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There are a bunch of meat bits still on your plate …
Life with boys … me: “Hey, there are a bunch of meat bits still on your plate” … “Sorry, I’m not a Great Depression plate licker” … Continue reading
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Life With Boys: 2025
Life with boys 2025 … many adventures … set-backs and leaps forward … smiles … laughs … tears … lessons … patience … joy … love Continue reading
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I asked the boy to play elf …
Life with boys … earlier today I asked the boy to play elf since I am still on couch surfing restriction … upon his return he came in with tales of barely paved roads and being trapped in a junglish-ish area … “Mom, there were all of these no trespassing signs and it was dark… Continue reading
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About 3 am we were awakened by an owl …
Life with boys … about 3 am we were awakened by an owl … or maybe two … I went to the window to see if I could spot the feathered friend … the boy asked what I was doing … when I told him I wanted to see where the noise was coming from… Continue reading
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We took off for a few days to explore …
Life with boys … we took off for a few days to explore before the total craziness of the holidays sets in … on our way out I took this shot … from my spot as the caboose … a place I have held by choice for years … as evidenced in so many of… Continue reading
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See, I told you it’s a golden eagle …
Life with the Becks … if you knew my mom you knew that she would tell you every bird bigger than a magpie was a golden eagle … it got to be a running joke … sandhill crane = golden eagle … crow = golden eagle … so imagine my surprise when I saw this… Continue reading
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Recently the boy and I escaped to California …
Life with boys … recently the boy and I escaped to California for a bit of exploration and as we waited for the shuttle to take us to yet another almost entirely uphill climb I overhead a little one tell his dad, “Hey look, I don’t have any arms,” to which dad replied, “well good,… Continue reading
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If this cookie sheet could talk …
Life with boys … if this cookie sheet could talk, the tales it could tell … so many lessons learned … stories of minor/major cooking disasters that may have ended in fire (note to parents, send them with a fire extinguisher – everyone was fine, the fire department may have made an appearance) … it… Continue reading
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The boy’s hobby is tracking down Frank Loyd Wright buildings …
Life with boys … the boy’s hobby is tracking down Frank Loyd Wright buildings … This past weekend, we made the trek up to Racine, Wisconsin, to tour the Johnson Wax research tower and administration building and then Wingspread. On the way home, we meandered through Highland Park and Glencoe, Illinois, to stalk private homes… Continue reading
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Happy birthday to my partner in mischief …
Happy birthday to my partner in mischief in this crazy life with boys … Continue reading
About Me
I started this site so my mom could get news about her grandkids without me having to walk her through the process of trying to open and email attachment several times a week. Since then she has passed away and I’ve fallen off the blog wagon, but I’m inspired to pick it up again now.
