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7 Quick Takes Friday

by Filed Under: 7 Quick Takes Friday, Minnesota Me 9 Comments

Vol. XXIV: The Linky-Link Edition~ Take 1 ~ Guess who’s coming for lunch today? I’ll give you a hint: it’s someone who knits!Would it be mean to not feed her until she teaches me to cast on? And to knit…and to purl…?It would be mean, wouldn’t it?And there’s no guarantee that my lunch is even worth it.~ Take 2 ~ If you do nothing else today, take … [Read more...]

Breathe

by Filed Under: Just Me, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me 15 Comments

Subtitled: Stream-of-ConsciousnessI need to follow George’s lead. There’s no way I could, though! I’d be all like “Who left these glasses lying on the counter?” and “I need to start the bread machine!” and “Could someone sort this box of markers? Half of them don’t have their cap! ”Like I said.I need to be more like George......except when it comes … [Read more...]

what she said

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, My Girls 14 Comments

Angela.As usual.On considering her mother’s nickname: “Maggie’s a funny name, Mommy. It kind of sounds like maggot.”On getting philosophical about the future: “It’s going to be hard to choose a man to marry, because there’s no one I know and there’s no one I like.”And finally, on demanding entry to her mother’s bedroom and hearing me call out, … [Read more...]

Help.

by Filed Under: Keeping It Real, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 11 Comments

Updated Further to Add: AND we came home to a broken furnace. Still, this is nothing compared to what Kate in the com-box went through. Thank the Lord, indeed!Updated to Add: 3 1/2 hours later and we're finally home. That was fun! I am stuck in traffic during a MN storm, creeping along at three miles an hour.It has taken one hour to drive three … [Read more...]

7 Quick Takes Friday

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Vol. XXIII: The “This and That” Edition(Alright, alright, I don’t have a real theme.)~ Take 1 ~The other day I heard George yelping and so I raced from the kitchen to find & assist him.This was his predicament:Wedged.Between a rock and a hard place the chair and the underside of my computer desk.On his way to wreak no end of havoc.(I thought … [Read more...]

Back-to-Back Birthdays?

by Filed Under: Felicity, Minnesota Me, My Girls, Special Events 10 Comments

Try simultaneous!Hers and hers matching presents: Sewing kits from Hancock Fabrics!I apologize (to no one in particular) for how infrequently I’ve been blogging. Life’s been kinda/sorta crazy-busy—in a good but definite way. Still, I wanted to get this birthday post up—for the girls, for me, for Great Grandma B.Except that Great Grandma B. doesn’t … [Read more...]