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Boys, Baseball and…Benatar?

July 22, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Internet Stuff, Minnesota Me, Sports Stuff 12 Comments

Am staring bleary-eyed at the calendar this morning: two baseball games this afternoon and four more tomorrow...one boy to Wisconsin (and back) to play baseball last night--they won, yay--and another boy coming home from Boy Scout camp in Wisconsin this morning--thank you, Honey, for going to get him--so that (you guessed it!) he can play more … [Read more...]

Summer Spas & Spoiling Mama

July 21, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, My Girls 19 Comments

It’s been incredibly hot around here. We’re talking temps near 100 and the dripping humidity to go along with. It’s gotten so bad, y’all, that (apparently) I’ve started saying y’all!(This would be a show of sympathy for my friends down south—a desperate attempt, as it were, to get them to leave a comment and tell me how they cope.)We do not go out … [Read more...]

Blame the Name

July 19, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Girls 2 Comments

(Or, They don’t call it “wild” for nothing.)While eating at Buffalo Wild Wings this weekend, Angela observed, “If this were a proper restaurant, people wouldn’t be talking so loud.”Sports bar.4 star.Now my daughter knows the difference. … [Read more...]

Reunited

July 15, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Gratitude, Minnesota Me 17 Comments

...and it’s going to feel so good!Guess who gets home tonight after being gone for two weeks?Yep.And yep.At 10:20 p.m., to be exact, not that I’m counting the minutes or anything.Remember that “sometimes my teenaged son makes me cry” post?And that forlorn “I’m lonely” bit on Facebook?Now you know the truth of it.My men were gone for two whole weeks … [Read more...]

Homespun Humor

July 14, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Humor, Minnesota Me, My Boys 2 Comments

…from the local 12-year-old.Bert to his friend: We should invent a new kind of ice cream.Friend: Sure, Bert!(It may be cold and rainy today but still we’re eating frozen treats.)(That's as it should be.) … [Read more...]

[Almost] Wordless Wednesday

July 13, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Growing Up, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Wordless Wednesday 19 Comments

Sigh. … [Read more...]

One Woman’s Daybook

July 12, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Daybook, Just Me, Minnesota Me 12 Comments

Outside my window...Rather a gray day…not much wind at all and temps in the low 60’s. The paper says that the high today will be 82—perfect!—and then it says a lot of stuff about the government shutdown in my state.That’s outside my window too. Do not much care for it.I am thinking......about the Norwex party that I went to last night and about … [Read more...]

Sunday Snapshot

July 10, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, My Girls 1 Comment

(as conceived and inspired by our much-loved Lissa)I call this one The Step-Sisters.Ha.I hope you are up to something fun today. Me, I am busy busy busy getting ready for some company tonight. We're talking Shiraz, jalapeno peach dip, and frozen mudslides chez nous.(Can.)(Not.) (WAIT.)Happy Sunday, everyone! … [Read more...]

Bip it, Bop it, Melt my Heart

July 9, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Growing Up, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Toddler George 12 Comments

So the other day I said that George has a working vocabulary of about five words. Immediately after posting that, I realized that, no, he actually says a whole lot more.I just don't understand most of it.However, for the sake of posterity and accuracy and being--gosh darn it, let's be honest here--anal, I have to share with you some more cute … [Read more...]

Summer Fun, Schedules, and Heart-Stopping Shrieks

July 8, 2011 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Just Me, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 3 Comments

Alternatedly Titled: Which is worse?Some—and I repeat—some of our summer obligations are winding to a close. Felicity had her last soccer game of the season on Wednesday…and then I went home, went online and signed her up for the fall session.Crazy, much?Cate wraps up the season this weekend with a tournament—no fall session for her, she didn’t ask … [Read more...]

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