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Category Archives: General
be abnormal when the job is messy
Ever look at a task or project and think This is such a mess; there is now way it will all come back together? We all do. It’s perfectly normal to have that reaction. It’s the next part where you should … Continue reading
gettin’ twinkly
Well, it’s that time of year again. We are over Christmas. We are even over being over Christmas. Now, it just seems like we’re waiting for something to happen. I’m seeing it with my friends and I’m seeing it at the … Continue reading
borrowing trouble
Sometimes I see something and want to burn that vision or image in my brain forever. This is one: Emma’s boots in the kitchen. When I look at these boots, I re-walk the millions of miles she’s traveled in them … Continue reading
nobody can kill the whole covey
I am reading a book called The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark. Daddy gave it to The Hubs and our son to read a year or so ago. They each have tossed it around a bit but … Continue reading
my big fat southern christmas 2012
It started back in 2010 with a post called My Big Fat Southern Christmas in which I explained how our Christmas had been big, fat and Southern. Then, again in 2011, I recapped our holiday and explained the role of … Continue reading
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everybody learns differently
Isn’t it funny how we all learn differently? Some need to write everything down, read through all the steps, and only then will they attempt. Some like to just jump right in with a hands-on approach. Then, others need to … Continue reading
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control
Violent isn’t really the word. Physically active isn’t really it, either. Isn’t scary enough. The Hubs picked up Emma from riding yesterday. Just as a matter of filling up dead air space as we waited to leave for Ben’s wrestling … Continue reading
cent, cents and no sense
I try not to hold a grudge. Particularly when it comes to my children. They do try hard to be good. But. He has been known to catch his hair on fire. And laugh about it. Ben (11) and I … Continue reading
the picture of having done it
Do you ever reach the end of the week, the end of a month, the end of a project, the end of a list and wonder what really got accomplished? I just want to show you what a sense of … Continue reading
what’s the real reason?
It started when I woke up yesterday morning. The hunger. For food. I’ll make this next part fast and try not to smash your image of me as controlled, deliberate, svelte, unshakable. I started with leftover, cold and stiff strawberry … Continue reading
