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Be gentle with me …
Life with boys … Me: “Hey, be gentle with me I am fragile and delicate” …Boy: “You are neither fragile or delicate” …Me: “I am not sure if I should be offended or not by that statement” Continue reading
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Sometimes looks like this …
Life with boys … sometimes looks like this … I suggested he watch the YouTube video about altering pants but he would rather “figure it out on his own” … so far three needles have sacrificed themselves to the process Continue reading
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I Found the Full-Time Job
After a very long stretch of applications, interviews, freelance work, adjunct teaching and trying to figure out what came next, I finally found the full-time job. On June 14, Maryville University offered me a position as a Learning Designer. Three days later, after asking what felt like a million practical questions, I sent the sentence… Continue reading
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What a crazy week this has been …
Life with boys … What a crazy week this has been … graduation … two birthdays … family in town … boy and cat rolled in with so much laundry … movies … games … job interviews … goats … Mother’s Day … amazing … overwhelming … exhausting … Continue reading
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It is a small, small world …
It is a small, small world … I have alerts set up for several of my family members names set up on Google and eBay … imagine my surprise when last week one of them popped up with this item … it is from an estate in Port Angeles, Washington … and it was painted… Continue reading
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It is probably more ethical …
Life with boys … I was talking to the boy the other day about a family friend who is helping a parent deal with divorce … the parent is 75+, this is a second marriage, and they have been together 20+ years … I was wondering aloud if it is worth it to go through… Continue reading
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The yodeling dill pickle …
Life with boys … the yodeling dill pickle showed up at Christmas a few years ago … because no household is complete without a singing pickle that randomly goes off when you are trying to be sneaky … imagine my surprise to discover it in my purse today … at Costco …. Nothing quite like… Continue reading
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Keep up with the Joneses …
Life with boys… Having a discussion in the car about future goals and what is important when selecting a future path and I said something about trying to “keep up with the Joneses” … to which the boy said that he has never heard that term before… Me: “it is a pretty common idiom” …… Continue reading
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Eyes on the Graduation Finish Line
Life with boys … has been quiet lately … The older boy stopped in briefly for spring break with his eyes focused on the graduation finish line… Lots of prep for his capstone presentation at the end of April… No idea what comes after that… One thing at a time 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.
