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  • I went back to belly dancing. It's something I decided to do for myself. I don't do fancy solo cabaret style. I do tribal belly dancing. The costumes are ethnic and fun. The women are dancing for themselves. …

  • My daughter chased down the Schwan's Man this evening. He was down the street from us when we got home this evening. Blueberries and two kinds of ice cream. I added a chopped mango to my vanilla ice cream wit…

  • Our neighbors are Jehovah's Witnesses or something. I am not sure exactly what their religion is, but they are very religious. Lots of church activities and they don't celebrate birthdays and stuff. They are ok in …

  • I dropped off kids that didn't want to spend the night with their dad. We side stepped the grumpy teen. We went downtown for the baseball game (UNL v. Witchita State). Due to the cold temperatures we decided agains…

  • I wish I could be home until about 10 in the morning. That would allow me to exercise, do some housework, and get ready for work. Mostly I need to be able to take care of my kids in the morning. I need to be there eve…

  • Children hung from the tree house, chased rabbits, played a game of baseball, read books, sang to babies and we sat in the middle with a baguette and some cheese while we talked. "Is it someone's birthday?" asked the ne…

  • I will be in New Orleans in mid May for a conference. If you would like to meet for a beinget let me know. Angie? Anyone else? Also - I think I have rid myself of a near constant coffee drinking habit (like, all day …

  • This morning while brushing my teeth I noticed the edge of a magazine under a stack of towels on the top shelf. It seemed like a strange place to put a magazine unless it was the kind of magazine that you didn't want…

  • I am going to try to take a Xanga break this week. I had no problem abstaining from sugar, bread, meat or alcohol. I even had a moment of wanting a cigarette yesterday evening and easily dismissed it. If you had told …

  • We were among the over 50,000 people that went to see the spring football scrimage. It is the largest football scrimage in the country. Craziness. The cheerleaders, the band, the fans in red...you'd think it was S…

  • She's gone. I went to the fucking mall last night for her. I ate at Ye Olde Chicago Fucking Pizzaland or whatever. Everyone at the mall is overweight or emaciated. Where are all the healthy sized people? They are no…

  • Don't Roll Your Matzo Balls - They Don't Like It

    It was a perfect evening. So we had our Seder on the front porch at sunset. This soup took two days to make. I made garlic stock on Tuesday night and added the spring vegetables to the stock and made the herbed matz…

  • "I'm going to ride my bike today," I said to Bill. "Really?" he said. I tried not to take his doubt too personally. It seemed like a good day for it. 50 degrees right now and getting up to 70 degrees later. No court…

  • My son's soccer coach is an Italian. Like, born in Italy, heavy accent, lives soccer - Italian. During the game last night he swore at the other coach in Italian. The other coach totally deserved it. He was bei…

  • Bill and I had a huge fight this weekend. I got a gash in my head. If you look closely you can see the steri strips holding the wound over my eye closed. Those two events are both true, but are also not re…

  • I got sunburned a bit today during my run. I kept my hair in braids and hurried my middle kid out to her soccer game. I took a tub and conditioned my hair. My husband picked up takeout Chinese and we ate kung pao b…

  • Intellect/Education Don't ever assume that you're smarter than someone. I have learned that in juvenile court. Like the woman with a high school education who told me that she wanted to sue the Department of Health an…

  • Tomorrow I am going to hear Justice Bader Ginsburg speak. When I walked in and saw the envelope in my mailbox I felt like I had the Golden Ticket. The law clerk gave me her story about the problems she had picking up m…

  • I had a nice run this evening. I ran a few miles with Bill and then turned back and he went on while I turned back for home. My kids were at their dad's, the teen was out with her friends, and the exchange student (…

  • I had a super workout tonight. Not really physical, but good for me mentally. I braided my hair and the dog started doing this arfing dance thing that she does when she knows I am getting ready for a run. It'…

  • Sings of Spring: 1) I bought tickets for the Spring Football Scrimmage. It is on Easter Weekend. Bill's girls will all be here and so the eight of us will all go to a Husker Football game. The tickets are $6 and $3 …

  • I have had two mornings of bathrobes until noon. I went for a late afternoon run. Just me and Ben Kweller in my headphones. The only bad thing about listening to music when you run is that you cannot hear the th…

  • I think it is time to move the Playmobile and Fischer Price toys out of my son's room. He and his sister play gorilla basketball (one of you holds the laundry basket on the floor and moves the basket around while the…

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