancy_s) am brought in to do funeral and wake services. The fact that I speak the last words that are said about a person before ( Read more... ) -
Croc-attack!
My Crocs have shrunk! Correction: One Croc has shrunk (after being left in a hot car by accident) and the other is regular sized and fine. I googled the issue, and apparently, this happens. Frequently. I tried to wear them the other day, but I ended up kind of walking lopsided... Moral: don't bake your Crocs. -
Trying to flesh out why Breaking Dawn was aggravating...
Because I am an adult ( Read more... ) -
Fon-tastic!
Actual conversation held by dorky husband and dorky self at The Melting Pot, a fondue restaurant, for our anniversary (having imbibed small amounts of alcohol): "I am going to ask the waitress if there are any fon-don'ts that we should know about." "Do you have to go to the bathroom, because I fon-doo!" "I am very FON-d of this food." "This ( Read more... ) -
A small thank you...
A church friend who works for the government sent this to me-- you can send a text message to those in the armed services to thank them for the sacrifices that they are making, especially as the holiday season approaches. My cousin left for Iraq a month ago, and as I read this I was rather touched, so I thought I would pass it along...
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Wocka wocka wocka!
Ben has learned how to say "walk"-- very clearly, very distinctly. He loves to take walks, and he's going to tell me about it all the time. However, his father then took that lovely new word, and started to say,"walk-a walk-a walk-a" to Ben over and over again. So now I have tiny, loud, angry Fozzie Bear running circles around me all day ( Read more... ) -
Baptism prep should make you happy...
I just finished doing a Baptism Preparation session with some people that I knew from high school. The mom of the baby to be baptized, and the godmother (her sister) were both in music groups with me, and it was really nice to see them. Both parents are supposed to come to the Bap Prep night, but dad didn't show up, so it was just mom and the ( Read more... )