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  • Q&A purplebambi asks if we every use our espresso machine. We do, but only about once or twice a month now. We used to have some every day, right after we returned from Italy, but now that Jim has talked me into g…

  • Rubber coffee We have a 4 cup coffee maker. I bought it because I couldn't stand my previous coffee maker, which not only brewed a 12 cup pot, but also made espresso and capuccino, and was about the size of a small ita…

  • Deer woes Deer season has been cancelled on the base. One cannot be too surprised, the last thing anyone needs right now are camoflaged individuals with guns lurking near the runways (that's were the trees and the deer…

  • The wok (and pancit) We have a wok. I didn't buy it, I married it. Jim owned it before I met him. It was in a large wooden box, complete with a bunch of wok accessories, terminally unused, sitting in the garage. It l…

  • Beauty free zone I showed Sophia all the wonderful comments you left about her and the rat (Mr. Ratley is emerging as the name of preference, but it isn't final). She was quite exasperated - she hates to be told she is…

  • Yawn The most serious damage that the terrorists have done to the online community is that they have completely suppressed most people's ability to email or post original material. For example, that speech by Gordon Si…

  • Rat Love Here is a picture of Sophia with our rat. The color isn't very good, you can't see anything but the fact that he likes hair, even wet hair (she was just out of the shower). We are still debating over the name…

  • Leaves (very whiny post) You may recall that I live in very old military housing, with very few redeeming features beyond the enomous trees that have grown up over time. Every house has at least one oak tree, some have…

  • New pet Stjnky was right. About a month after Marshmallow kicked the bucket, Peanut followed suit. It was sad, losing both gerbils, but they only live so long. For a while the cage just sat empty. I wasn't in the mo…

  • What's Her Face My daughter, Sophia, has been spending a lot of time on this site lately. Apparently, the web site promotes a new Mattel doll. This is a very weird doll. It has no face or hair. It comes with a coup…

  • The enemy Am I the only person in the US that feels sorry for the Afghans?

  • Kindergarten Ben has been in Kindergarten just long enough that he doesn't want to get up for school any more. The weather is still nice outside in the mornings, I wonder how he will feel once it gets cold? Around her…

  • Matzo Ball Soup Tonight for dinner we had matzo ball soup and salad. I don't make matzo ball soup very often. I make it during Passover, of course, and then I get a few extra boxes so that I can make some if someone g…

  • eBay What is the deal with the reserve prices at eBay? It seems to me that if a seller doesn't want to sell below a certain price, he should start the bidding at the price. This business of having a reserve price is n…

  • BANANA ROYALE This afternoon, for lunch, I made Banana Royales. You might think this was pretty decadent, and maybe it was, but be assured that I tweaked the ratios of ice cream to fruit, and used grapes instead marasc…

  • Viola I just went and rented Sophia a viola for school. This is the first time I've rented an instrument. When Gordon studied viola, I found one in a pawn shop and bought it for him. This is supposed to be a good dea…

  • The Challenge I know that the Declutter Challenge was cancelled, due to current events. Does anyone, anyone at all, care that in the last 2 weeks I've taken 340 pounds of stuff to the thrift store, and about 100 pounds…

  • Inspired Yesterday was a day full of simple pleasures. We went to a different chapel yesterday, because we wanted to attend Mass at a different time. It is interesting to drive out of one military installation and the…

  • Dancing my cares away I just came back from a dance that is held monthly for people with special needs. Our Navy wives' club had volunteered to make and serve food at this event, so I told my family that they were on t…

  • Yellow Ribbon I was looking for a small patriotic pin I could make for my children and I to wear, when I came across this pattern for an afghan square. It's a flag, done granny square style, with a yellow ribbon in th…

  • As Sadzi has pointed out, I'm expressing a lot of anger lately. I guess that is true. People have different ways of dealing with things they don't like. I can't get angry with the terrorists because 1) the ones in the…

  • Showing the Flag All I've seen in blogs and in my email is how this whole disaster has renewed the American spirit. For example, Walmart reports that they sold 88,000 American flags yesterday. What is wrong with the p…

  • Knives It seems that the hijackers were armed with nothing more than knives. I'm sure this puts a knot in the panties of the gun control proponents, who seem to think that we are safe if the bad guys don't have guns. …

  • Perspective There are terrorists all over the planet. Just in the past couple of months, we have seen bombings and other terrorist attacks in Israel, Ireland, England, Chechnya, Spain, Italy, Malaysia, Macedonia, Sri …

  • Bus woes Both Gordon and Sophia's bus were over an hour late. Sophia also had to have her backpack searched (I don't think she terrorizes anybody but me) but Gordon was so late we didn't get to go to dinner. I threw a…

  • Letter from the front line At this point, I'm sure all of you are thinking "Oh dear! Poor Juliet lives on a Navy Air Base! I wonder how world events are affecting her?" Okay, maybe you weren't thinking that, but I'll…

  • Goodbyes (not to xanga!) I am worn out. I have already taken 13 bags to the thrift store, and I have at least that much stuff in my van waiting to be taken there tomorrow. This is part of a declutter challenge that th…

  • Just so My husband of 14 years asked for something new today. He was pulling out his underwear, and he asked me if I had been rotating them. Rotating underwear? I told him that I hadn't, but I would be glad to if he …

  • Bus troubles - conclusion (I hope!) Yesterday, after I received a call from the assistant principal saying that he contacted the supervisor at the Department of Transportation saying that Benjamin would be stuck coming …

  • Bus troubles I mentioned yesterday that they put Benjamin on the wrong bus coming home. Well, today he was on a different bus, but it still wasn't the right one! I asked the driver what was going on, and she expressed…

  • A rite of passage Today was Benjamin's first day of kindergarten. I only worked a half day at the Society, excusing myself by saying that a child only has one first day of school, and none of them were interested in ar…

  • Good weekend This is turning out to be a really good weekend. On Saturday, my husband fixed the air hockey table, much to the delight of every kid in my house and a few that I really didn't want in my house. However, i…

  • I got this survey off of ladydelaluna's Xanga Site. I generally never do these kinds of things, but I thought, maybe you guys want to know this stuff. Let me know if this was useful or a complete waste of time for all …

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