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Hostess No-No #342

May 4, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Special Events, Totally Irrelevant Information 1 Comment

If you buy a bag of Jordan almonds on Wednesday to serve at your daughter’s 1st Communion reception on Sunday and then decide to sample just one Jordan almond on Thursday…...your guests will probably be deprived of any and all Jordan almonds come Sunday.Maybe I can blame the milkman.Or the husband.Or the dog. … [Read more...]

Mom’s Sick

February 8, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Hearth & Home, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Totally Irrelevant Information 25 Comments

Can you tell? … [Read more...]

Speaking of Praying…

January 23, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, odds and ends, Totally Irrelevant Information 12 Comments

...and on a much lighter note...When I requested this book at my library, (isn’t it nice that I own a library?), I was promptly stuck into a queue of about 200 people. This morning I see that my time has come. This is it! The moment they’ve made me wait months for!Italy, India, & Indonesia…here I come. Will I be more yin-yangy when I return? Or … [Read more...]

An Early Morning Musing

January 20, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Totally Irrelevant Information 10 Comments

Subtitled: Georgia on my MindAs I gently smoothed some hyper-pricey lotion over my face this morning, I thought, “You know, my skin doesn’t look that bad for a 41-year-old. I’m not nearly as wrinkly as I could be.” I peered at myself seriously in the mirror, turning my face from side to side.And then I smiled at myself, really big......and all … [Read more...]

Scared Straight

January 14, 2008 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Totally Irrelevant Information Leave a Comment

Subtitled: What’s up with all the eyeliner?I recently purchased one of these and—for the first time ever in my naturally curly life—I straightened my hair.It’s weird. It’s funky. I look like this.I’m not sure how or even if this information is relevant to your life, but somehow I felt compelled to share it with all the blogosphere.I’m afraid. I … [Read more...]

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