Everyday Adventures
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Ice Buckets For Josie, Colette, Quinn, Lachlan, Calhoun, and Michael Brown
The Professor and I enjoyed a bottle of really good Malbec last night. This morning I enjoyed the presence of my children by my bedside at 5:45. One of those terms “enjoyed” is being used sarcastically, by the way. I was challenged yesterday in the ice bucket challenge, and I’m like . . . . mehhhhh. OK. I’ll do it but I’m not going to nominate anybody because while I am totally down with this social media movement and its awesome effect on awareness and dollars for the terrible disease ALS, I’m also aware that it’s kind of had its day. But I’m going to be a good sport and…
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Friday Rain
Although I remain covered up with work, I was able to jet out a touch early today, arriving home before 5pm. I drove through a wild summer storm, hazard lights blinking click click click, the sky dark as night, going 30 mph and blinded by the driving rain. Upon reaching my own home driveway, I dashed from car to garage, then hopped up into the house, one step at a time, to greet the boys I hadn’t seen but maybe a max of twenty minutes on each working day this month. It had been a quiet day – no emergencies, few emails, just a steady, solid nine productive hours. I…
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Memory Dump
It has been ages! And I’m too busy to put anything with any kind of structure here – I’ve been using up all of my “creative time” to make the Professor’s annual Father’s Day Shutterfly Book. It’s almost done, so I *might* just have time to get it printed and delivered in time for the big day. Meanwhile, some memories I don’t want to lose: Sister Visit My sister came to visit, and lo, it was a glorious thing. She arrived on Thursday a week ago. I picked her up and we had pizza at a café in my building, then the Professor came and fetched her home while I finished…
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A Bit Beat
I just dropped a cool wad o’ cash at Old Navy for some duds for my oldest dude. Every spring and fall I do a shop like this – either at Children’s Place or Old Navy or Target or somewhere – and nowadays I tell myself “this will get two more kids’ worth of wear,” which cures the heart palpitations that come from replacing an entire wardrobe all at once. Church clothes! Play clothes! Beach wear! Shoes! I also, for the first time, bought three little coordinating outfits for my three boys – for Memorial Day and Fourth of July (they are red white and blue themed). I set each…
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Jrol Pecrs
I wanted, by the way, to say hi how are ya, thanks for reading. I’ve gotten lots of comments from new folks lately, and it makes me happy. I mean, without you this is just a journal. These musings are consciously shared with a wider audience, and I like it when my audience pokes their head in and says hello. So thank you. You’re a lovely bunch. And now, a picture heavy recap of the past week of domestic adventures. First up – my Mother’s Day doings with the boys. Luckily, though both occurred the same day, one of them was a breakfast and one was a lunch, keeping me…