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  • I want to feel like this all the time. I may just start doing my hair like that all the time. Some feathers. That's what I need in my daily life.

  • I can't believe that after everything she has done to me, my children, and my life that she would have the nerve to call me up out of the blue and demand that I agree to a weekend visitation change three months away. Sh…

  • I went to a coalition meeting today with consumer "partners" from the community.That means that the likes of me sits next to a banker who sits next to a consumer credit advisor who sits next to a guy from HUD. You get t…

  • "Why do I have to do the dishes?" my kids ask."Because I hate you and want to make you hate me," I say."Why do I have to go to my brother's basketball game?" they ask."Because you were having too much fun and I want you …

  • En Pointe

    She tried on three pairs of shoes. Each time the saleswoman had her stand in first position with her feet down. With the third pair she appeared happy with the way the heel fit and had her move to the barre. "Hold the…

  • "Did it surprise you to see what it looks like when a baby is born?" I asked my 10 year old."No.""Really? It still surprises me. It doesn't look like I would think it would.""You've had three babies," she said."Yeah, b…

  • My kid's science fair partner is a flaky student. More than mine, even. They were supposed to have two tanks of brine shrimp and have dirt in one and study how many shrimp lived in each tank. It has to do with turbidi…

  • 13 miles. I missed my running group somehow - went to the wrong start, I guess, so I ran by myself. It's perfect running weather - cool and very little wind. I came home famished. I ate coleslaw and cottage cheese st…

  • The younger kiddos were begging for a treat after some particularly good parent teacher conferences. So we stopped at the gift store and they picked out a lion and a duck to add to their Webkins collection (they're stuf…

  • Bill and I have moved on to "The Wire," but it sure seems a lot like "The Sopranos" to me. The men meeting over cheeseburgers instead of pasta, the family connections, the women, the conversations between the young men …

  • Two Degrees and Wind.A run with the labrador who loves the cold.Pantyhose.Judiciary Committee today.I need more pantsuits.

  • It's something like 5 degrees. My running tights with the extra lining were still damp this morning. The thin tights were ok, but whoah. It's cold. I cut my run short. I was late to work because ALL of my pantyhose …

  • My running coach videotaped us yesterday afternoon. We met him over by his gym and he stood on the side of the bike path and he videotaped us running towards and away from him. In addition to runners he coaches triathl…

  • They were already on the Third Station of the Cross by the time I slid in next to M in the last row on the left side - my personal favorite too. "You're late, Mommy," she whispered. The children were spread throughout …

  • "Mrs. E says that she's going to call my Other Dad since when she calls you, you still don't make sure that my homework gets done," M said to me last night as she worked on her homework.This is the same Mrs. E that I hav…

  • Note to self - put a dark scarf under my white belt or save the belt for summertime when I am tan. Ack!But what I love about these pictures are my eyes - this is a huge breakthrough for me as a performer. In the firs…

  • I hate the changes to Xanga. Hate them. I cannot find anything. It looks like My Space. I don't want to be "friends" with anyone. Which is not to say that I don't want to be "friends" with anyone, but I don't want t…

  • A Review

    These things are ridiculously cute. And expensive. They're ridiculously expensive. I could have gotten a cute mp3 player for way less and it would have more memory and a display. (I had a Sony that was shaped like a …

  • It was ten degrees this morning. I suited up for a run and recalled my two-a-day training yesterday - a run in the morning and the evening and now another run in the morning. Friday I am taking the afternoon off to run…

  • It's hard to live in Nebraska and maintain your self esteem as a state. It's why we need to have a winning football team. It's why we insist that we live the "Good Life" blah, blah, blahbity. We're small though. And …

  • I somehow got to court by 8am for my hearing. The fluffy snow fall slowed traffic and made me feel anxious about getting to court on time.Everyone had the same problem though, and we ended up just continuing the hearing…

  • My daughter found a library book and made a list. 2 liter pop bottles brine shrimp eggs air pump yeast non-iodized salt She started making calls. "Hello. Do you have brine shrimp eggs?" she asked as she took notes. …

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