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I am having one of those days where…

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Just Me, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me 4 Comments

...so help me, if I don’t find that single, snotty piece of paper I am going to SCREAM! There is nothing—nothing, I tell you—like a dose of disorganization to send me careening off into a thousand different directions.“What’s up with this messy closet?”“When’s the last time this drawer’s been cleaned?”“School? Who’s got time for school?”(Not … [Read more...]

This is a test. This is only a test.

by Filed Under: Cultural Commentary, Just Me, Minnesota Me 57 Comments

My husband got me a treat for the new year—his and her matching Droids.How romantic, right? It is when you think about all that “together learning time.” Hey, if you can’t beat ‘em...I cower in the face of technology but it is time I learn. I do, after all, have children, and they will, after all, far surpass me in all things technological. I will … [Read more...]

Little Van on the Prairie

by Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me 15 Comments

Tonight was a night filled with Too Much Travel—dropping off Jem at his 2 ½-hour play practice across town, a “quick” trip to the Super Target to return a gift, a stop at the library for Joe to do some research.It’s too much travel when you have six kids along, anyway.And I did.It was the kind of travel-filled night that required provisions—a good … [Read more...]

Fool of a Took

by Filed Under: Blogging, Just Me, Marriage, Minnesota Me 22 Comments

Never assume that taking a blog break is going to solve your problems.Never post something at 5:00 a.m. that you’re going to regret at sunrise.And never—and I do mean never—write a great big bummer of a blog post on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Talk about a buzz kill.There is a scene in The Lord of the Rings where Pippin grabs the palantír. He … [Read more...]

In the Key of C

by Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Just Me, Minnesota Me, Special Events 5 Comments

Once again, it's the weekend.On the very full list for today is:Little Flowers for my two little flowers, in two different parts of town;A piano recital for my son Joe;And a couples' potluck in the evening.We don't have a sitter for the couples' potluck so I will be attending solo. That's just wrong. Do you think they'll even let me in?Oh, and … [Read more...]