From the monthly archives:

June 2008

Monday potluck: please lay down on this couch…

June 29, 2008

Whoooo hoo! It is Monday and that can only mean ONE thing….Potluck. Today I am throwing out the potluck handbook (you can’t prove I don’t have one) and diving into deep potluck analysis. Let me begin by saying that the potluck has been a bit controversial among those who know me. I don’t understand the [...]

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The colors* of my week…

June 28, 2008

*All colors identified are Crayola colors. Aquamarine.Blue. Bittersweet.Awesome. Dandelion. Cotton candy. Almond.Beaver. Fern. White. Shadow. Cadet blue. Black. Cerulean. Denim. Flesh. Canary. Macaroni and Cheese. Pacific blue. Super happy. Tropical rain forest. Happily ever after. Scarlet. Sky blue. Purple mountain majesty. Silver.Red Orange. Sunglow. Screaming green. Wild blue yonder… The rainbow continues with Lotus.

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How Hannah Montana infiltrated the Nirvana…

June 26, 2008

I have three boys. I live in a world of Thomas the Tank Engine, balls, bats, golf clubs, water guns, Nerf guns, ping-pong ball guns, laser guns, guns made of Legos, Legos, guns made of Tinker Toys, Tinker Toys, guns made of Lincoln Logs, Lincoln Logs, Bionicles, Transformers, Power Rangers and the guns that accompany [...]

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Oh THIS is why we have a dog…

June 24, 2008

Last night Rhett (2) shocked me by devouring watermelon. A lot of watermelon. He ate piece after piece all the way down to the rind. At the end of supper he had a scattering of 6 watermelon rinds sitting in front of him at the table. This morning Rhett (2) shocked me by devouring peanutbutter [...]

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Monday Potluck: cue the cowbell…

June 23, 2008

Yipeeee is Monday. Monday is Potluck. Potluck is Monday. Therefore, Potluck is Yipeeee. Let’s all dance around in my circular reasoning. *attention* *attention* This is a blog list alert. This is not a test. This is an actual alert. If you are on my blog list, please stand by for important information: Janet posts her [...]

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Zooming in for fun…

June 21, 2008

Hey! Come over and play*… *Please note that I usually don’t dress my children this way to go to the park. This is the park at our church* Please go play with the people at Lotus’ place.

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What to wear when trapping beavers…

June 20, 2008

Last week I asked you to identify these:frontBack– They were made for me by a reader who was inspired to improve my beaver trapping experience. This will all make much more sense if you know that story–well maybe not. And so the contest was born. And then your comments began. And then I could be [...]

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The one (and only) time Holly was a fierce camper…

June 18, 2008

Once upon a summer in 1988 there were two camp counselors in Kansas… Laura (left) was the camp’s horse wrangler. Holly (right) taught water skiing and sailing. Despite the fact that Laura didn’t ski or sail and Holly was allergic to horses the two found common ground. The common ground was that they both dated [...]

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A rant where I throw the rave in for free…

June 16, 2008

I have a shoe problem. It is more of a shoe management problem. Then I have a solution. A shoe management solution. Which causes a problem. A shoe management problem… Here in lies the shoe management problem: a child is born with TWO feet and society expects that they will be wearing shoes on BOTH [...]

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Monday's potluck of tangential proportions…

June 15, 2008

Happy, happy Monday everyone… A nice breeze is blowing. The sun is peaking through the clouds. The birds are contently chirping (but not in an annoying way like the overachieving bird outside my window yesterday who seemed to have a severe case of rooster-envy). And I have breakfast pastries: Please form an orderly line behind [...]

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Paparazzi at the pool…

June 14, 2008

While looking over the week’s pictures it occurred to me that we have been to 3 different pools and 2 water fountains. I always have my camera. There was some of this… and that. But mostly this… Which results in this… and explains why I have been to three pools and two water fountains this [...]

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