The Reluctant Grownup – Page 142 – Growing old gracelessly.

Dreams

Some dreams I’ve had lately (I promise to keep this high level so it’s not brutally boring): First – I dream a lot about the house I lived in during…

October 15, 2023

HR Managin', Sixteen Tons

Buuuuuusssssyyyyyy!!!!

I want to finish my story, before I forget the details! I also have many more photos "donated" from people with digital cameras that I want to post! I also…

October 31, 2006

Wonder Women Posts

I Wonder What My Best Birthday Was?

Hmmm. I wonder indeed. I adore my birthday, because I love attention, and cake, and presents. But it comes at an awkward time, landing right at the end of summer.…

February 5, 2008

August

RG / August 27, 2011

August is a month in which I have accomplished pretty much zero. It’s dumb when you pay nearly a grand for your baby to go to a babysitter, but you still get nothing…

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Fishing

RG / August 22, 2011

When my father started his naval career, a college graduate in the officer’s program, he made $8,280 per year. Adjusted for inflation, that amount would equal $32,706 today. First year college graduate naval…

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Proof? Or Consequences?

RG / August 19, 2011

If my internetting skills are remotely up to snuff, there should be a new link over there to your right for a new blog by an old friend: Proof or Consequences. This friend…

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On Being Three Years Old (and Living With Such a Creature)

RG / August 18, 2011

Three is . . . difficult. Three is anticipating the end of the Sesame Street episode about ten minutes before it comes, and asking incessantly, again and again, if he can watch another…

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My Sons’ Hometown

RG / August 13, 2011

Take a United States map. Place your index finger at the tip of Florida, and then, moving northerly and to the west, trace the Gulf-side border of the state. You’ll trail your pointer…

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