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Captured by the dust bunnies …
I have been captured by the dust bunnies in my basement and they will not let me escape until every last thing is put away – I have been down there for three days now – send in the rescue squad – armed with ice cream and adult beverages of course Continue reading
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Oser Family Genealogy — Scott’s 2014 Research Pass
Recovered Oser family-genealogy correspondence — April 27–May 2, 2014. Scott Oser was independently checking and correcting the Oser/McCoy/Hoffman family tree using census records, death records, and an older online family tree. Any conflicting dates or birthplaces below remain research questions rather than settled facts. Scott reported that “a little googling” had uncovered a possible family… Continue reading
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Not allowed to help with math homework …
Will someone please explain to me why the person who is NOT ALLOWED to help with math homework (ME) is responsible for doing the taxes and maintaining the checkbook? Continue reading
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Do I want to know why you’re cleaning?
Me: “Do I want to know what you’re doing?” Tyler & Morgan: “We’re cleaning” Me: “Do I want to know why you’re cleaning?” No response … Continue reading
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Spring is approaching … slowly?
In case you needed an example of how different my children are from each other — Weather forecast: 75-80 degrees today, snow tomorrow Tyler wears, jeans, long sleeve shirt and a fleece, but leaves his coat home “because it may get warm” Morgan comes down in crocodile tears because I won’t go digging through the… Continue reading
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Burlap …
For Christmas I bought a bunch of burlap bags to wrap gifts (because wrapping paper just does not ship well). The bunches I bought came in smelling STINKY! (Which I guess is always the case based on my Google searches.) I tried hanging them outside for about a week to air them out –… Continue reading
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The Talk …
A few months ago Matt decided to have “the talk” with Tyler … I was not present for the discussion as my “job” was to take Morgan to the grocery store. Tyler’s response to the whole thing … “Can I go watch Gilligan’s Island now?” Continue reading
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Just can’t win …
In an extended argument between Matt and Morgan the other day he ran off yelling “You don’t even know what contradictory means!” It seems that we just can’t win. 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.
