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If you liked my Thursday Thirteen, this one is even better!
The Boy King Tutankhamun If it's possible to meet someone that lived over 3000 years ago then, certainly, I met this man yesterday. I saw more and learned more than, I have no doubt, he would have been comf…
Yes, Yes....I know...It's Saturday and I haven't posted since Thursday It bothers me too....seeing that perky Thursday Thirteen sign down there.....so I thought I would just write anything to get it out of the way! It …
Thirteen Reasons I love my Husband (in no particular order) 1. He plucked me from single motherhood when I was wearing army shorts and a San Diego Zoo T -Shirt and playing with my son in a park. A…
The Last of the Firsts First Day of Junior Year? Wicked!! Yes. It is. That's my little boy up there disguised as a nearly grown young man. Can you see the darkness into which I launch him each day? Yes...I am talki…
So... After Josh's new school orientation we decided to go out to lunch and as we passed by Wheaton College it occured to me that "Saga" would be a perfect place to take him for an inexpensive and nutritious meal. L…
A Momentary Distraction...More Pictures! Josh's first time in a school uniform. (Still not his first day - but he does get to vist his class and take in his school supplies) He is now a St. John Eagle! He is V…
I curse those in power who actually thought that assigning those that get up at dawn with a 9:15 school start time! My five year old is walking around the house in tears saying things like "I'm NEVER going to go to scho…
First Day of School or "Can I fold my clothes now??? PLEASE!" What do you think of those darling cherubs up there? Yes. I know. They look cute.....but just a little bit....reluctant, right? Well, they …
I feel bad... for the 39 of you that stopped by today and found nothing to read by yesterday's (or last Thursday's) news! So...yeah...I have been a bit busy since then. Mostly, I was enjoying pretending (is that reall…
Thirteen Unexpected Things That Happened Today 1. There was a hostile take over of my bed by child and dog nearly sending me into exile on the floor...sometime after 12:00 am. 2. I became ravenous with it…
Our First Andy Sighting! August 16. 2006 Tonight Josh wanted to ride bikes to the "College Field" so we did. We were hoping to see Andy and his team practicing but there was no sight or sound of the boys of fall …
And the Hits Just Keep On Coming... After the Jamba Juice fiasco I drove home to try and clean the car before I loaned it to "Uncle Mark." (He's the ugly one on the right mugging his lovely wife.) Mark was in town…
Where's The Wisdom in THAT??? So..it's 6:50 am and I load all my little groggy cheriubs into the car so we can drive the hour long round trip to take their older brother to football practice. No one had time to eat and…
You Should... Stop by and read this and this. Both boys in my family think they have been scorned.
Clubbing Moves Into the Kitchen or What would Heavy D think now? When I was in my early 20's and living life large in our nation's capital, I worked on Capital Hill. I remember it like it was last Friday. Each Frida…
A 9 Year Olds View of Rocks and Fear "Rocks are fearless. Rocks sink. We are human. Fear is what helps us float in the river of life." Now, I don't know about you, but most of the things I have ever heard, in regar…
Broken Bones and Bed Bugs Well, not bed bugs actually, scabies. That is what I was told has burrowed into the skin of three of us. The trip to the urgent care was just one of the stops I made during my five hour marat…
Conundrum Driving. Lots of driving. At least three hours each day....since Wednesday. This leaves a lot of time for the mind to wander...and think of things to Xanga about. I have to confess. I have begun to do wh…
13 Thursday... Yes. It's that time again. Unfortunately, there are 13 things that are preventing me from this weekly meme. 1. My fingers are broken. 2. I have 13 dust bunnies I have to kill. (Don't tell PETA) 3. …
Ok. Who put "searching" in my Johari Window? What the heck do you think I am serching for anyway? Oh. I remember now...my tennis shorts. Right. I should have made that word off limits too.
Ok. I'll Bite Borneochica invited us to label her. I did and then I wondered....how do others perceive me? So...if you feel like giving me your perspective on my unique personality be my guest: Just pick six words th…
Heatwave = Crash and Burn Just went to see my boosted article listed as #7 again, for pride's sake of course, and it's gone. No. Not in like it slid to number 8, 9, or 10. But really gone totally off the chart. I am …
Holy Heatwave Batman! I was just trying to figure out the Xangaland Boost Phenom and I stumbled around and found out that my embarrassing tennis lesson story is #7 on the Best of Boost list! Wow!!!! That is soo cool. …
Same Song....Second Verse Another day of rushing and little progress on my daily chores and errands...but at least I am trying. My stress level is pretty high right now and I find my self going to my "Happy Place" a lo…
Top of the Monday Morning to Ya! I don't have too much time right now but I thought I would give you a bit of something to look forward too. My sisters have expressed confusion over the fact that I haven't posted any p…
Spread a Little Love My Husband has been having a bad week. Check out his last two blog entries to read all about it and throw out a few eprops.
Ditto If you want to understand the title of this post, you will need to visit www.xanga.com/tls1215 and visit the comment section of the latest article. (I would make an easy link for you but for some reason that featu…
Let me be clear... I don't want to be misunderstood. I am not crying over the beginning of August just because it means school will begin with all it's state run scheduled items that rule my life, or because my five ye…
Christian's Best-Ever Baked Beans 16 Cans (1 pound size) Beans 1 Large Bottle of Ketchup 1 Package Brown Sugar 1 Smal Jar of Mustard 2 Packages of Wieners sliced 1 pound of bacon Mix all ingredients except bacon. …
Water Woes Washed Away Well, thanks to Ed the Plumber, we now have running water. He's a good man. Now I really need to attend to the mountainous pile of laundry that collected over the weekend....right after I finish…