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I’ve never been called a ‘helicopter parent.’ I have always tried to be layed back and relaxed in my parenting style. Anyway. Last year Violet had these little friends, twins, who called her every day after school. It was so cute. They chatted and learned how to actually hold a phone conversation. (you don’t sit …

I haven’t been around the last few days because a virus the likes of which I have not seen, nor wish to ever see again has assaulted my home! We have been sick since the beginning of the January, and it all spiraled out of control on Wednesday morning. I had a fever, John had …

For Sarah’s 5th Birthday we had a big ole party. I invited her entire preschool class of nine kids and all our friends kids. I made it a drop off party on a Saturday from 1 o’clock until 4 o’clock. Yeah, go ahead. Laugh it up. I wasn’t worried about it being crazy because it’s …

This morning 8:30 -10:00 AM Sarah and John watch a half hour of TV. We cut out Valentine’s and I set them out for the two of them to color and stamp. They happily stamp and chatter and ignore my attempts at engaging them for 15 minutes. I move the laundry, sit down at the …

I love memoirs. I love the this-year-I’m-going-do-something-crazy-so-I-can-write-a-book-about-it memoirs. I love look-at-me-overcoming-this-tragedy memoirs. I love my-life-isn’t-any-different-than-yours-but-I-can-draw-amazing-beautiful-symbolism-and-meaning-from-mine memoirs. 2015 has been a great year so far for women-written memoirs, and I’ve fallen in love with the five listed below. I highly recommend you find these books at the library or buy them online or steal them from …

Hello and good luck to you. Today we are talking about SIM cards. The SIM comes from the Subscriber Identity Module and identifies the phone you are using with the telephone network. The SIM is basically a chip with a storage memory of less than 1 MB. But that memory is very important if you …

Guys? I only saw a single movie this past week. Along with my computer turning into a heavy white screen, I’m clearly failing as a blogger. (It turns out, when you get those pop-ups saying “your memory is pretty much full, are you sure you want to upload more photos?” you should pay attention to …

What’s making me most happy today? That I finally got my computer back to normal and can share photos of what’s making me happy. Including Skye being home. And her car back up and running. (Pay no attention to the failed inspection sticker in the window.) That I’ve finally gotten my dad’s dog Buckley to …

Anna gave me a book by Laurie Notaro during sophomore year of college, probably as a gift for birthday or Christmas. (All I can remember is the book, Anna, and my sophomore dorm room.) (I assume it was a gift.) (Anna, if you loaned me a book ten years ago that I then stole, feel …

While I was at Starbucks this week, I was made aware of “failed pick up lines”. These are some of the funniest things I’ve heard in a while. I’d like to come up with a few more, but my mind has been a bit erratic as of late. I can only remember two at the …