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  • The original WMD (Where's Monica's Dress?)Happy weekend.Happy blogging. pw

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  • Just when I thought I might get my life back....Michigan schools start recruiting. My day yesterday ended at 10 pm last night. It's tough to get up in the morning and go back to work when you feel like you've never act…

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  • Good news! T's bus driver stopped at his house and picked him up this morning. When DU asked her if she'd mind picking him up and dropping him off there (rather than at the bus stop the transportation people had told h…

  • I haven't been political lately....at least not overtly so. Lest you think I've ceased to care, allow me to steer the bus to this little blurb:Media Screw JobOh yeah, while I'm on a rolling bus, One More ThingHappy blog…

  • I do believe there was a little frost on the pumpkins this Monday morning.Hopefully, it didn't get to my spider plant, which I reminded Dh all weekend long to bring in for me (it's a heavy mother) but didn't seem to get …

  • The first documented case where Size Doesn't Matter (??)WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Masked thieves armed with a chisel stole the penis of a wooden Maori figurine, or tiki, at the entrance of a public library in northern Ne…

  • On my way home tonight I noticed gas is down to $2.09 at many stations. Had I not been so tired, I might have stopped to fill up. I'm down to 1/4 tank....a sacrilege in my cherokee, but I was just that tired. I only h…

  • Big weekend plans? Packing, unpacking, closing the AMP....finally.Hope you enjoy yours. Happy weekend.Happy blogging. pw

  • The floor is finished. All it needs now is a coat of Mop & Glow which I hope to do tonight. Things progress toward the Big Saturday Move.But (there's always a 'but', isn't there?) there's trouble in paradise.The pu…

  • I had a wonderful time at the dinner/reunion last night, even though I didn't get there in time to eat. Evidently the meeting time was bumped up about an hour, I didn't get the message which was left for me at home whil…

  • Look up the word "sore" in the dictionary, and you'll see a picture of me.I scrubbed (see my definition of "scrubbed" in yesterday's post) the floor at DU's house for four (4) hours last night. I found that Formula 409 …

  • Monday.Raining and fall-ish. A contrast to yesterday, when it was sunny, 80 and beautiful. Not that I was able to do more than notice the weather, as I spent my day inside, scrubbing a floor (scrubbing as in, on my han…

  • It's Friday.All day.Ordinarily, I'm excited about Fridays, because Fridays are followed by two days away from work.However, tomorrow I have to work.Ordinarily, I'd complain about having to work on Saturday, but I'm actua…

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  • Jeff suggested that the key to blogging is selecting special moments in your life.This is one of my special moments: Happy Birthday, baby!Happy blogging. pw

  • The ants didn't invade my dreams last night, instead I dreamed about work. (I think that's worse.) I haven't seen any more in the house. Perhaps it was all just a Twilight Zone episode.Maybe it was a warning from the …

  • The Ants Go Marching

    So....I leave work at 7:45 pm tonight, (second night in a row) stop by DU's house to visit Dh and see how the kitchen project is progressing (nicely...primer coat has been applied to all surfaces). We decide what kind o…

  • I remember Tues, Sept 11, 2001. I'm sure I will never forget. I recall standing shocked, mouth agape, staring at the images on the morning news and wondering what was happening in the world. What diabolical minds had …

  • I admit it..... I laughed out loud:Pitt's No-Wedding Vow Brad Pitt has told "Esquire" magazine he will not wed until every American is legally able to get married. Hypocritically, Pitt will continue to have sex with Ange…

  • Dead tired. As in, my butt is dragging my tracks out. Yet, I plod on.....weary and bleary eyed.Hope to get some work done at the house tomorrow, but I'm on stand-by for distress calls as DU attempts her first solo flig…

  • Hopefully, baby pic will appear at the end of this post. I'm not too sure about this new xanga system for posting pics. Today is the first I've been home for more than 10 minutes since Miranda was born. Took some time…

  • It's A Girl!

    Miranda Jane, 7 lb 8 oz, 20" made her grand appearance this morning at 9:22 a.m. (Her mother was born at 9:24 a.m.) MSM, you were right on the money. Perhaps you should consider being a midwife as your retirement ca…

  • I never thought I would say this, but I'm anxious to go back to work. At my job, that is, my paying job. To rest up. From the Holiday Weekend. I'm way too old for this.I remembered to grab the camera just before walk…

  • Laugh out Loud funny.Happy blogging. pw

  • Work progresses at the kids' new house. My hopes of getting "before" pictures are gone, because I keep forgetting to take the camera along. I need to remember to do that today. SIL has removed all the stinking panelin…

  • Mission: Kill the humans, but spare the hedgehogs

    LONDON - Fast food just became hedgehog-friendly. McDonald's Corp. said Friday it had redesigned the cups for its McFlurry dessert so that they no longer posed a danger to the spiky woodland creatures.The British Hedgeho…

  • Yes, I'm a sucker

    Two of my favorite xangapals posted this survey, and I thought it looked entertaining. At least on their blogs.Number of letters in your entire name: 17Name number and explanation: 7 7 is the Number of Spirituality, W…

  • The meeting went fairly well last night. For the school, at least, who's orchestra program gained several new pupils. For me it was pretty tough, because this particular school has had a huge influx of Spanish speaki…

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